Simulators not available

[MathildeDion]

Hey,
I am trying to start using Flipper but can't connect my iOS simulators.
I installed idb in a virtual environment.

Idb gives me this list:

idb list-targets

iPad (10th generation) | 33B02403-1B13-45E1-ADCD-EDB276B218FC | Shutdown | simulator | iOS 17.2 | x86_64 | No Companion Connected
iPad (10th generation) | DCE88753-B0EF-446C-BC1B-A3C88A12A3B9 | Shutdown | simulator | iOS 17.5 | x86_64 | No Companion Connected
iPad Air (5th generation) | FD301739-B84D-422A-A0CB-833D8BA86073 | Shutdown | simulator | iOS 17.2 | x86_64 | No Companion Connected
iPad Air 11-inch (M2) | 45BAAA91-F935-471A-9BFF-D9FB6072D89B | Shutdown | simulator | iOS 17.5 | x86_64 | No Companion Connected
iPad Air 13-inch (M2) | CF02BB83-2BA8-4190-A772-9D56F173D1F7 | Shutdown | simulator | iOS 17.5 | x86_64 | No Companion Connected
iPad Pro (11-inch) (4th generation) | 918EB473-6867-4504-AEB8-30901F114C8E | Shutdown | simulator | iOS 17.2 | x86_64 | No Companion Connected
iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (6th generation) | 276DAC7B-9313-4B39-9DAF-E5F0A5C3E16F | Shutdown | simulator | iOS 17.2 | x86_64 | No Companion Connected
iPad Pro 11-inch (M4) | 28B5F336-2B26-4AEE-AC0C-6D8621BDA543 | Shutdown | simulator | iOS 17.5 | x86_64 | No Companion Connected
iPad Pro 13-inch (M4) | 9A010017-3A15-4DD0-92C0-61CF7AE9CD18 | Shutdown | simulator | iOS 17.5 | x86_64 | No Companion Connected
iPad mini (6th generation) | 4DDCE2D9-081D-4B5D-8995-431B535857D2 | Shutdown | simulator | iOS 17.2 | x86_64 | No Companion Connected
iPad mini (6th generation) | 7BC78DF2-576D-479A-88A1-A32FC8C63470 | Shutdown | simulator | iOS 17.5 | x86_64 | No Companion Connected
iPhone 15 | A63A58FA-5355-4F62-B4A5-AC5B6E066972 | Booted | simulator | iOS 17.2 | x86_64 | No Companion Connected
iPhone 15 | 501FC0F0-7401-4217-B7E8-3614E7F4978E | Shutdown | simulator | iOS 17.5 | x86_64 | No Companion Connected
iPhone 15 Plus | 6E4A5B3A-180E-4DD5-AE84-EDE76762A13B | Shutdown | simulator | iOS 17.2 | x86_64 | No Companion Connected
iPhone 15 Plus | FBF4D829-6E11-43BD-8D36-38528E002E4A | Shutdown | simulator | iOS 17.5 | x86_64 | No Companion Connected
iPhone 15 Pro | FEA08C17-A178-40E3-B80F-03BE1A7A6599 | Shutdown | simulator | iOS 17.2 | x86_64 | No Companion Connected
iPhone 15 Pro | 5F577771-7C55-41DD-897A-1F8CCD2F15B9 | Shutdown | simulator | iOS 17.5 | x86_64 | No Companion Connected
iPhone 15 Pro Max | CCA2CEA3-92E4-48BE-A9A4-08A801B75B50 | Shutdown | simulator | iOS 17.2 | x86_64 | No Companion Connected
iPhone 15 Pro Max | 3FBCC6B3-5381-40CD-98E8-AF28DB074F40 | Shutdown | simulator | iOS 17.5 | x86_64 | No Companion Connected
iPhone SE (3rd generation) | 948F43C7-601B-417F-8274-22AECAB37E87 | Shutdown | simulator | iOS 17.2 | x86_64 | No Companion Connected
iPhone SE (3rd generation) | 1E4B420D-6A7F-4B56-968B-51BAE1CF2564 | Shutdown | simulator | iOS 17.5 | x86_64 | No Companion Connected

But apparently none of the is available on Flipper ?

