Hi, You're here because your project has issues related to Xcode Previews or Swift Previews. The issue you're experiencing may be the result of any of the following: An error in your SwiftUI app, Xcode previews, or on-device previews. A configuration error in your Xcode project, including any third-party dependencies or packages. A system issue in the operating system, SwiftUI, or in Xcode Previews. Based on your request, I need more information about your SwiftUI app when rendering Xcode Previews or on-device previews. Specifically, I’ll need the diagnostics Swift Previews generates to make sure I understand the error encountered by the preview system. Please create a report in Feedback Assistant to share the details requested in the instructions below. For issues with macOS, Mac Catalyst, on-device iOS, or on-device visionOS previews, perform the following steps to gather diagnostics: Download and install the Swift Previews logging profile for your device. Reproduce the error while previewing on device, taking note of the timestamp when the error occurred. Attach the Previews diagnostics, sysdiagnose from your Mac, a sysdiagnose from the previewing iOS or visionOS device. For issues with Xcode Previews, perform the following steps to gather diagnostics: Download and install the Swift Previews logging profile for your device. Reproduce the error in Xcode Previews, if you haven’t already done so. If an error banner appears in the canvas, click the "Diagnostics" button within the banner, then go to Step 5; otherwise, continue to Step 4. If the error banner is missing, navigate to the menu in Xcode: Editor > Canvas > Diagnostics In the presented sheet, click the "Generate Report" button. Attach a zip file containing the diagnostic report to your bug report (it will be named something like previews-diagnostics-0123456789.zip). Submitting your feedback Before you submit to Feedback Assistant, please confirm the following information is included in your feedback: with the Swift Previews logging profile installed, attach the sysdiagnose logs gathered after reproducing the issue the Previews diagnostics generated by Xcode timestamp identifying when the issue was reproduced focused sample Xcode project that reproduces the issue (if applicable) screenshots or videos of the error (optional) Please include all requested information to prevent delays in my investigation. After your submission to Feedback Assistant is complete, please respond to your original Forums post with the Feedback ID. Once received, I can begin my investigation and determine if this issue is caused by an error within your SwiftUI app, a configuration issue within your Xcode project, or an underlying issue in the operating system, SwiftUI, in Xcode Previews, or on-device previews. Cheers, Paris X Pinkney |  WWDR | DTS Engineer

I have started to have issues with SwiftUI previews of iOS apps with projects under the Documents folder. I have experimented that in Xcode 26.4 and I am still seeing it in 26.5. The error is: Cannot preview in this file. Failed to launch xyz.abc.TestApp Looking at the diagnostics, Xcode gets a permission denied error when trying to open /Users/me/Documents/path/to/TestApp/DerivedData/TestApp/Build/Intermediates.noindex/TestApp.build/Debug-iphonesimulator/TestApp.build/Objects-normal/arm64/ContentView.1.preview-thunk-launch.o Error details below. Note that I have set DerivedData folders relative to the projects' roots. Additional information: I get errors on freshly created iOS projects, just trying to preview the default ContentView. Xcode has full disk access set in System Preferences > Privacy & Security. I have cleaned build folders, deleted the simulators, Xcode itself, cleared various caches, restarted and reinstalled Xcode to no avail. Checking Editor > Canvas > Use Legacy Previews Execution did not fix it either. Apps run fine in Simulator. System info: macOS 26.4.1, Xcode 26.5 (17F42), MacBook Pro M1 and Mac Studio M2 Max. I have found two ways to fix the problem while keeping DerivedData relative to the project's root: create the project in some other “unprotected” directory (/Users/me/Developer in my case), or uncheck Editor > Canvas > Automatically Refresh Canvas. Either way makes previews work again. Possibly related: SwiftUI preview not working in Xcode 26 when “Automatically Refresh Canvas” is enabled Xcode 13.2.1 - Simulator works, Preview doesn't Excerpt from diagnostics: | | [Remote] JITError | | | | ================================== | | | | | [Remote] CouldNotLoadInputObjectFile: Could not load object file during preview: /Users/me/Documents/TestApp/DerivedData/TestApp/Build/Intermediates.noindex/TestApp.build/Debug-iphonesimulator/TestApp.build/Objects-normal/arm64/ContentView.1.preview-thunk-launch.o | | | | | | path: /Users/me/Documents/TestApp/DerivedData/TestApp/Build/Intermediates.noindex/TestApp.build/Debug-iphonesimulator/TestApp.build/Objects-normal/arm64/ContentView.1.preview-thunk-launch.o | | | | | | ================================== | | | | | | | [Remote] XOJITError | | | | | | | | XOJITError: '/Users/me/Documents/TestApp/DerivedData/TestApp/Build/Intermediates.noindex/TestApp.build/Debug-iphonesimulator/TestApp.build/Objects-normal/arm64/ContentView.1.preview-thunk-launch.o': Operation not permitted

