Nativescript-cli: CLI( tns ) Only can deploy first time to Real IPhone device, please help :(

[enchev]

_From @wisonye on January 15, 2016 7:22_

When developing, I use the this command to run in Emulator, everything is fine:

tns livesync ios --emulator --device "iPhone 5" --watch

But after I want to test on real IPhone device, I run

tns run ios

It ONLY CAN WORKS for the first time, after that, it always DEPLOY FAIL with this error:

Results at '/Users/wison/NativeScriptProject/DemoMobileApp/platforms/ios/build/device/DemoMobileApp.ipa' 
Project successfully built
Using  /Users/wison/NativeScriptProject/DemoMobileApp/platforms/ios/build/device/DemoMobileApp.ipa
Unable to start service com.apple.mobile.installation_proxy. Result code is: 3892314239

I really have no idea on this, and the weird thing is keep going: After I unplug the IPHONE, the "tns device" command still can LIST my iphone( how could that possible ):

Wisons-MacBook-Pro:DemoMobileApp wison$ tns device
┌───┬─────────────┬──────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ # │ Device Name │ Platform │ Device Identifier                        │
│ 1 │ iPhone5,2   │ iOS      │ 4fcae2e62d5bd99d901647c84b78a3259f71f9ed │
└───┴─────────────┴──────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────┘

Anybody can help on this ??? :)

_Copied from original issue: NativeScript/NativeScript#1379_

[Fatme]

Hi @wisonye,

Can you try to restart your device and run the command again?

[wisonye]

@Fatme I found a tips, after restart my MacOSX, then plugin the IPhone, and the default "Photos" app will open( automatic ), IF I DON'T CLOSE Photos app, "tns run ios" works for more times, if I close it, just fail, I just found this, not sure it's the real reason, still confusing on this :)

[Fatme]

It's a really strange. Can you check if Sync with this iPhone over Wi-Fi option is turned on from your iTunes?

[alpipego]

I have a similar problem. Where I get the same error message:

Unable to start service com.apple.mobile.installation_proxy. Result code is: 3892314239

After unplugging the phone tns device does still list the phone, it is not visible in Xcode → Window → Devices however.

Edit
I opened iTunes and checked 'Sync over WiFi' - applied - then unchecked this option - applied again - closed iTunes and now tns device completely hangs (Ctrl+C does nothing), regardless if the iPhone is connected or not.

[alg]

It's curious, but I got rid of the error by stopping a ton of apps (mostly games) my son started while I was away. Got to the springboard-only state and it started installing everything smoothly.

[aylesm]

I frequently get this issue:

Successfully deployed on device 204ea16234def71a7e7813d9e7490e54b0037b73
Unable to start service com.apple.mobile.installation_proxy. Result code is: 3892314239

Nothing mentioned here works a 100% of the time.

[rleclair65]

Same problem with iPad4,1. No solution mentioned works. I start my ios app my xcode.

[wisonye]

@rleclair65 Yep, you're right, when "tns" sometime happy, sometime is not happy, the finally helper is XCode, 100% can install and run on IOS Device :) And XCode also fixed the "Black launch screen" issue as well :)

[aylesm]

I found that in my terminal if I list the processes and kill the forked server process it helps. For example run:
ps
to get the list of processes. It should give you something like:

PID TTY TIME CMD
496 ttys000 0:00.47 -bash
2660 ttys000 0:00.26 adb -P 5037 fork-server server --reply-fd 4

Then kill fork-server like this:
kill 2660

[alg]

@aylesm How adb is related to iOS?

[spstratis]

Has there been any further updates on this?

[enchev]

Hey @spstratis what is your CLI version?

[manijak]

Someone care to explain why this is closed and no permanent solution provided?

I have this issue on CLI 2.0.1

[enchev]

Hey @manijak,

I asked for more info however never got a response. Hey @dtopuzov @vchimev can you confirm this?

[manijak]

It's a verry odd issue. I had an ipad in the other room that had sync over wifi enabled. So it appeared in the device list all the time, even after I disabled the sync.
Had to turn off wifi on the device for it to go away, restarted my Mac and now it works...

[dtopuzov]

@manijak we had several issues when deploy/run/debug on real device when --device option is specified. Those issues should be resolved in 2.1.0 (it will be available at the end of this month).

If you still experience some issues with 2.1.0, please reopen or report new issue.

[christocracy]

I just got this error with 2.1.1. Closed iTunes and it worked.

