XCode can't find SpriteKit?

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Created Sep ’20

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This seems to be a pretty weird issue. I'm following along with a SpriteKit tutorial, and while I can build my project and run it on my phone, I keep getting this error in the IDE: Cannot load underlying module for SpriteKit

It says it cannot load the module but that's weird because SpriteKit should be a native framework that must've been installed with my XCode.

It is pretty annoying because XCode is not context-aware, and code completion doesn't work for any object that's derived from SpriteKit.

Here's my system info:

XCode version: Version 12.0 (12A7209)
MacOS version: MacOS Catalina 10.15.7 (19H2)

Is this a bug in XCode?

Answered by arshankhanifar in 636951022

I did try cleaning the project and it didn't do anything. I had to restart XCode and that fixed the issue. Weird.

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Call0fTheV0id OP

Sep ’20

Have you tried "Clean Build Folder"?
What happens if you create a new SpriteKit project and run that, same error?

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Answer 2

arshankhanifar OP

Sep ’20

Accepted Answer

I did try cleaning the project and it didn't do anything. I had to restart XCode and that fixed the issue. Weird.

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Answer 3

DavidKatsman OP

Jun ’23

I had the same issue. I tried a lot of troubleshooting solutions like:

Cleaning the Build folder;
Restarting Xcode;
Reinstalling Xcode (!);
Deleting contents of Xcode's Derived Data folder.

Nothing worked 😕 But I believe I found the solution! ☺️

Here's the fix that worked for me: Simply delete Xcode cached data.

To delete Xcode cached data:

Close Xcode;
Open System Preferences on you Mac;
Go to General tab and select Storage section;
Locate Developer section (the system might take few moments to calculate the size of the files on the drive);
Press on 'i' icon next to Developer section;
Under Xcode Project Build Files locate cache list item (I already deleted it, so I don't remember the original name 😋 )
Delete the cache and wait for the deletion process to complete;
Open Xcode. The error should disappear and everything should work as expected.

This worked for me. Hope this helps!

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