I have an iOS project based on SwiftUI in which almost all code is organised in Packages. With Xcode 26.2 and 26.3, I can preview all SwiftUI views without issues. With Xcode 26.4, the same previews don't work, in the canvas appears this error message: "Cannot preview in this file. Could not find target description for “TaskListView.swift”". The explanation is: "The list of source files that produce object files did not contain this file to be previewed. Check to make sure it is not excluded using the EXCLUDED_SOURCE_FILE_NAMES build setting." If I add a SwiftUI view to the main project files (not in a package), the preview works as expected. Is it an Xcode 26.4 regression? Or do I need to modify some configuration file?

I am trying to preview my SwiftUI views but Xcode Preview Canvas failing. I tried everything that I found at internet but nothing works. Finally I created a new iOS project that contains only a view import SwiftUI struct ContentView: View { var body: some View { VStack { Image(systemName: "globe") .imageScale(.large) .foregroundStyle(.tint) Text("Hello, world!") } .padding() } } #Preview { ContentView() } Even this view cannot be previewed The error is Simulator was shutdown during an update Simulator [3E0DB935-C4C2-4566-BA48-8E21564C207C] failed to boot and may have crashed. I tried to restart xCode, restart Mac, download ios 26.0 sdk and created a simulator with that sdk but nothing helped. Do you have an idea?

In the first Xcode 16 beta, none of my SwiftUI previews work - they all just crash on start up. Has anybody run into this and found a workaround? Have tried all the usual steps of cleaning the project/restarting Xcode.

I started a project targeting macOS and used Storyboard app lifecycle. I also used Xcode Previews in this project. If I: Keep the entry point of the main storyboard to a window controller. (as default setup in macOS), Turn the Xcode window into full-screen, That window controller would pop up its window every time Xcode Previews refreshes. I tested in Xcode 26.3 RC and many versions before.

A foundation models bug I keep running into when in the preview phase of the testing. The error never seems to occur or break the app when I am testing on the simulator or on a device but sometimes I am running into this error when in a longer session while being in preview. The error breaks the preview and crashes it and the waring on it is labeled as : "Assert in LanguageModelFeedback.swift" This is something I keep running into, where I have been using foundation models for my project

Hi there, I just re-install 26.2, but I got many issues regarding to SwiftUI's components. How can I fix it? Do I need download or install something else?

Hello, I am facing a recurring issue with Xcode iOS simulator (preview). I want to preview a SwiftUI for iOS in Xcode, but the Simulator app fails to boot up. I receive the following error in Xcode: Cannot Preview in this file. Simulator was shutdown during an update. I have tried the following: Completely uninstalling XCode and deleting all developer data, then reinstalling everthing again. Shutdown and restart Deleting all developer data, deleting XCode cache Reinstalling iOS Simulator runtimes and reconfiguration of simulators. Tested using different simulator and runtime versions. "xcrun simctl --set previews delete al" My reported issues: FB20987522 FB20485454 Thank you Best regards, Jens

I'm running Xcode 26.2 (17C52). After deleting all simulators and creating new ones, SwiftUI Preview stopped working. Xcode reports: “Simulator [D774B214-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXX8288] failed to boot and may have crashed.” However, when I list all available simulators using xcrun simctl list, there is no simulator with that identifier. It seems Xcode is still referencing a previously deleted simulator. I have tried: Deleting all simulators again Creating new simulators Restarting Xcode and the system But the issue persists and Preview still fails to launch. Has anyone encountered this issue or knows how to clear the cached simulator reference used by SwiftUI Preview?