[avatsaev]

Got this error on 2.3.0 (released today 15 sep 2016)
can't deploy on real device

executed command: tns deploy ios --device 1

here is the log trace: https://gist.github.com/avatsaev/fdb34ca396a47de2ff65e8bfcb6ca4a5

[ignaciolarranaga]

Had the same problem with 2.3.0 too. Seems it is not yet solved.

[andreasotto]

I can confirm the problem still exists (for a long time now ;-( ).
Rebooting the iPhone temporarily helps, as exactly one install on the phone is possible then.

But this is far from a solution, one can't reboot the phone for every deploy!

# tns run ios --device 1
[....]
Project successfully built
Unable to start service com.apple.mobile.installation_proxy. Result code is: 3892314239

I'm currently in the process from changing from Ionic to NativeScript, but this issue definitively stops me being productive. And knowing that this issue exists since nearly a year makes me scared. If there is anything i could help with, let me (us) know.

[xerotolerant]

Closing Itunes worked once. It hasn't really worked since. I use ipa-deploy on the side but even that is a a little inconvenient. Is there a way to force disconnect devices in the command line?

[andreasotto]

Closing iTunes makes no difference. I have to reboot the iPhone everytime i would like to run or deploy the app again. That makes the development cycle terrible. Is there no help in sight? Do we know if the NativeScript people at least work on this issue?

[xerotolerant]

Wait, try ejecting you iPhone from iTunes and closing the app on the device
completely. That works for me off and no. Not 100% of the time but often
enough that I try it before i use ipadeploy.

On Wed, 28 Sep 2016 at 12:38 PM andreasotto [email protected]
wrote:

Closing iTunes makes no difference. I have to reboot the iPhone everytime
i would like to run or deploy the app again. That makes the development
cycle terrible. Is there no help in sight? Do we know if the NativeScript
people at least work in this issue?

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[andreasotto]

I just created a completely new app with the create command. That app is not running on the phone and doesn't need to be stopped. I disconnect the phone from iTunes and closed iTunes.

Because i already had run another app before, i run into the error again:

...
Project successfully built
Unable to start service com.apple.mobile.installation_proxy. Result code is: 3892314239

It's everytime the same. The only solution is to completely switch off the phone (reboot), what isn't a "solution" at all. I don't know how to to keep on developing. In bought an android phone to go on with developing, but thats not a solution, too - because now i'm in debugging iOS and i'm rebooting the phone like 20 times a day.

[avatsaev]

Okay i still have this issue so I'm tweeting to @nativescript with a link to this thread, they respond faster on twitter than on github

[rosen-vladimirov]

Hey guys,
I'm reopening this issue as it seems there are still people who have problems with:

Unable to start service com.apple.mobile.installation_proxy. Result code is: 3892314239

errors.

I'll need your help in order to investigate and resolve this issue permanently. Can all of you provide the following information, so we'll be able to reproduce the issue and try to fix it:

• What's the version of your Mac OS X?
• What's the version of your XCode ?
• What's the version of iTunes that you have installed?
• When you reproduce the issue, do you have more than one connected devices?
• Do you have iOS Simulator running while you reproduce the issue?
• What's the output of tns device command when you reproduce the issue?
• Do you reproduce the issue when you do not use the --device option?
• Do you have Sync with this iPhone over Wi-Fi option enabled in iTunes for ANY of your devices?
• When you reproduce the issue - how many devices do you see connected in iTunes?

I'm looking forward for more information on this case.

[xerotolerant]

ok I get this error in the cli
Unable to start service com.apple.mobile.installation_proxy. Result code is: 3892314239

I am running OSX 10.11.3
XCODE 7.3.1
iTunes 12.3.2.35
2 devices one real and one simulator. Killed simulator , same result.
When one real device is connected tns device says one device with a name, id type device and status connected

I do have sync this iphone over wifi enabled for the device
when sync iphone over wifi was disabled tns devices now does not show the device name and status is unreachable for a while. After a few tests it seems like disabling sync over wifi is the solution. It hasn't occured since I disabled it.

[rosen-vladimirov]

@xerotolerant thanks for the detailed information.
@avatsaev , @andreasotto , @ignaciolarranaga can you try disabling the "Sync over wifi" option and see if this will work for you. In case it doesn't, can you answer the questions from my previous post and post them here.

[avatsaev]

@rosen-vladimirov deployment was very slow, but it did work yes. Still, one person is not a sample, need confirmation from @andreasotto and @ignaciolarranaga before jumping to conclusions.

