xcode project not updating on pull stating path not found

[SpottyAerospaceJess]

How did you install the Amplify CLI?

npm

If applicable, what version of Node.js are you using?

20.11.1

Amplify CLI Version

12.10.3

What operating system are you using?

Mac

Did you make any manual changes to the cloud resources managed by Amplify? Please describe the changes made.

No manual changes made

Describe the bug

When running Amplify pull the Xcode project cannot be updated. The error states that the path is not found. This is for an ios app using react native and amplify. The Xcode file is in the ios folder within the project root directory. I have tried manually updating the path but it did not resolve the issue.

Expected behavior

Successful pull incl. updating the Xcode project.

Reproduction steps

1. Create react project.
2. Navigate to react project root directory and initiate amplify.
3. Input access keys from amplify studio app.
4. Experience error: Updating Xcode project:
   🚫 xcodeProject:
   -- Caused by: notFound(path: "")
   🛑 Command failed with exit code 1: /

Project Identifier

a79cf338859ac519db799d321ca10ffb

Log output

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Additional information

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[ykethan]

Hey👋 thanks for raising this! The issue appears to be similar to #3139.
I'm going to transfer this over to our swift repository for better assistance.
While the team dives into the issue, could you add --debug to the Amplify command and provide us the full stack trace.

[harsh62]

A fix was recently made, validating why it did not make it in the Amplify CLI release.

[harsh62]

@SpottyAerospaceJess

I believe since its a react native project, you should be using the following configuration, right? This is when you initialize amplify init

? Initialize the project with the above configuration? No
? Enter a name for the environment dev
? Choose your default editor: Visual Studio Code
✔ Choose the type of app that you're building · javascript
Please tell us about your project
? What javascript framework are you using react-native
? Source Directory Path:  src

You are facing this error, because the project thinks its a native iOS project and hence it tries to find the xcode project file in directory, which is not there and hence the command fails. Hope this information helps.

[harsh62]

If you already have a project setup, you could simply use amplify configure project to change these.

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