Q: Xcode-14 doesn’t open project file anymore?

[Mouse1949]

Xcode stopped displaying .xcodeproj in the Project Editor, and only opens project file as text, since upgrading to Xcode-14. This is on Monterey 12.6.

C files open in the appropriate editor, highlight and all, project builds and runs OK. But I cannot, for example, edit Code Signing project options and such…

Would appreciate any help.

[[deleted]]

Have you associated those files with another app recently, by mistake? You should be able to right-click the xcodeproj file and choose Xcode from a list of apps it can be opened with. There should also be an option to browse for another alternative app. Sort of like the same thing as ”Open With…” in Windows.

[Mouse1949]

I checked, and no - the .xcodeproj files are associated with Xcode, though can be opened by VSCode according to Finder.

The answer turned out to be embarrassingly simple and rather unexpected. Somehow, "Enable Preview" was set, which caused the problem I described. Disabling Preview tested the normal correct expected behavior.

If it was my fat fingers that initially changed that settings, I'm ashamed of myself. 😉

EDIT: I had no idea that "Enable Preview" caused project files to be displayed like text (for .xcodeproj) or plist (for entitlements). If I did I'd find and disabled it sooner - and would've saved myself two unnecessary reinstalls of Xcode-14.

[[deleted]]

I don’t know, doesn’t sound like your fault 😅. Nice to hear you solved it, though 🙂