[ignaciolarranaga]

Sorry for the delay @rosen-vladimirov , providing the data:

• What's the version of your Mac OS X?: 10.12
• What's the version of your XCode ?: 8.0 (8A218a)
• What's the version of iTunes that you have installed?: 12.5.1.21
• When you reproduce the issue, do you have more than one connected devices?: No
• Do you have iOS Simulator running while you reproduce the issue?: Not always, but normally yes.
• What's the output of tns device command when you reproduce the issue?

tns device
┌───┬───────────────────┬──────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────┬────────┬───────────┐
│ # │ Device Name       │ Platform │ Device Identifier                        │ Type   │ Status    │
│ 1 │ iPhone de Ignacio │ iOS      │ ......12e0cea5c4705195b814e2b2e4aa...... │ Device │ Connected │
└───┴───────────────────┴──────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────┴────────┴───────────┘

• Do you reproduce the issue when you do not use the --device option?: Yes
• Do you have Sync with this iPhone over Wi-Fi option enabled in iTunes for ANY of your devices?: Yes
• When you reproduce the issue - how many devices do you see connected in iTunes?: Just 1

[ignaciolarranaga]

@rosen-vladimirov I reproduced the issue, then disabled "Sync over wifi" as requested, ran tns run ios --device 1 again and same result:

Project successfully built
Unable to start service com.apple.mobile.installation_proxy. Result code is: 3892314239
# run ios
....

Later I disconnect the phone and Quit ITunes, then connect it again, run and works (just did).
Tried several times and all the times it worked.

[avatsaev]

@ignaciolarranaga Can you try with device UUID instead of 1 (the index)

[rosen-vladimirov]

As expected, the problem is caused by the "Sync over Wi-Fi" option. I've modified the code the show helpful message how to resolve such problems, when CLI is unable to work with the device. As CLI is using iTunes to connect to iOS devices, I'm not sure we'll be able to provide a real fix for such cases. But the helpful message describes required actions in order to resolve the issue.

[avatsaev]

How does ionic do it? They use a different tool to deploy?

[hvrz39]

I'm still having the same issue, just run 'tns run ios --device ######' and got the 'NOENT: no such file or directory, scandir '/Users/...' message. None of the mentioned workarounds above worked for me. Any update on this issue?

[jawainc]

same error as of @hvrz39
ENOENT: no such file or directory, scandir '/Users/...'
nothing works as of above mentioned workarounds

[demetrio812]

Hello, not sure why this is closed, I'm still having the same problem:

OSX 10.12.3
XCODE 8.2.1
iTunes 12.5.5.5
NativeScript 2.5.0

I don't have "Sync over Wifi" (I just use iCloud from the phone) but I confirm that "tns device" keeps returning the device as connected even when I disconnect it from the cable.

I've also tried to delete the "platforms" folder.

This is the error:

tns run ios
Skipping prepare.
Searching for devices...
Skipping package build. No changes detected on the native side. This will be fast!

{ Error
at Object. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/nativescript/lib/common/errors.js:7:23)
at Module._compile (module.js:570:32)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10)
at Module.load (module.js:487:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)
at Module.require (module.js:497:17)
at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
at Object. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/nativescript/lib/nativescript-cli.js:8:18)
at Module._compile (module.js:570:32)
name: 'Exception',
message: 'Unable to start service com.apple.mobile.installation_proxy. Result code is: 3892314239',
errorCode: 3892314239,
suppressCommandHelp: undefined }

In my case even a restart of the phone doesn't do anything, can you please let me know what I can try?

Thanks,
Dem

[jawainc]

you need to create a project in xcode and then run it on your iphone. After the error will be gone.

[demetrio812]

Thanks @jawainc
If I open the NativeScript iOS project with XCode, it compiles and runs properly in the phone, but again when I try it from the command line I get the same error...am I doing something wrong?

Any other idea?

Thanks,
Dem

[jawainc]

try removing ios platform and adding again. restart your iphone.
make sure phone and xcode are updated

[rosen-vladimirov]

Hey @demetrio812 ,
Can you check if Sync over Wi-fi is disabled in iTunes on your machine. Also, can you just try disabling your Wi-fi and execute tns device (when your device is connected and disconnected) - maybe some other device is connected to the same Wi-fi and this causes some confusion in the way CLI communicates to devices.

[demetrio812]

Thanks a lot @rosen-vladimirov , I didn't have Sync over Wi-Fi on but after disabling the wifi on the phone it disappeared from the list of the devices and then I reconnected and was able to run the app...let's see how long it will pass before I will have to do the procedure again...

