Xcode just spins when opening a workspace

I'm new to xcode and IOS app development. I have received a project from someone that I will be working on. When I open in Xcode all I get is a spinning wheel. I have two proejects and the both do the same thing.

Any recommendation on where to start? Are there logs I can look at to determine why the project wont load?

Upgraded my OS and xcode to latest version and it now opens projects. Now I am running into problems with numerous warnings on pods. Some are because the pod seems to be based on Swift version < 5.0 which seems to come with Xcode 15.

I am new to IOS development. Is this typical that pods are not compatible with the latest languate. I'd love to know what designers typically do to handle these compatibility issues. Do you typically run an older verision of Swift to be compatible. with existing PODS?

Xcode just spins when opening a workspace
 
 
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