run ios - error "Device type (...) could not be found"

[ko-dever]

Hello everybody, I am facing with a problem concerning the command meteor run ios.
I searched on Stack Overflow, etc but I did not found any help.

I started few days ago to learn Meteor, with Visual Studio Code, so I followed the (Blaze) tutorial for the "simple-todos" app. At the end the app worked properly.

Step "6. Running on mobile", I had to install Xcode (version 9.0, 9A235) via the Mac App Store, no problem. When I typed meteor install-sdk ios it asked me to install others dependencies (like Cocoapods), fine. (I launched XCode, and the Simulator to see if, at least, one device could be started, perfect, I can close it)

Then, when I run meteor run ios it raises many errors (see my PasteBin) like this one in the first lines :

Error: Command failed: /Users/zekka/Dev/meteor/simple-todos/.meteor/local/cordova-build/platforms/ios/cordova/run --emulator
Device type "com.apple.CoreSimulator.SimDeviceType.undefined" could not be found.

Meteor, Visual Studio Code, Xcode, etc were all installed recently, at their last version and without any fancy configuration, so I do not understand why this happens.

• The version of Meteor showing the problem : Meteor 1.5.2
• The operating system you're running Meteor on : macOS Sierra 10.12.6
• The expected behavior : An iOS Simulator running the "simple-todos" app from the Meteor (Blaze) tutorial.

Thank you for your help.

[hwillson]

Thanks for reporting this @ZanoT - you're running into issue ios-control/ios-sim#218, which has been fixed (ios-control/ios-sim#219), and should be coming in cordova-ios@4.5.1 (reference ios-control/ios-sim#218 (comment)). After this fix is available, Meteor will need to be updated to use the most recent version of cordova-ios. In the meantime, hopefully someone else more familiar with Cordova will chime in here with a workaround.

[klaussner]

Until cordova-ios is updated in Meteor, you can install the latest version of ios-sim manually by running the following in your project directory:

cd .meteor/local/cordova-build/platforms/ios/cordova
meteor npm install ios-sim@latest

[hwillson]

Awesome @klaussner - I just noticed your comment about this #9098, so when the upstream patch makes it into cordova-ios (followed by Meteor), we should be able to close both issues off. Thanks!

[ko-dever]

Thank you @klaussner for the tip, the command meteor run ios works now, a Simulator is correctly launched.
And thank you @hwillson too for the information 👍 .

[soumojit]

Running Meteor 1.8.1 and facing the same issue.

Able to fix it using @klaussner's suggestion,

cd .meteor/local/cordova-build/platforms/ios/cordova
meteor npm install ios-sim@latest

PS: Removing ios as platform and adding back or updating meteor as some of the stackoverflow threads suggested did not help.

Attaching the log below for reference,

=> Started proxy.                             
=> Started MongoDB.                                                             
=> Started your app.                                                            
                                              
=> App running at: http://localhost:3000/     
=> Errors executing Cordova commands:         
                                              
   While running Cordova app for platform iOS with options
   --buildConfig,/Users/soumojit/Projects/personal/node/test_app/.meteor/local/cordova-build/build.json,--emulator:
   Error: Command failed:                     
   /Users/soumojit/Projects/personal/node/test_app/.meteor/local/cordova-build/platforms/ios/cordova/run
   --buildConfig
   /Users/soumojit/Projects/personal/node/test_app/.meteor/local/cordova-build/build.json
   --emulator
   Device type "com.apple.CoreSimulator.SimDeviceType.undefined" could not be
   found.
   at ChildProcess.exitCallback (/tools/utils/processes.js:151:23)
   at emitTwo (events.js:126:13)
   at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:214:7)
   at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:198:12)
   => awaited here:
   at Function.Promise.await
   (/Users/soumojit/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.8.1.4gwv5w.33478++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.browser.legacy+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.x86_64/dev_bundle/lib/node_modules/meteor-promise/promise_server.js:56:12)
   at CordovaProject.runCommands (/tools/cordova/project.js:843:14)
   at Promise.asyncApply (/tools/cordova/project.js:310:10)
   at
   /Users/soumojit/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.8.1.4gwv5w.33478++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.browser.legacy+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.x86_64/dev_bundle/lib/node_modules/meteor-promise/fiber_pool.js:43:40

/Users/soumojit/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.8.1.4gwv5w.33478++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.browser.legacy+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.x86_64/dev_bundle/lib/node_modules/meteor-promise/promise_server.js:218
      throw error;
      ^
undefined
 => awaited here:
    at Function.Promise.await (/Users/soumojit/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.8.1.4gwv5w.33478++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.browser.legacy+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.x86_64/dev_bundle/lib/node_modules/meteor-promise/promise_server.js:56:12)
    at Promise.asyncApply (/tools/cordova/run-targets.js:35:7)
    at /Users/soumojit/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.8.1.4gwv5w.33478++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.browser.legacy+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.x86_64/dev_bundle/lib/node_modules/meteor-promise/fiber_pool.js:43:40
 => awaited here:
    at Function.Promise.await (/Users/soumojit/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.8.1.4gwv5w.33478++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.browser.legacy+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.x86_64/dev_bundle/lib/node_modules/meteor-promise/promise_server.js:56:12)
    at buildmessage.capture (/tools/cordova/runner.js:98:9)
    at Object.capture (/tools/utils/buildmessage.js:283:5)
    at CordovaRunner.startRunTargets (/tools/cordova/runner.js:97:37)
    at AppRunner._runOnce (/tools/runners/run-app.js:760:21)
    at AppRunner._fiber (/tools/runners/run-app.js:922:28)
    at /tools/runners/run-app.js:401:12