Could not automatically select an Xcode project

Question

When i type \"pod install\" in a correct directory I always get this

Analyzing dependencies

[!] Could not automatically select an Xcode project. Specify          


        

Answer 1

This happened to me too. We use git. And often change branches. While I changing a branch, some bug in Xcode made the project file lose its name. I did clean and changed branches or pull again. The Xcode project file was restored. But the old file with the missing name was still in there. This is not detected by git, if you try to do a pod update with this file in there, It will file. Delete this file or make sure you have only xcode proj file. This should fix it