How to Fix SDK "iphoneos" cannot be located

🗓 Published at : January 16, 2021
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If you try to run pod install  or perform a similar task using the command line in macOS may you  face a problem like this

checking whether the C compiler works... no
xcrun: error: SDK "iphoneos" cannot be located
xcrun: error: SDK "iphoneos" cannot be located
xcrun: error: SDK "iphoneos" cannot be located
xcrun: error: unable to lookup item 'Path' in SDK 'iphoneos'

...

configure: WARNING: 'missing' script is too old or missing
configure: error: in `/Users/arryangga/Library/Caches/CocoaPods/Pods/Release/Flipper-Glog/0.3.6-1dfd6':
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details

To fix this issue is very simple, you can fix this using the command line, or by using the Xcode application itself.

Using Xcode

  1. make sure Xcode has installed
  2. open Xcode
  3. open Preferences menu
  4. open Locations tab
  5. make sure “Command Line Tools” has an entry. If not, click on the dropdown and select one (preferably the latest version).
  6. save.

Using Command Line macOS

sudo xcode-select --switch /Applications/Xcode.app

Thats it