Cannot build project for iOS from cordova cli

Question

I've created a project using Cordova CLI, version 3.5.0.

I've successfully deployed the project for Android platform by using the CLI.

cordova run android

However, I'm having problem to deploy the project for iOS.

cordova run ios

I encountered this error:

mv: dest file already exists: /Users/amirfazwan/Documents/workspace/MyPKS/platforms/ios/MYPKS/MyPKS-Info.plist

mv: dest file already exists: /Users/amirfazwan/Documents/workspace/MyPKS/platforms/ios/MYPKS/MyPKS-Prefix.pch

shell.js: internal error
Error: EINVAL, invalid argument '/Users/amirfazwan/Documents/workspace/MyPKS/platforms/ios/MYPKS.xcodeproj'
    at Object.fs.renameSync (fs.js:543:18)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/node_modules/cordova-lib/node_modules/shelljs/shell.js:495:8
    at Array.forEach (native)
    at Object._mv (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/node_modules/cordova-lib/node_modules/shelljs/shell.js:471:11)
    at Object.mv (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/node_modules/cordova-lib/node_modules/shelljs/shell.js:1491:23)
    at pbxProject. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/node_modules/cordova-lib/src/cordova/metadata/ios_parser.js:126:27)
    at pbxProject.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17)
    at pbxProject. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/node_modules/cordova-lib/node_modules/xcode/lib/pbxProject.js:30:18)
    at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17)
    at handleMessage (child_process.js:322:10)

This problem only occur after I access the Xcode project manually to add the Icon & splash screen since the icon & splash screens are not automatically added to the project even though declared in config.xml.

I've tried to remove the Info.plist & Prefix.pch file, but then this error appeared.

Error: ENOENT, no such file or directory '/Users/amirfazwan/Documents/workspace/MyPKS/platforms/ios/MYPKS/MYPKS-Info.plist'
    at Object.fs.openSync (fs.js:427:18)
    at Object.fs.readFileSync (fs.js:284:15)
    at Object.exports.parseFileSync (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/node_modules/cordova-lib/node_modules/plist-with-patches/lib/plist.js:18:19)
    at Object.module.exports.update_from_config (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/node_modules/cordova-lib/src/cordova/metadata/ios_parser.js:66:31)
    at Object.module.exports.update_project (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/node_modules/cordova-lib/src/cordova/metadata/ios_parser.js:189:21)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/node_modules/cordova-lib/src/cordova/prepare.js:113:31
    at _fulfilled (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/node_modules/q/q.js:798:54)
    at self.promiseDispatch.done (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/node_modules/q/q.js:827:30)
    at Promise.promise.promiseDispatch (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/node_modules/q/q.js:760:13)

The project works just fine if launched from Xcode, but I no longer can build the project from CLI or launch the "serve" command from CLI for debugging purpose.

Please guide me, thanks.

SOLVED

Solved by renaming the project name using Xcode. Thanks Jason for the tips.

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Do you have any unicode characters in your project? Maybe you can check CB-6992. — user2095201
@ArmNo No, I do not have any unicode characters inside the project. — Amir Fazwan
I had the same and it worked once i changed the project name in config.xml to something containing no capitals at all — commonpike
If you are having difficulty finding where to find "Identity and Type", use View > Utilities > Show File Inspector. For more info see developer.apple.com/library/ios/recipes/… — Charlie Dalsass

Jason Cox Jason Cox · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-23T18:44:36

EDIT: Try this other solution first! It works for most issues: https://stackoverflow.com/a/28300528/1250444

I struggled with this as well. Finally found a solution by trial and error. D:

What happened for me was renaming the project name to have capitals. This caused all sorts of confusion for Cordova.

The first thing I did was rename the problematic plist and pch files to match the correct capitalization. So, in your case, if it was myPKS, but now is MyPKS, you'd need to rename the files to be MyPKS-Info.plist and MyPKS-Prefix.pch.

I then had to rename the .xcodproj to match capitalization.

After that, another issue happened: xcodebuild: error: The project 'NewName.xcodeproj' does not contain a target named 'NewName'.

To solve this, I had to rename the target to have the proper capitalization as well. Since I'm new to iOS dev, I have not idea how to describe how to get there. I just finally stumbled upon it, made the change, and it worked!

Best of luck!

Cannot build project for iOS from cordova cli

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