Xcode tells me Previewing in executable targets now requires a new build layout for unoptimized builds. Either set ENABLE_DEBUG_DYLIB to YES for this target, or break out your preview code into a separate framework with its own scheme. How do enable that in Package.swift. swiftSettings don't work (.define and unsafeFlags with -D ...). Creating a library product that the executable then depends on doesn't help either. I have two targets, one is an executable target. The #Preview macro is in the non-executable target.

My main app target builds fine and can run on Simulator without issue. Whenever I try to run a Preview, I get this error: == DATE: Monday, November 3, 2025 at 2:52:23 PM Pacific Standard Time 2025-11-03T22:52:23Z == PREVIEW UPDATE ERROR: SimulatorShutdownUnexpectedlyError: Simulator was shutdown during an update Simulator [F85A5AF1-F52C-4662-AFCD-762F87AF537D] failed to boot and may have crashed. This seems like it started happening after updating to MacOS 26. I've tried reinstalling all Simulators, tried on Xcode 26, deleted derived data, restarted Xcode and my Mac several times. What other troubleshooting steps can I take?

I have a view inside a Swift Package that relies on an external Swift Package. My Preview Canvas breaks as soon as I use code from the external package: import ComplexModule // From swift-numerics import SwiftUI struct MyView: View { // Commenting out this line will make Previews work let number: Complex<Double> = 123 var body: some View { Text("Hello World") } } #Preview { MyView() } This is part of the error the preview emits: == PREVIEW UPDATE ERROR: GroupRecordingError Error encountered during update group #33 ================================== | [Remote] JITError: Runtime linking failure | | Additional Link Time Errors: | Symbols not found: [ _$sSd10RealModule0A0AAMc, _$s13ComplexModule0A0VMn, _$s13ComplexModule0A0V14integerLiteralACyxG07IntegerD4TypeQz_tcfC ] | | ================================== | | | [Remote] LLVMError | | | | LLVMError: LLVMError(description: "Failed to materialize symbols: { (static-MyTarget, { __replacement_tag$1 }) }") Did anyone else see this before?

