The plugin didn't work on xcode 5.1 - plugins

Question

I've updated xcode to version 5.1.
And all my plugins didn't work.
I didn't see any error log when I install them again.
How can I detect result of installing processing?
I'm using
Alcatraz.xcplugin
CocoaPods.xcplugin
KSImageNamed.xcplugin
XAlign.xcplugin
I think there's some problem with xcode 5.1 because all my plugins still work on xcode 5.0.1

Answer 1

Based on what Tuan Do said (THANK YOU!):
navigate to your plugins folder (library/Application Support/Developer/Shared/Xcode/Plug-ins)
Right click on the plug in and select show package contents
Open the info.plist file and find the DVTPlugInCompatibilityUUIDs and expand that section.
Click the + button and paste the UUID from above.
Save the file and restart Xcode.
Your plugins will appear again.
Repeat for any plug ins.
Xcode 6 UUID
C4A681B0-4A26-480E-93EC-1218098B9AA0
Xcode 6.2 UUID
A16FF353-8441-459E-A50C-B071F53F51B7
Xcode 6.3 UUID
9F75337B-21B4-4ADC-B558-F9CADF7073A7
Xcode 6.3.2 UUID
E969541F-E6F9-4D25-8158-72DC3545A6C6
Xcode 7.3 UUID
ACA8656B-FEA8-4B6D-8E4A-93F4C95C362C
How to find the UUID?
Open Terminal and paste the following:
defaults read /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Info DVTPlugInCompatibilityUUID

Answer 2

I edited Info.plist file like this:
Add A2E4D43F-41F4-4FB9-BB94-7177011C9AED into key DVTPlugInCompatibilityUUIDs
It works for CocoaPods, Dash plugin. I'm trying with others.
Hope it works for you!
Source:
https://github.com/omz/Dash-Plugin-for-Xcode/commit/989b3aad46f5a30efacd7c23432ce7343d84cc58

Answer 3

You should add current UUID of XCode into plugin's DVTPlugInCompatibilityUUIDs to make plugin work, use this command:
find ~/Library/Application\ Support/Developer/Shared/Xcode/Plug-ins -name Info.plist -maxdepth 3 | xargs -I{} defaults write {} DVTPlugInCompatibilityUUIDs -array-add `defaults read /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Info.plist DVTPlugInCompatibilityUUID`
find every plugin's Info.plist
default read current UUID of XCode
default write current UUID of XCode into plugin's DVTPlugInCompatibilityUUIDs

Answer 4

I created a simple shell script that adds supplied UUID to all installed plugins:
#!/bin/bash
cd "${HOME}/Library/Application Support/Developer/Shared/Xcode/Plug-ins"
for plugin in *.xcplugin; do
/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Add :DVTPlugInCompatibilityUUIDs: string $1" "${plugin}/Contents/Info.plist"
done

Answer 5

I've written an editor extension to solve this problem. Now you can fix this error by a simple click.
Download link: Dropbox

Answer 6

When that happens, quit XCode, open the Terminal and type:
tail -f /var/log/system.log
then open XCode again. If there is a compatibility problem with any plugin, you'll see a log like this one:
[MT] PluginLoading: Required plug-in compatibility UUID C4A681B0-4A26-480E-93EC-1218098B9AA0 for plug-in at path '~/Library/Application Support/Developer/Shared/Xcode/Plug-ins/Lin.xcplugin' not present in DVTPlugInCompatibilityUUIDs
So, what you have to do to fix compatibility problems is just add the logged UUIDs to broken plugins' Info.plist files, grouped at key DVTPlugInCompatibilityUUIDs (in the example above, C4A681B0-4A26-480E-93EC-1218098B9AA0)
You'll probably be doing this at every new XCode version since Apple does not support plugins officially.