Thanks!

[Roar1827]

I am experiencing this same issue. Some of the suggestions above help temporarily, easiest one i've found is turning the device off and on.

[odubuc]

Same issue for me also.

OSX 10.12.3
XCODE 8.2.1
iTunes 12.5.5.5
NativeScript 2.5.0

Sync over wifi is off, I have to reboot the phone on every build.. otherwise

Unable to kill the application.

[dtopuzov]

@Roar1827 @odubuc Can you reproduce the problem with hello-world application and provide exact steps to reproduce?

[odubuc]

I tried several times to reproduce using the hello world application but it worked fine every time.

After a few days of success and errors it seems that I'm getting the error "Unable to kill the application" only after a fatal error in the code somewhere.

For exemple, this morning I'm getting this one triggered in a save function. (I'm probably trying to save something that nativescript-couchbase doesn't like) :

CONSOLE LOG file:///app/provider/error.service.js:40:32: NativeScriptError: Error: -[__NSDate cbjson_encodeTo:canonical:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x17020b250

libc++abi.dylib: terminating with uncaught exception of type NSException

Now, if I try to run my app again
tns run ios --device ..........

Unable to kill the application
It'll fail everytime until I reboot the phone

[odubuc]

@dtopuzov I just tested the theory, here's how to reproduce using the tap application, all my steps:

tns create ngSample --template typescript
cd ngSample
code .

edit the package.json for a valid provisionning ID.
edit the onTap function in app/main-view-model.ts add throw 'I am Groot!'; anywhere inside the function

tns run ios --device <device_id>

tap the button, the app should crash and the console stop itself
launch it again
tns run ios --device <device_id>

the console will output
Unable to kill the application

[davek1979]

I was having the same issue on iOS and found this as a semi-complete solution to the problem (livesync won't work):

1, forget terminal
2, use XCode to BUILD and RUN on your connected device

Device no longer requires restart between builds.
Sync with WIFI is off.
All code changes are reflected in the build (as expected but didn't work for me before as livesync wouldn't work).

[dtopuzov]

Hi All,

In {N} 3.0.0 we changed communication with iOS devices and I can not reproduce the issue.

Can you please try {N} 3.0.0 RC and let us know if you still experience the issue.

npm uninstall -g nativescript
npm i -g nativescript@rc
tns create MyApp --template tns-template-hello-world@rc
tns platform add ios@rc --path MyApp
tns plugin remove tns-core-modules --path MyApp
tns plugin add tns-core-modules@rc --path MyApp
tns run ios --path MyApp

[dtopuzov]

@davek1979 @odubuc @demetrio812 @Roar1827 {N} 3.0.0 is now live, so you can test directly with official version.

[vultix]

I've just updated to {N} 3.0.0 and am still seeing this issue.

> tns run ios

Skipping prepare.
Searching for devices...
Skipping package build. No changes detected on the native side. This will be fast!
Multiple errors were thrown:
Could not start service com.apple.mobile.installation_proxy

[pkoleva]

Hey, @vultix ,
Would you try to deploy and run the app from XCode on your device and check if it is ok. If it is, then run
tns run ios --log trace
and paste us the result in the console here, so we can try to find the specific problem.
Thanks!

[tylerdoll]

@pkoleva I too am having this issue and it is becoming a real pain to deal with. I ran the command you mentioned to @vultix. Here is my log output. Sometimes I can fix it by unplugging and restarting my phone then running tns platform remove ios && tns platform add ios && tns build ios && tns run ios.

• What's the version of your Mac OS X? 10.11.6
• What's the version of your XCode ? 8.2.1
• What's the version of iTunes that you have installed? 12.6
• When you reproduce the issue, do you have more than one connected devices? No
• Do you have iOS Simulator running while you reproduce the issue? Sometimes. Usually it happens when I switch from the simulator to my actual device
• What's the output of tns device command when you reproduce the issue?
  1 │ Tyler's iPhone │ iOS │ def8a5215aa87d83776f0a7be535b98778cb840e │ Device │ Connected
• Do you reproduce the issue when you do not use the --device option? Yes
• Do you have Sync with this iPhone over Wi-Fi option enabled in iTunes for ANY of your devices? Tried it both ways and still didn't work
• When you reproduce the issue - how many devices do you see connected in iTunes? 1

[vultix]

@pkoleva Sorry for taking so long to respond. Coming back the next day to try to reproduce the error I have been unable to. I will let you know if it resurfaces. When it happens it is very difficult to manage.

