Previews doesn't work in package target's subdirectory

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devnikor OP

Created Jun ’20

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I'm trying to preview a view from a swift package which is located in one of the target's directory subdirectories:

Code Block .
├── Package.swift
├── README.md
└── Sources
		└── SatelitUI
				└── Views
						└── MenuBar.swift

When I'm previewing a view from the MenuBar.swift file I'm getting following error:

Code Block NoBuildableEntriesError: active scheme does not build this file
Select a scheme that builds a target which contains the current file, or add this file to a target that is built by the current scheme.

Which is unexpected because the file should be a part of the SatelitUI target. The thing is it works just fine if I move it into the root target's directory (SatelitUI).

Answered by Developer Tools Engineer in 614942022

Thanks, we are tracking this as a bug and are investigating. As you already noticed, the only workaround at this time is moving the file you would like to preview into the root of the target's directory.

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Answer 1

Developer Tools Engineer OP

Apple

Jun ’20

Accepted Answer

Thanks, we are tracking this as a bug and are investigating. As you already noticed, the only workaround at this time is moving the file you would like to preview into the root of the target's directory.

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iamlogiq OP

Jun ’20

I'm having the same issue

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juanjonol OP

Jul ’20

This seems to be resolved in Xcode 12 beta 3.

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alexanderwe OP

Jul ’20

Unfortunately I am still experiencing this issue in Xcode 12 beta 3

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tadija OP

Jul ’20

I can also still reproduce this issue in Xcode 12 beta 3.

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sungwookbaek OP

Dec ’22

Any update? Xcode 14.2, I still have this issue

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bwahaha OP

Jan ’23

I think this might be related to Xcode's installation path, and how iCloud interacts with folders like Downloads. None of the suggestions I've seen around resolved this but it's now consistently working for me after I moved Xcode into Applications. It was in Downloads and I never realized since I keep it pinned.

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j7nw4r OP

Apr ’24

Still having this issue. It's 3 years later and it seems like this still isn't fixed?

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perlguy67 OP

Jun ’24

Same. It happens for me if I move a file in Xcode. Stranger yet, I moved several files from the same location to a new location, all the same, and 1 out of the 6 files works just fine?!

SUPER annoying! Would be nice if this could get the attention it needs.

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