iPad Mini 7th Gen Not Supported by Xcode 16

I'm having issues supporting the brand new iPad Mini 7. No simulator and the actual device (just received) doesn't appear to be supported. So I can't test my SwiftUI apps on this new device. I can't even do a "Hello, world!" app. I get this:

The developer disk image could not be mounted on this device:

Error mounting image: 0xe800010f (kAMDMobileImageMounterPersonalizedBundleMissingVariantError: The bundle image is missing the requested variant for this device.)

When will this new device be supported? Or is there a work-around? Or is there an update?

Answered by JQuinan in 811091022

I'm already on MacOS 15.0.1. I doubt this is a MacOS issue. This strikes me as a lack of Xcode support for the iPad Mini 7. I hope there's a solution soon.

Can you upgrade to macOS 15.0.1 and let me know if that lets you use your new iPad mini?

—Ed Ford,  DTS Engineer

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I'm already on MacOS 15.0.1. I doubt this is a MacOS issue. This strikes me as a lack of Xcode support for the iPad Mini 7. I hope there's a solution soon.

I have the exact same problem with my new iPad mini 7 Pro.

Error mounting image: 0x800010f (kAMDMobilelmageMounterPersonalizedBundleMissingVariantError: The bundle image is missing the requested variant for this device.)

Same issue with my iPad Mini 7.

MacOS 15.0.1 XCode 16.0

Though, I found the following: https://forums.developer.apple.com/forums/thread/764196.

I assume the resolution is the same: install the XCode Beta 16.2 (not tried)

I updated iPad Mini 7 to 18.1, My MacBook to 15.1, but those didn't fix. But then Xcode 16.1 just came out and after updating to 16.1, my iPad Mini 7 is now supported. It also gave me the simulator for my Mini 7. So all is not good. Too bad Xcode 16.1 wasn't available first.

Sorry, I meant to say: "So all is now good."

My iPad Mini 7 is now supported after installing Xcode 16.1.

iPad Mini 7th Gen Not Supported by Xcode 16
 
 
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