I'm experiencing the following error with my SwiftData container when running a build: Code=134504 "Cannot use staged migration with an unknown model version." Code Structure - Summary I am using a versionedSchema to store multiple models in SwiftData. I started experiencing this issue when adding two new models in the newest Schema version. Starting from the current public version, V4.4.6, there are two migrations. Migration Summary The first migration is to V4.4.7. This is a lightweight migration removing one attribute from one of the models. This was tested and worked successfully. The second migration is to V5.0.0. This is a custom migration adding two new models, and instantiating instances of the two new models based on data from instances of the existing models. In the initial testing of this version, no issues were observed. Issue and Steps to Reproduce Reproduction of issue: Starting from a fresh build of the publicly released V4.4.6, I run a new build that contains both Schema Versions (V4.4.7 and V5.0.0), and their associated migration stages. This builds successfully, and the container successfully migrates to V5.0.0. Checking the default.store file, all values appear to migrate and instantiate correctly. The second step in reproduction of the issue is to simply stop running the build, and then rebuild, without any code changes. This fails to initialize the model container every time afterwards. Going back to the simulator after successive builds are stopped in Xcode, the app launches and accesses/modifies the model container as normal. Supplementary Issue: I have been putting up with the same, persistent issue in the Xcode Preview Canvas of "Failed to Initialize Model Container" This is a 5 in 6 build issue, where builds will work at random. In the case of previews, I have cleared all data associated with all previews multiple times. The only difference being that the simulator is a 100% failure rate after the initial, successful initialization. I assume this is due to the different build structure of previews. Lastly, of note, the Xcode previews fail at the same line in instantiating the model container as the simulator does. From my research into this issue, people say that the Xcode preview is instantiating from elsewhere. I do have a separate model container set up specifically for canvas previews, but the error does not occur in that container, but rather the app's main container. Possible Contributing Factors & Tested Facts iOS: While I have experienced issues with SwiftData and the complier in iOS 26, I can rule that out as the issue here. This has been tested on simulators running iOS 18.6, 26.0.1, and 26.1, all encountering failures to initialize model container. While in iOS 18, subsequent builds after the successful migration did work, I did eventually encounter the same error and crash. In iOS 26.0.1 and 26.1, these errors come immediately on the second build. Container Initialization for V4.4.6 do { container = try ModelContainer( for: Job.self, JobTask.self, Day.self, Charge.self, Material.self, Person.self, TaskCategory.self, Service.self, migrationPlan: JobifyMigrationPlan.self ) } catch { fatalError("Failed to Initialize Model Container") } Versioned Schema Instance for V4.4.6 (V4.4.7 differs only by versionIdentifier) static var versionIdentifier = Schema.Version(4, 4, 6) static var models: [any PersistentModel.Type] { [Job.self, JobTask.self, Day.self, Charge.self, Material.self, Person.self, TaskCategory.self, Service.self] } Container Initialization for V5.0.0 do { let schema = Schema([Jobify.self, JobTask.self, Day.self, Charge.self, MaterialItem.self, Person.self, TaskCategory.self, Service.self, ServiceJob.self, RecurerRule.self]) container = try ModelContainer( for: schema, migrationPlan: JobifyMigrationPlan.self ) } catch { fatalError("Failed to Initialize Model Container") } Versioned Schema Instance for V5.0.0 static var versionIdentifier = Schema.Version(5, 0, 0) static var models: [any PersistentModel.Type] { [ JobifySchemaV500.Job.self, JobifySchemaV500.JobTask.self, JobifySchemaV500.Day.self, JobifySchemaV500.Charge.self, JobifySchemaV500.Material.self, JobifySchemaV500.Person.self, JobifySchemaV500.TaskCategory.self, JobifySchemaV500.Service.self, JobifySchemaV500.ServiceJob.self, JobifySchemaV500.RecurerRule.self ] } Addressing Differences in Object Names Type-aliasing: All my model types are type-aliased for simplification in view components. All types are aliased as 'JobifySchemeV446.<#Name#>' in V.4.4.6, and 'JobifySchemaV500.<#Name#>' in V5.0.0 Issues with iOS 26: My type-aliases dating back to iOS 17 overlapped with lower level objects in Swift, including 'Job' and 'Material'. These started to be an issue with initializing the model container when running in iOS 26. The type aliases have been renamed since, however the V4.4.6 build with the old names runs and builds perfectly fine in iOS 26 If there is any other code that may be relevant in determining where this error is occurring, I would be happy to add it. My current best theory is simply that I have mistakenly omitted code relevant to the SwiftData Migration.

I am getting this error msg when I try to run a SwiftUI Preview on an iOS 15.5 simulator: Termination Reason: Namespace DYLD, Code 1, Library missing | Library not loaded: /usr/lib/swift/libswift_StringProcessing.dylib | Referenced from: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/lib/swift/iphonesimulator/libLiveExecutionResultsLogger.dylib | Reason: tried: '/Users/hfg/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/Testios15sim-aawlbfbtggzozseoekycwwpadhrc/Build/Intermediates.noindex/Previews/iphonesimulator/Testios15sim/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/libswift_StringProcessing.dylib' (no such file), '/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Profiles/Runtimes/iOS 15.5.simruntime/Contents/Resources/RuntimeRoot/usr/lib/swift/libswift_StringProcessing.dylib' (no such file), '/usr/lib/swift/libswift_StringProcessing.dylib' (no such file), '/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Profiles/Runtimes/iOS 15.5.simruntime/Contents/Resources/RuntimeRoot/usr/lib/libswift_StringProcessing.dylib' (no such file) FYI I tried with the Legacy Preview Execution both on and off

Hello, I am facing a recurring issue with Xcode iOS simulator (preview). I want to preview a SwiftUI for iOS in Xcode, but the Simulator app fails to boot up. I receive the follow error in Xcode: Cannot Preview in this file. Simulator was shutdown during an update. I have tried the following: Uninstall Xcode and reinstall it again Deleting all developer data Deleting Xcode cache Reinstalling iOS Simulator runtimes and reconfiguration of simulators. Tested using different simulator and runtime versions. "xcrun simctl --set previews delete al" I reported the issue: FB20485454 FB20987522 Thank you. Best regards, Jens

