Xcode 12.4 is incompatible with the version of xamarin.ios being used

Question

I have Visual Studio 2019 for Mac (8.10.3) , Xamarin.ios version as 14.2 and Xcode 12.4 on my mac machine. I am trying to setup a code but its giving error.Xcode 12.4 is currently selected in Preferences and is incompatible with the version of xamarin.ios being used. Its asking to install Xcode 12.5.
I cannot install Xcode 12.5 as it will require to update MAC OS version to 11 also. We cannot update MAC OS version.
Please suggest how to resolve this issue.

Answer 1

Hi Manali-1671,

Welcome to our Microsoft Q&A platform!

According to Xamarin.iOS 14.14 Release Notes, we can know that Xamarin.iOS 14.14 supports for Xcode 12.4.

So a workaround is to update the Xamarin.iOS to make it compatible with Xcode 12.4.

First, you need to uninstall the current Xamarin.iOS in your mac. You can use the script provided in this document.

rm -rf ~/Library/MonoTouch  
sudo rm -rf /Library/Frameworks/Xamarin.iOS.framework  
sudo rm -rf /Developer/MonoTouch  
sudo pkgutil --forget com.xamarin.monotouch.pkg  
sudo pkgutil --forget com.xamarin.xamarin-ios-build-host.pkg  
sudo pkgutil --forget com.xamarin.xamarin.ios.pkg  

Then go to Xamarin Version, select Xamarin.iOS on the left and download Xamarin.iOS (Mac) 14.14

Here is a similar thread found here: https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/xcode-1131-is-currently-selected-in-preferences-an/973716

Regards,
Kyle

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