Microsoft .Net MAUI Development

How to Fix the “Please Verify the Xcode Installation” Error for Your .NET MAUI Project

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Recently, I encountered an issue where a new .NET MAUI project got stuck during the “verifying Xcode installation” step. This can be particularly frustrating, especially when you’re ready to dive into development. In this post, I’ll walk you through the issue, its root cause, and the solution that worked for me.

TL;DR

# In your Terminal, first run:
$ /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/simctl delete unavailable

# Reboot, then reopen your MAUI solution

Introduction

Starting a new .NET MAUI project should be an exciting venture, but nothing dampens that excitement faster than hitting an unexpected error.

Microsoft is retiring Visual Studio for Mac as of August 31, 2024, which took me some getting used to, as I’m a Xamarin from day 1 user, used to Xamarin Studio (later transformed into Visual Studio for Mac).

Luckily for us developers, Microsoft took great effort in creating a worthy alternative and provided us with a great successor for .NET MAUI development: Visual Studio for Code is ready to take on your MAUI adventure by installing a set of extensions that feature all…