When following the official SwiftUI Tutorial "Landmarks", I should be able to Cmd-Ctrl-Click an element of a preview in Selectable mode to view a list of options. But Xcode shows only one option (Embed). Furthermore, if I try to type anything the popover breaks completely and grows in length infinitely. I am not sure whether this is a bug, or I missed something when installing Xcode, or both

My MBP M1 Pro gets really hot. iOS 26.1 Simulator in Xcode 26.1 makes ReportCrash process run at 60-160% of CPU shows Activity Monitor. MacOS 26.1. I've reported this via Feedback Assistant: FB20918609. Is there a way to quit this process permanently? When I Force Quit this it opens again immediately. Only way to stop it is to quit Simulator. But then again, I need to use the Simulator.

I am trying to make build for my project followed all step and all but Igot Showing Recent Errors Only Build target PCS_EmpApp of project PCS_EmpApp with configuration Debug ProcessInfoPlistFile /Users/mayankjain/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/PCS_EmpApp-bhccfqkphneiyabcysmesvskjrrm/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/PCS_EmpApp.app/Info.plist /Users/mayankjain/Downloads/RetailApp/PCS_EmpApp/obj/Debug/net9.0-ios/iossimulator-arm64/xcsync/Info.plist (in target 'PCS_EmpApp' from project 'PCS_EmpApp') cd /Users/mayankjain/Downloads/RetailApp/PCS_EmpApp/obj/Debug/net9.0-ios/iossimulator-arm64/xcsync builtin-infoPlistUtility /Users/mayankjain/Downloads/RetailApp/PCS_EmpApp/obj/Debug/net9.0-ios/iossimulator-arm64/xcsync/Info.plist -producttype com.apple.product-type.application -genpkginfo /Users/mayankjain/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/PCS_EmpApp-bhccfqkphneiyabcysmesvskjrrm/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/PCS_EmpApp.app/PkgInfo -expandbuildsettings -format binary -platform iphonesimulator -o /Users/mayankjain/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/PCS_EmpApp-bhccfqkphneiyabcysmesvskjrrm/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/PCS_EmpApp.app/Info.plist error: Build input file cannot be found: '/Users/mayankjain/Downloads/RetailApp/PCS_EmpApp/obj/Debug/net9.0-ios/iossimulator-arm64/xcsync/Info.plist'. Did you forget to declare this file as an output of a script phase or custom build rule which produces it? (in target 'PCS_EmpApp' from project 'PCS_EmpApp') Build input file cannot be found: '/Users/mayankjain/Downloads/RetailApp/PCS_EmpApp/obj/Debug/net9.0-ios/iossimulator-arm64/xcsync/Info.plist'. Did you forget to declare this file as an output of a script phase or custom build rule which produces it? error . I tried but unable to solve it .

Hello, I'm experiencing consistent crashes of XCPreviewAgent when using Xcode Previews on macOS 26.0.1 Tahoe (25A362). Configuration: macOS: 26.0.1 (25A362) - stable release Xcode: 16.0 (23.0.54) - stable release Hardware: MacBook Pro M4 Project: SwiftUI iOS app Issue: Every time I try to use Xcode Previews, XCPreviewAgent crashes with: Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS) Exception Subtype: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0000000340e54000 Termination Reason: Namespace SIGNAL, Code 10, Bus error: 10 The crash occurs in shared memory region during dynamic library loading. What I've tried: Cleared all caches: rm -rf ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData Deleted Preview data: rm -rf ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/UserData/Previews Reset simulators: xcrun simctl --set previews delete all Switched xcode-select to /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer Tried both Xcode stable and Xcode beta Created fresh simulators Clean build (Cmd+Shift+K) Rebooted Mac multiple times The app runs fine on simulator (Cmd+R), but Previews consistently crash.

I am experiencing an issue where my Mac's speakers will crackle and pop when running an app on the Simulator or even when previewing SwiftUI with Live Preview. I am using a 16" MacBook Pro (i9) and I'm running Xcode 12.2 on Big Sur (11.0.1). Killing coreaudiod temporarily fixes the problem however this is not much of a solution. Is anyone else having this problem?