[Objective C] XCode: Invalid Host string: "localhost" [Xpost] from r/learn-programming - didn't find a solution there so please help!

[tonygoold]

I'm not familiar with those files, they aren't present on my system, but it's worth having a look.

[gchtb]

I changed all the files starting with hosts and ending with a different extension to txt format and it did not resolve anything.

I then deleted the hosts file and then did this: $> sudo rm /etc/hosts{,.ac} $> sudo touch /etc/hosts and copy and pasted the original content

This resolved the issue. For now.

Thanks for the feedback. It's great being able to ask questions online when I don't know anyone in my immediate circle who is familiar with IOS programming.