Command to list devices failed, make sure idb is installed.
Command "/opt/homebrew/opt/idb-companion/bin/idb_companion list-targets --json" failed to execute with output: Command failed: /opt/homebrew/opt/idb-companion/bin/idb_companion list-targets --json
IDB Companion Built at Aug 12 2022 08:41:50
IDB Companion architecture arm64
Invoked with args=[/opt/homebrew/opt/idb-companion/bin/idb_companion, list-targets, --json] env={ANDROID_HOME => /opt/android_sdk, SSH_AUTH_SOCK => /private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.iUG8RusR1h/Listeners, EXTENSION_KIT_EXTENSION_TYPE => 2, XPC_FLAGS => 0x0, PWD => /Applications/Flipper.app/Contents/Resources/server, SHELL => /bin/zsh, __CFBundleIdentifier => com.facebook.flipper.server, MallocSpaceEfficient => 1, ANDROID_SDK_ROOT => /opt/android_sdk, PATH => /opt/android_sdk/emulator:/opt/android_sdk/tools:/opt/android_sdk/platform-tools:/opt/homebrew/opt/idb-companion/bin/idb_companion:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin, MallocNanoZone => 1, SHLVL => 2, COMMAND_MODE => unix2003, _ => /opt/homebrew/opt/idb-companion/bin/idb_companion, HOME => /Users/mathildedion, TMPDIR => /var/folders/72/cdfwty9x1hbbklfdtbmtnwy80000gn/T/, USER => mathildedion, XPC_SERVICE_NAME => 0, LOGNAME => mathildedion, __CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING => 0x1F5:0x0:0x1}
You must specify at least one 'Mode of operation'

Usage: 
   Modes of operation, only one of these may be specified:
    --udid UDID|mac|only       Launches a companion server for the specified UDID, 'mac' for a mac companion, or 'only' to run a companion for the only simulator/device available.
    --boot UDID                Boots the simulator with the specified UDID.
    --reboot UDID              Reboots the target with the specified UDID.
    --shutdown UDID            Shuts down the target with the specified UDID.
    --erase UDID               Erases the target with the specified UDID.
    --clean UDID               Performs a soft reset to the specified UDID.
    --delete UDID|all          Deletes the simulator with the specified UDID, or 'all' to delete all simulators in the set.
    --create VALUE             Creates a simulator using the VALUE argument like "iPhone X,iOS 12.4"
    --clone UDID               Clones a simulator by a given UDID
    --clone-destination-set    A path to the destination device set in a clone operation, --device-set-path specifies the source simulator.
    --recover ecid:ECID        Causes the targeted device ECID to enter recovery mode
    --unrecover ecid:ECID      Causes the targeted device ECID to exit recovery mode
    --activate ecid:ECID       Causes the device to activate
    --notify PATH|stdout       Launches a companion notifier which will stream availability updates to the specified path, or stdout.
    --forward UDID:PORT        Forwards the remote socket for the specified UDID to the specified remote PORT. Input and output is relayed via stdin/stdout
    --list 1                   Lists all available devices and simulators in the current context. If Xcode is not correctly installed, only devices will be listed.
    --version                  Writes companion version information to stdout.
    --help                     Show this help message and exit.

  Options:
    --grpc-port PORT           Port to start the grpc companion server on (default: 10882).
    --tls-cert-path PATH       If specified exposed GRPC server will be listening on a TLS enabled socket.
    --grpc-domain-sock PATH    Unix Domain Socket path to start the companion server on, will superceed TCP binding via --grpc-port.
    --debug-port PORT          Port to connect debugger on (default: 10881).
    --log-file-path PATH       Path to write a log file to e.g ./output.log (default: logs to stdErr).
    --log-level info|debug     The log level to use, 'debug' for a higher level of debugging 'info' for a lower level of logging (default 'debug').
    --device-set-path PATH     Path to a custom Simulator device set.
    --only FILTER_OPTION       If provided, will limit interaction to a subset of all available targets
    --headless VALUE           If VALUE is a true value, the Simulator boot's lifecycle will be tied to the lifecycle of this invocation.
    --verify-booted VALUE      If VALUE is a true value, will verify that the Simulator is in a known-booted state before --boot completes. Default is true.
    --terminate-offline VALUE  Terminate if the target goes offline, otherwise the companion will stay alive.

