Xcode 10 “appletv is busy: Preparing debugger support for apple tv”

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I am trying to connect via network to an AppleTV 4k in Xcode. The pair does succesfully, but is remaining in a loop saying “apple tv is busy: Preparing debugger support for apple tv”.

My Xcode version is 10.1 and my Apple TV's version is 12.1.1.

What I have done:

  1. in Devices and Simulators I clicked on + button and clicked on my apple tv, clicked on Done, happened nothing
  2. I unpaired the devices and paired them again, happened nothing
  3. I cleaned the build folder,same
  4. I waited more than 20 minutes, same
  5. I waited 15-20 minutes, restarted Xcode, same

I do not know what to try anymore.

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Any luck here? I am stuck in the same point – eharo2
Unfortunately no, I did not find any solution, I changed the network that I was using for both AppleTV and Mac and I unpaired and paired again the Xcode with AppleTV and it worked. – mihral
omg I just put my Macbook close to the Apple TV device, and the pairing successfully finished – KarenAnne

2 Answers

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For me it just took a long time - in case you are also connected via an ethernet cable try to remove ethernet from your Mac and from the Apple tv - it seems the data transfer only takes place over Wifi.

In the Activity Monitor you can monitor the network usage of Xcode - you'll see that it is transferring data, even if the UI in Xcode seems to hang.

BTW: Transferring the iOS system files from the Apple TV to the computer on first connect is about 1.6GB of data, that's why it will take some time ...

Note: I just found out you can also connect the AppleTV directly via IP address in Xcode -> Devices. Just right click on the AppleTV, choose Connect with IP Addressand enter the address you see on the apple tv's settings -> network page. At least running your app then also works when the Mac and the tv are connected by ethernet - it might also speed up the setup.

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I had the same problem & this worked for my IOS app, but I don't know if it works for AppleTV.

  1. Drag & Drop your .app file to Desktop/any other folder so it is easily found

Finding the .app file

.app file on Desktop

  1. Window -> Devices and Simulators

Device & Simulators/InstalledApps/+

Here you should see your device.

  1. Click on the "+" below "INSTALLED APPS"

  2. Select the file you just dragged & dropped to desktop

Now your app you app should start installing

Hope it works :)

P.S.: I can't directly attack screenshots because I'm a new user....