PhoneGap CLI "cordova build ios" failed

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i have created a new hello world project using the following command, ``` cordova create hello com.example.hello HelloWorld ``` the project is created successfully, then i add the ios platform by ``` cordova platform add ios ``` and to verify i have it added correctly, i type ``` cordova platform list ``` the iOS platform is shown in the list. so at this point, according to the PhoneGap tutorial, i can use the command ``` cordova build ios ``` to build the iOS version of the project. however, i encounter the following error: ``` Generating config.xml from defaults for platform "ios" Preparing ios project Compiling app on platform "ios" via command "/Users/Aldour/PhoneGap/hello/platforms/ios/cordova/build" /usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/node_modules/q/q.js:126 throw e; ^ Error: An error occurred while building the ios project. at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/src/compile.js:65:22) at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17) at maybeClose (ch…

Accepted Answer

I had the same problem in Android platform, and it was solved with the commands:

```
cordova platform rm android
cordova platform add android
cordova build android
```

in Node.Js console. try it in ios.

If you get an error with 'cordova platform add android', you may need to manually remove any android folders in your project folder hierarchy.

PhoneGap CLI "cordova build ios" failed

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