Failed to find device error on Flipper 0.133.1

[kbirgoren]

🐛 Bug Report

As soon as I open the Flipper, I get Connection failed error.

Failed to find device '7F017CFA-5EAB-4285-8AED-77E14A717BCE' while trying to connect app 'MyApp'

Everything works fine on the Android emulator but not in the iOS simulator

To Reproduce

• Start the iOS simulator
• Open the Flipper App

Environment

• macOS Monterey 12.0.1
• Simulator: iPhone 13 - iOS 15.0
• Flipper Version: 0.133.1
• React Native: 0.67.2

Flipper logs

Failed to find device '7F017CFA-5EAB-4285-8AED-77E14A717BCE' while connection app 'MyApp' Error: Timed out waiting for device 7F017CFA-5EAB-4285-8AED-77E14A717BCE for client MyApp
at file:///Applications/Flipper.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/bundle.js:4209:5711

[aigoncharov]

@kbirgoren could you attach complete Flipper logs (like in this post)?

[kbirgoren]

@kbirgoren could you attach complete Flipper logs (like in this post)?

@aigoncharov here you can find the screenshot of the logs.

[essana3]

Same here

[aigoncharov]

@kbirgoren @essana3 would you happen to be on M1 Macs by any chance?

[essana3]

@kbirgoren @essana3 would you happen to be on M1 Macs by any chance?

Yes

[aigoncharov]

1. What is your Flipper client version (https://fbflipper.com/docs/getting-started/react-native-ios/#react-native-063)?
2. Do you see the same error running our Sample app -https://github.com/facebook/flipper#react-native-sdk--sample-app ?

[kbirgoren]

1. What is your Flipper client version (https://fbflipper.com/docs/getting-started/react-native-ios/#react-native-063)?
2. Do you see the same error running our Sample app -https://github.com/facebook/flipper#react-native-sdk--sample-app ?

Hey Andrey,

• There is no Flipper version specified in my pod file. I use use_flipper!()
• Unfortunately, I still have the same issue even with the Sample app. You can see the screenshot of the logs below.
• I don't use M1

It was actually working fine before I upgrade it to the latest version. I tried to revert to the previous version that I use which was 0.129.0 but that did not solve the issue either.

So now, I can still get the console logs from the project but I can't watch the network calls.

[nlindroos]

Fixed a similar issue by upgrading idb-companion from 1.0.14 -> 1.1.6.

This can be done by running

brew update && brew upgrade idb-companion

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Found the underlying issue from the console in Flipper, (option + command + i to open console), where the command ~/Library/Python/3.8/bin/idb list-targets --json resulted in an error.

After upgrading idb-companion, the list-targets command succeeds.

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@kbirgoren You should specify an exact version of Flipper in your Podfile, e.g. use_flipper!({ 'Flipper'=> '0.135.0' }) if you're using the most current recent version right now.

[kbirgoren]

@nlindroos Thanks for your message.

I just installed client version 0.99.0 and now everything seems to be working.

Specifying a version in Podfile did not help me either. I also experienced the same issue with Flipper's sample app.

[gmonte]

This works for me:

brew update && brew upgrade idb-companion

Fixed a similar issue by upgrading idb-companion from 1.0.14 -> 1.1.6.

This can be done by running

brew update && brew upgrade idb-companion

Found the underlying issue from the console in Flipper, (option + command + i to open console), where the command ~/Library/Python/3.8/bin/idb list-targets --json resulted in an error.

After upgrading idb-companion, the list-targets command succeeds.

@kbirgoren You should specify an exact version of Flipper in your Podfile, e.g. use_flipper!({ 'Flipper'=> '0.135.0' }) if you're using the most current recent version right now.

[essana3]

This issue has been fixed in idb-companion 1.1.7.
Make sure to uninstall the old version and install the new one since it supports m1 now.

[kbirgoren]

I am still facing with the same issue even on Flipper 0.144.0, I can only run it without any issues with Flipper 0.99.0

[jqn]

Following this doc should be able to help anyone trying to get Flipper working correctly https://fbflipper.com/docs/getting-started/react-native/

[Mainstreamlos]

I just restarted my smartphone, run the Flipper App again and it works.

[redbluenat]

For this worked M1:

brew tap facebook/fb
brew install idb-companion

[akshayeshenoi]

Turns out both idb and idb-companion are required.

From facebook/idb:

idb is made up of 2 major components, each of which needs to be installed separately.

idb companion

Each target (simulator/device) will have a companion process attached allowing idb to communicate remotely.

The idb companion can be installed via brew or built from source

brew tap facebook/fb
brew install idb-companion

Note: Instructions on how to install brew can be found here

idb client

A cli tool and python client is provided to interact with idb.

It can be installed via pip:

pip3.6 install fb-idb

Note: The idb client requires python 3.6 or greater to be installed.