phonegap - trying a simple helloworld I get just a black screen on iOS emulator

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I'm following this guidde: http://iphonedevlog.wordpress.com/2013/12/19/using-phonegap-3-3-cli-on-mac-os-x-mavericks-to-build-ios-projects/

So when I try cordova emulate ios it shows ** BUILD SUCCEEDED **but iOS Simulator shows a black screen forever, and after some minutes console prints this:

Session could not be started: Error Domain=DTiPhoneSimulatorErrorDomain Code=2 "Simulator session timed out." UserInfo=0x7fe1b3f31f00 {NSLocalizedDescription=Simulator session timed out.}
Error: /Users/me/Desktop/TestAppIos/platforms/ios/cordova/run: Command failed with exit code 1
    at ChildProcess.whenDone (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/node_modules/cordova-lib/src/cordova/superspawn.js:135:23)
    at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:98:17)
    at maybeClose (child_process.js:755:16)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:822:5)

I'm on Macbook Retina 13" with Mavericks.

Any idea? I'm just trying to build a helloworld and emulate on android and ios.

what version of cordova are you using and what version of xcode do you have? — Dawson Loudon, Oct 10 '14 at 15:05
possible duplicate of [Unable to boot iOS 8 Simulator](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25987302/unable-to-boot-ios-8-simulator) — Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia, Oct 11 '14 at 12:21

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 11 '14 at 03:48

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This error has been reported multiple times on stack overflow. Every time, it has been caused by DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES being set. Try deleting /etc/launchd.conf and rebooting. If the issue persists, please look in ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports for any launchd_sim crashes and provide one of those as reference.

answered Oct 11 '14 at 03:48

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ls: /etc/launchd.conf: No such file or directory – Per Quested Aronsson Oct 15 '14 at 18:48
@Per If you are experiencing this issue (timeout error reported while waiting for the sim to boot) and you don't have DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES set, more information is needed as I stated above. Please look for launchd_sim crash logs. – Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia Oct 15 '14 at 23:25

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 17 '21 at 10:21

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What might work is to launch the simulator from Xcode before giving the command

cordova emulate ios

This worked (and still works) for me when I had exactly the same error message. I'm not claiming it will work in all cases.

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answered Oct 15 '14 at 19:59

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phonegap - trying a simple helloworld I get just a black screen on iOS emulator

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