[bug] cargo tauri ios dev --open stuck

[setoelkahfi]

Describe the bug

I used to using CLI when developing with Tauri. Now when I try this command out, it doesn't open XCode at all and stuck in Opening XCode...:

 ✓ Starting...
 ✓ Ready in 655ms
        Warn To develop on physical phones you need the `--host` option (not required for Simulators). See the documentation for more information: https://v2.tauri.app/develop/#development-server
        Info Opening Xcode

Reproduction

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Expected behavior

Running cargo tauri ios dev --open opens XCode.

Full tauri info output

setoelkahfi@Heighliner1 splitfire-desktop % cargo tauri info

[✔] Environment
    - OS: Mac OS 15.7.0 arm64 (X64)
    ✔ Xcode Command Line Tools: installed
    ✔ Xcode: 26.0
    ✔ rustc: 1.89.0 (29483883e 2025-08-04)
    ✔ cargo: 1.89.0 (c24e10642 2025-06-23)
    ✔ rustup: 1.28.2 (e4f3ad6f8 2025-04-28)
    ✔ Rust toolchain: stable-aarch64-apple-darwin (overridden by environment variable RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN)
    - node: 20.14.0
    - pnpm: 10.17.1
    - npm: 10.7.0

[-] Packages
    - tauri 🦀: 2.8.5
    - tauri-build 🦀: 2.4.1
    - wry 🦀: 0.53.3
    - tao 🦀: 0.34.3
    - tauri-cli 🦀: 2.8.4
    - @tauri-apps/api : 2.8.0
    - @tauri-apps/cli : 2.8.4

[-] Plugins
    - tauri-plugin-opener 🦀: 2.5.0
    - @tauri-apps/plugin-opener : 2.5.0
    - tauri-plugin-haptics 🦀: 2.3.0
    - @tauri-apps/plugin-haptics : 2.3.0
    - tauri-plugin-fs 🦀: 2.4.2
    - @tauri-apps/plugin-fs : 2.4.2
    - tauri-plugin-single-instance 🦀: 2.3.4
    - @tauri-apps/plugin-single-instance : not installed!
    - tauri-plugin-store 🦀: 2.4.0
    - @tauri-apps/plugin-store : 2.4.0
    - tauri-plugin-deep-link 🦀: 2.4.3
    - @tauri-apps/plugin-deep-link : 2.4.3
    - tauri-plugin-clipboard-manager 🦀: 2.3.0
    - @tauri-apps/plugin-clipboard-manager : 2.3.0
    - tauri-plugin-os 🦀: 2.3.1
    - @tauri-apps/plugin-os : 2.3.1
    - tauri-plugin-log 🦀: 2.7.0
    - @tauri-apps/plugin-log : 2.7.0

[-] App
    - build-type: bundle
    - CSP: unset
    - frontendDist: ../out
    - devUrl: http://localhost:1420/
    - framework: React (Next.js)
    - bundler: Webpack

[-] iOS
    - Developer Teams: Seto Elkahfi (ID: XXXXXXXXX), Splitfire AB (ID: XXXXXXXXXX)

Stack trace

Additional context

I tried running the init command first, still no luck.

[FabianLars]

Can you check if cargo tauri ios dev --open --verbose gives you any more info?
Also, what happens if you open xcode yourself before running that command?

[setoelkahfi]

Same result:

setoelkahfi@Heighliner1 splitfire-desktop % cargo tauri ios dev --open --verbose
       Debug [tauri_cli::helpers::app_paths] Found Tauri project inside /Users/setoelkahfi/Repositories/splitfire/frontend/splitfire-desktop/src-tauri on early lookup
     Running [tauri_cli::dev] BeforeDevCommand (`node node_modules/next/dist/bin/next dev --turbopack -p 1420`)
   ▲ Next.js 15.5.4 (Turbopack)
   - Local:        http://localhost:1420
   - Network:      http://192.168.1.107:1420

 ✓ Starting...
 ✓ Ready in 839ms
        Warn [tauri_cli::mobile::ios::dev] To develop on physical phones you need the `--host` option (not required for Simulators). See the documentation for more information: https://v2.tauri.app/develop/#development-server
        Info [tauri_cli::mobile::ios] Opening Xcode

I tried both with XCode already open and completely killed. Even the simulators. Same result.

[setoelkahfi]

It's good to know that I have multiple XCode version installed in my machine through xcodes. But I'm using the latest XCode 26 in this context:

setoelkahfi@Heighliner1 splitfire-desktop % printenv SDKROOT
/Applications/Xcode-26.0.0.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX26.0.sdk

[lucasfernog]

we are essentially running open -a Xcode path/to/project so if /Applications/Xcode.app does not exist, it won't work
I'll push a change to at least use the selected Xcode path from xcode-select