[pkoleva]

Hey, @tylerdoll,

Thank you for the detailed report, but just to make sure we are on the same page - you use nativescript 3.0.0 (3.0.1 is the latest if you haven't tried it you can give it a go) and your steps to reproduce are:

1. You run the app on a simulator with tns run ios -> the app is built and deployed successfully
2. Immediately after that you try to run the same app on a paired device with the same command tns run ios -> the app skips prepare and build and could not be deployed to the device.

It will be very helpful if you can send us this app's package.json and also if you verify that the same app can be deployed to the device from XCode (in app/platforms/ios there is a xcodeproj file you can use to do so)

Thanks!

[pkoleva]

@tylerdoll, I've consulted with our developers and searched the closed issues and it seems like the problem you are facing is actually with iTunes. The solution is to disable Wi-fi Sync in iTunes for this device, judging from the error code it seems to not support it. Another way to try this is to stop the Wi-fi on this device and try again.
Hope one of these helps!

[toddanglin]

I can confirm that I also encounter this problem with {N} 3.0.1 and XCode 8.3.2.

The problem started after LiveSync caused the app to encounter an error on launch. After that error, any attempt to re-run the app has failed.

The target iPad does not have WiFi sync in iTunes enabled, and I also disabled Wifi on the device. To resolve, I had to unplug and then reconnect the USB connection to the iPad. After doing that, I was able to redeploy and run the app.

I'll attempt to create an smaller demo project that can recreate this error condition. Hopefully we can find a way to further minimize this edge case error...

[ahmadsyamim]

After reboot device, 'Error is: InstallationLookupFailed.'

[jrz]

Error is: Could not start service com.apple.mobile.installation_proxy.
Turned wifi off.
Now: Error is: Could not start device session.

Now suddenly it works.

[speigg]

I've also been encountering this problem on nativescript v3.2.1 (Xcode 9):

Unable to apply changes on device: 4e025c1c924ddc3c69c797d2a82c3ed75adfc4d7. Error is: Could not start device session.

[hosikiti]

I've also been encountering this problem since the beginning of December while deploying to simulator and deploying through XCode9.2 works.

Error message on tns run ios

Installing...
Unable to apply changes on device: 5f7a1717923abc2ac017b0d0992eadd4b5573a5a. Error is: InstallationLookupFailed.

My environment:

┌──────────────────┬─────────────────┬────────────────┬───────────────┐
│ Component        │ Current version │ Latest version │ Information   │
│ nativescript     │ 3.3.1           │ 3.3.1          │ Up to date    │
│ tns-core-modules │ 3.3.0           │ 3.3.0          │ Up to date    │
│ tns-android      │                 │ 3.3.1          │ Not installed │
│ tns-ios          │ 3.3.0           │ 3.3.0          │ Up to date    │
└──────────────────┴─────────────────┴────────────────┴───────────────┘

[hosikiti]

My problem solved. It seems "Enterprise Distribution" is a cause of this issue. Enterprise app needed to be "trusted" from control panel before use. However, tns run command deletes an installed old app every time before installing new one, and "trusted" information is always reset. Because of that tns run cannot launch newly installed app.

What I did to fix (just for anyone who is facing same kind of issue):

1. Create iOS development certificate, app id, and provisioning profile.
2. Install the certificate and the provisioning profile to my local machine.
3. Run tns build ios --provision to know the provision ID of newly installed provisoning profile.
4. Run tns device ios to know my iPhone's device ID.
5. Run `tns run ios --device --provision
6. Done!

[sean-nicholas]

I had this problem with the simulator. I solved this by checking out my initial commit, running tns run ios (issue is gone) and then re-checkout my last commit. Everything worked again. Strange 🤔

[dtopuzov]

Wifi devices not longer detected by tns.
Will be released in [email protected]

[stevegardnersa]

I've skimmed through the above comments and didn't see my solution but sorry if it's a repeat. I found this problem was caused by a non original iPhone cable. As soon as I switched to an original cable the error stopped.

The error I was getting was...

Unable to apply changes on device: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX. Error is: Could not start service com.apple.mobile.installation_proxy.

[marcosnc08]

Hi ! I'm having this issue.

"nativescript": { "id": "blah blah blah", "tns-ios": { "version": "5.0.0" }, "tns-android": { "version": "5.3.1" } },

The error is

Error detected during LiveSync on "device id" for "path to app folder". Error: InstallationLookupFailed

I disabled wi fi sync for the device on iTunes but nothing changed.

Any ideas on how to solve this?

Thanks!