 Filter Options:
    simulator                  Limit interactions to Simulators only.
    device                     Limit interactions to Devices only.
    ecid:ECID                  Limit interactions to a specific Device ECID

[Kureev]

Same here. Happy to help in any way

[antonk52]

Hello. Can you please expand on what is meant by "virtual environment"?

Flipper requires idb and idb-companion available in $PATH to work with ios devices.

[thomasamaddeo-genie]

Same for me.
Running idb list-targets works and lists emulators.
Python was installed via mac installer and it added /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/bin to $PATH in my .zprofile file.
idb and idb-companion were installed as per instructions here

With that said though, Flipper seems to be working fine (connecting to the app, showing logs etc) so just a "bug" with setup doctor itself maybe?

[summerkiflain]

I think by I installed idb in a virtual environment. she meant it she used .venv of python to install idb. I also installed idb using below commands:

`brew tap facebook/fb`
`brew install idb-companion`
`mkdir ~/.venv`
`python3 -m venv ~/.venv`
`source ~/.venv/bin/activate`
`python3 -m pip install fb-idb`

and now Flipper is showing green tick in front of IDB Installed like above picture but Simulators are available is red cross for me too, same like above picture.

I am on Macbook M3 Pro, Python came with homebrew when I installed, I think.

[absqueued]

I had the same issue. I read through the error in setup wizard and noticed the following:

...
"/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.12/3.12.4/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/lib/python3.12/subprocess.py", line 1955, in _execute_child
    raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg, err_filename)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/usr/local/bin/idb_companion'

Notice: No such file or directory: '/usr/local/bin/idb_companion'

I installed it via homebrew so my idb_companion, so I ran which idb_companion and found out the right path was: /opt/homebrew/bin/idb_companion.

I created the symlink between two paths. I ran:

sudo ln -s /opt/homebrew/bin/idb_companion /usr/local/bin/idb_companion

And now the ios simulators show up in Flipper. Hope this helps others!

[antonk52]

Thanks for sharing. Flipper checks idb_companion by running which idb_companion. Is /opt/homebrew/bin present in your $PATH?

flipper/desktop/flipper-server/src/doctor/index.tsx

Lines 209 to 211 in 1246c8b

	const hasIdbCompanion = await tryExecuteCommand(
	'which idb_companion',
	);

[carneiror]

Thanks for sharing. Flipper checks idb_companion by running which idb_companion. Is /opt/homebrew/bin present in your $PATH?

flipper/desktop/flipper-server/src/doctor/index.tsx

Lines 209 to 211 in 1246c8b

	const hasIdbCompanion = await tryExecuteCommand(
	'which idb_companion',
	);

I have the same issue and I have my homebrew custom path on my $PATH env

[jiyuan12354]

I had the same issue. I read through the error in setup wizard and noticed the following:

...
"/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.12/3.12.4/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/lib/python3.12/subprocess.py", line 1955, in _execute_child
    raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg, err_filename)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/usr/local/bin/idb_companion'

Notice: No such file or directory: '/usr/local/bin/idb_companion'

I installed it via homebrew so my idb_companion, so I ran which idb_companion and found out the right path was: /opt/homebrew/bin/idb_companion.

I created the symlink between two paths. I ran:

sudo ln -s /opt/homebrew/bin/idb_companion /usr/local/bin/idb_companion

And now the ios simulators show up in Flipper. Hope this helps others!

This is work!!!
Big thanks

[israel-dv]

Same for me. Running idb list-targets works and lists emulators. Python was installed via mac installer and it added /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/bin to $PATH in my .zprofile file. idb and idb-companion were installed as per instructions here

With that said though, Flipper seems to be working fine (connecting to the app, showing logs etc) so just a "bug" with setup doctor itself maybe?

The error for me was like this, I just created a symlink like this:

sudo ln -s /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/bin/idb /usr/local/bin/idb

Then I add /usr/local/bin/idb path to Flipper. It works for me 🚀