Generating new playground not working

[MysteryCoder456]

SwiftPlaygroundsCLI Environment

• SwiftPlaygroundsCLI version: 1.0.0
• macOS version: 10.15.5
• Xcode version: Version 11.5 (11E608c)
• Installed via (mint, brew): brew

What did you do?

swiftplayground new test

What did you expect to happen?

Generate a new playground

What happened instead?

Error: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=260 "The file “BlankWithModules.playgroundbook” couldn’t be opened because there is no such file." UserInfo={NSFilePath=/Applications/Playgrounds.app/Contents/Resources/Templates/BlankWithModules.playgroundbook, NSUnderlyingError=0x7fe92860f4a0 {Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=2 "No such file or directory"}}

[SvenTiigi]

Hey @MysteryCoder456,

thanks for opening up an issue on SwiftPlaygroundsCLI.

It seems like the directory ~/Library/Mobile\ Documents/iCloud~com~apple~Playgrounds/Documents/ is missing.

A simple fix is to start the Playgrounds.app on your mac so that a Documents directory will be created in the iCloud container of the Playgrounds.app. After that you should be able to use SwiftPlaygroundsCLI.

I've just added a fix which will create the Documents directory if it is missing. It will be available within the next release of SwiftPlaygroundsCLI.

[SvenTiigi]

Please try it again with the latest release 1.0.2

[MysteryCoder456]

Thanks for the reply and fix.

[MysteryCoder456]

Sadly that didn't work. The Playgrounds folder is already there but the error is happening anyway.

[SvenTiigi]

I've just reproduced it and the version 1.0.2 fixes that problem.
Could you ensure you are running version 1.0.2.

[MysteryCoder456]

I've upgraded to 1.0.2 and still getting the same error. Also, running swiftplaygrounds --version shows Version 1.0.0 even thoough I upgraded to 1.0.2.

[SvenTiigi]

Yes you are correct. The version has not been properly updated when initializing SwiftCLI.
This will be fixed with the next release.

If the problem still exists please try to re-install the Playgrounds.app from the Mac AppStore and ensure the following file exists:

/Applications/Playgrounds.app/Contents/Resources/Templates/BlankWithModules.playgroundbook

And a documents directory is created in the iCloud container of the Playgrounds.app

~/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~com~apple~Playgrounds/Documents/

[MysteryCoder456]

Oh, you need the Playgrounds app? I thought this was usable without any apps, that's why I installed it in the first place XD.

[SvenTiigi]

Correct you need the Playgrounds.app from the Mac AppStore 👍
I will update the Installation section in the ReadMe to clarify the installation requirements.