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The Info.plist for application at (null) specifies a CFBundleExecutable of (null), which does not exist.

I started getting this error after using 3.2.1 and trying to build and run on my device w debug.

I found a few posts around describing ways to fix it, but this fixed it quick and easy for me (thanks MacHackShack.com)…

In Xcode, choose “Executables” from the project hierarchy. Click your project executable then press Command-I. Choose the General tab and set the working directory to “Build Products directory”.

UPDATE: It looks like it’s a known issue:

Changing an iPhone Executable’s working directory from “Build Products directory” may cause the application not to install properly with the error message “The Info.plist for application at (null) specifies a CFBundleExecutable of (null), which does not exist.”

So I guess this setting was fine before and while the setting didn’t change, a bug was introduced that doesn’t handle the setting anymore.

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  3. Ashley

    Worked like a charm. Tried many other “fixes” but yours was the only one that worked. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
    -Ashley

  5. Rob

    Indeed, other fixes didn’t work but this fixed it instantly.

    Thanks!

  8. Tom Corwine

    Big thanks! I don’t know what happened, though. How did it get broken?

  9. bearc0025

    See the post – I updated it as to why this started happening. Apparently there’s a bug in the new version of Xcode that doesn’t handle that setting as it was before.

  10. Dave

    Thanks for you time to add to the forums. worked for me

  11. RCB Management

    Thanks very much for posting this, it saved me a huge amount of time, this is very much appreciated.

    Please keep sharing.

  13. Rob

    You are a star!

    Thanks for the information, this fixed my issue too.

  20. Gregory Hassett

    Thank you so much — saved my bacon.

  23. bebe rebozo

    This worked fine for me. Thanks very.

  24. Shweta Gupte

    hey this did not solve my problem.I still get
    The Info.plist for application at specifies a CFBundleExecutable of , which does not exist.

    My project was working until my bos duplicated it and saved as a separate location from xcode.Then the registerMonomodules.o give 4 build errors while linking. its calling facebooklogin,facebooklogout related files for which I have given the path in env variables.
    Also the project had 22source files compiling and slowly it become 13 then 10 now.
    What is happening .what did I not try so far?Any help is appreciated.

    1. bearc0025

      Sorry, all I know is what I posted. Check out the forums linked to in the post and hopefull that will help.