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I’m trying to generate some documentation for. my project using Jazzy. However, when I run jazzy from the command line I’m getting the following output:

Could not successfully run `xcodebuild`.
Please check the build arguments.
Saved `xcodebuild` log file: /var/folders/nd/t1rlxsp94kgbll0v834jnc0h0000gp/T/xcodebuild-84D58051-E84E-40D8-A4E7-E080B83D7117.log
Failed to generate documentation
Traceback (most recent call last):
    7: from /usr/local/bin/jazzy:23:in `<main>'
    6: from /usr/local/bin/jazzy:23:in `load'
    5: from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/jazzy-0.13.6/bin/jazzy:15:in `<top (required)>'
    4: from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/jazzy-0.13.6/lib/jazzy/doc_builder.rb:79:in `build'
    3: from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/jazzy-0.13.6/lib/jazzy/doc_builder.rb:79:in `chdir'
    2: from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/jazzy-0.13.6/lib/jazzy/doc_builder.rb:81:in `block in build'
    1: from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/jazzy-0.13.6/lib/jazzy/sourcekitten.rb:266:in `run_sourcekitten'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/jazzy-0.13.6/lib/jazzy/executable.rb:36:in `execute_command': /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/jazzy-0.13.6/bin/sourcekitten ["doc", "--"] (RuntimeError)

Running xcodebuild

Could not successfully run `xcodebuild`.

Please check the build arguments.

Saved `xcodebuild` log file: /var/folders/nd/t1rlxsp94kgbll0v834jnc0h0000gp/T/xcodebuild-84D58051-E84E-40D8-A4E7-E080B83D7117.log

Failed to generate documentation

Why is this failing to run when from xcode my project build with no issues

4

Answers


  1. Jazzy requires a build from the command line to generate the documentation. So you need a command similar to:

    jazzy --build-tool-arguments -workspace,ios.xcworkspace,-scheme,iosapp
    

    From https://github.com/realm/jazzy

    …try passing extra arguments to xcodebuild, for example jazzy --build-tool-arguments -scheme,MyScheme,-target,MyTarget


    How to find your schemes and targets to pass into xcodebuild from Jazzy

    Be sure to cd to the directory where your Xcode Workspace or Xcode Project is:
    cd path/to/ios.xcworkspace

    xcodebuild -version
    
    # online help
    man xcodebuild
    
    # List schemes & targets
    xcodebuild -list
    

    Results for a sample Xcode Workspace,

    Information about project "ios":
        Targets:
            iosapp
            bench
            dynamic
            static
            bundle
            test
            integration
            Integration Test Harness
    
        Build Configurations:
            Debug
            Release
            RelWithDebInfo
    
        If no build configuration is specified and -scheme is not passed then "RelWithDebInfo" is used.
    
        Schemes:
            bench
            bundle
            CI
            dynamic
            dynamic+static
            Integration Test Harness
            iosapp
            static
    
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  2. You can review the content of

    log file: /var/folders/nd/t1rlxsp94kgbll0v834jnc0h0000gp/T/xcodebuild-84D58051-E84E-40D8-A4E7-E080B83D7117.log
    

    for to obtain details the error

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  3. Typically, one of two things go wrong when running Jazzy for the first time. Either you did not set xcodebuild to use the full Xcode app instead of the pure command line tools or you forgot to specify the workspace or scheme in the parameters. This is particularly the case when using Cocoapods or if you have multiple schemes.

    With at minimum these parameters, Jazzy should run in most cases:

    cd yourAppDirectory # the one with the xcodeproj / xcworkspace in it
    jazzy --clean --author "Johnny Appleseed" --author_url https://siriuscybernetics.com -x -workspace,DemoApp.xcworkspace,-scheme,DemoAppScheme
    

    Also consider that that there may be incompatibilities with Apple Silicon / M1 for a while still, such as this Bus Error topic.

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  4. It worked with me! after removing ALL project source code files and clone the repo again! 🙂

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