Xcode can't open Info.plist — error says “there is no such file”

Question

I switched to Xcode 4 and loaded my project, which worked perfectly in Xcode 3. When I run it, I get an error that says:

The file “Info.plist” couldn’

Answer 1

For me the issue was that the error was referring to the Info.plist from a library I was using, not the actual .plist file from the project.

Maybe this will help someone in the future.

Answer 2

For me the problem was that some of the .storyboard files had different deployment targets after a merge. Fixed it by setting all the storyboard files to use "Project Deployment Target".

Answer 3

In my case one of the key was missed out while adding ATS compliance flag

<key>NSAppTransportSecurity</key>

Instead of the correct one as below

<true/>
<key>NSAppTransportSecurity</key>
<dict>
    <key>NSAllowsArbitraryLoadsInWebContent</key>
    <true/>
    <key>NSAllowsArbitraryLoads</key>
    <true/>
    <key>NSExceptionDomains</key>
    <dict>
        <key>some-service1.com</key>
        <dict>
            <key>NSExceptionAllowsInsecureHTTPLoads</key>
            <false/>
        </dict>
        <key>some-service2.com</key>
        <dict>
            <key>NSExceptionAllowsInsecureHTTPLoads</key>
            <false/>
        </dict>
    </dict>
</dict>

I was having this

<dict>
    <key>NSAllowsArbitraryLoadsInWebContent</key>
    <true/>
    <key>NSAllowsArbitraryLoads</key>
    <true/>
    <key>NSExceptionDomains</key>
    <dict>
        <key>some-service1.com</key>
        <dict>
            <key>NSExceptionAllowsInsecureHTTPLoads</key>
            <false/>
        </dict>
        <key>some-service2.com</key>
        <dict>
            <key>NSExceptionAllowsInsecureHTTPLoads</key>
            <false/>
        </dict>
    </dict>
</dict>

Although some of the online XML Validators did say the XMLs are correct, (which was not), I used

plutil filename.plist

going to the directory where plist file is present (from terminal) and got to know the exact line number that had issues Reference :(https://stackoverflow.com/a/32494850/5438240)

Answer 4

In my case, the file was there, but malformed. If you recently edited your Info.plist in a text editor, undo that change, and retry without breaking the markup validity.

Answer 5

For me this happened as a result of enabling localization of the plist file (to give language specific identifier of the app on springboard).

In targets>build settings>packaging>info.plist file key i changed the path from AppName/AppName-info.plist to AppName/Base.lproj/AppName-info.plist and everything worked as expected.

Remember, its lproj as in a small L and not a capital I.

Hope this helps.

Answer 6

Under Targets>Packaging>Info.plist file, make sure that the file path is correct.