#import file not found after xcode update

Question

Lastnight I updated my iPhone to iOS 6.1, my current version of xcode wouldn't build to the phone as I needed the newest version.

I went from xcode 4.5.2 to xcode 4.6, I made 0 changes in my project file.

What used to compile completely fine, now gives me a file not found error

#import <libxml/tree.h> 'libxml/tree.h' file not found

I have my search paths correctly linked up with

$(SDKROOT)/usr/include/libxml2

and libxml2 is linked and required in build phases.

Edit:

Peculiar I changed my search paths to the following and voila..

/usr/include/libxml2

Not sure why this has fixed this issue, could anyone enlighten me as to what's changed in xcode?

Does this help: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4903939/libxml2-dylib-and-xcode4 — trojanfoe, Jan 31 '13 at 10:28
Hmm I solved my issue by doing as above, I just don't understand what's changed between 4.5.2 and 4.6 to break my project — Bongeh, Jan 31 '13 at 11:19
OMG, was that it? ty Bongeh that helped me 2 solve this issue in Xcode4.6. — Boris Gafurov, Feb 22 '13 at 16:41
What version of Xcode are you using? Because we are now at 4.6.2. You could check out this directory: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS6.1.sdk/ that should be your SDKROOT. And check if /usr/include/libxml2 doesn't exist. — Leon, Apr 16 '13 at 12:50

score 66 · Answer 1 · edited May 16 '15 at 11:27

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In your build settings, add the following to your Header Search Paths:

$SDKROOT/usr/include/libxml2

edited May 16 '15 at 11:27

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answered May 01 '13 at 13:52

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I'm not sure you've understood the question, the reason I had the problem was because I had done as you said above in the first place. – Bongeh Jun 03 '13 at 09:00
Just in case anyone is in the same situation I was: remember to add the search path also to the test target. – enreas Sep 23 '14 at 09:36
Worked for me, Thanks!! – Amit Ajmera May 31 '16 at 14:01

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 14 '15 at 00:20

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For me what worked was adding this to header search path:

$(SDKROOT)/usr/include/libxml2

Slightly difference from other answer, probably to do with newer version of Xcode.

answered Jan 14 '15 at 00:20

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score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 01 '16 at 10:58

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add: $SDKROOT/usr/include/libxml2

answered Jun 01 '16 at 10:58

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score 2 · Answer 4 · edited May 16 '15 at 11:25

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In Xcode6 and latest versions add this to your Header Search Paths:

/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS.sdk/usr/include/libxml2

and remember to add the search path also to the test target.

edited May 16 '15 at 11:25

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answered Nov 11 '14 at 02:41

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 02 '20 at 12:16

I upgraded libxml2 on my mac and then:

If you need to have libxml2 first in your PATH run:                                                                                                                                                                                             
  echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/libxml2/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc

For compilers to find libxml2 you may need to set:
  export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/opt/libxml2/lib"
  export CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/opt/libxml2/include"

For pkg-config to find libxml2 you may need to set:
  export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/local/opt/libxml2/lib/pkgconfig"

#import file not found after xcode update

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