Kivy iOS Invalid Symlink

[Sean Aldous]

I built an app in Python with Kivy and I'm trying to bring it over to iOS. I made an Xcode project out of it that builds successfully, but it fails to install in the simulator or onto a device. There's an error about symlink, but I'm not sure how to fix it. Any advice would be appreciated.

Domain: IXUserPresentableErrorDomain
Code: 1
Failure Reason: Please try again later.
Recovery Suggestion: invalid symlink at /Users/seanaldous/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/96414FA1-78EF-4B59-979C-EAFB318C9653/data/Library/Caches/com.apple.mobile.installd.staging/temp.509ha0/extracted/sert.app/YourApp/.venv/bin/python3
User Info: {
    DVTErrorCreationDateKey = "2025-04-08 15:09:36 +0000";
    IDERunOperationFailingWorker = IDELaunchiPhoneSimulatorLauncher;
    SimCallingSelector = "installApplication:withOptions:error:";
}
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Unable to Install “sert”
Domain: IXUserPresentableErrorDomain
Code: 1
Failure Reason: Please try again later.
Recovery Suggestion: invalid symlink at /Users/seanaldous/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/96414FA1-78EF-4B59-979C-EAFB318C9653/data/Library/Caches/com.apple.mobile.installd.staging/temp.509ha0/extracted/sert.app/YourApp/.venv/bin/python3
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invalid symlink at /Users/seanaldous/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/96414FA1-78EF-4B59-979C-EAFB318C9653/data/Library/Caches/com.apple.mobile.installd.staging/temp.509ha0/extracted/sert.app/YourApp/.venv/bin/python3
Domain: MIInstallerErrorDomain
Code: 70
User Info: {
    FunctionName = "-[MIFileManager validateSymlinksInURLDoNotEscapeURL:error:]_block_invoke";
    LegacyErrorString = InvalidSymlink;
    SourceFileLine = 1161;
}
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Event Metadata: com.apple.dt.IDERunOperationWorkerFinished : {
    "device_identifier" = "96414FA1-78EF-4B59-979C-EAFB318C9653";
    "device_model" = "iPhone17,3";
    "device_osBuild" = "18.3.1 (22D8075)";
    "device_platform" = "com.apple.platform.iphonesimulator";
    "device_thinningType" = "iPhone17,3";
    "dvt_coredevice_version" = "397.28";
    "dvt_coresimulator_version" = "993.7";
    "dvt_mobiledevice_version" = "1759.81.1";
    "launchSession_schemeCommand" = Run;
    "launchSession_state" = 1;
    "launchSession_targetArch" = "x86_64";
    "operation_duration_ms" = 32680;
    "operation_errorCode" = 1;
    "operation_errorDomain" = IXUserPresentableErrorDomain;
    "operation_errorWorker" = IDELaunchiPhoneSimulatorLauncher;
    "operation_name" = IDERunOperationWorkerGroup;
    "param_debugger_attachToExtensions" = 0;
    "param_debugger_attachToXPC" = 1;
    "param_debugger_type" = 3;
    "param_destination_isProxy" = 0;
    "param_destination_platform" = "com.apple.platform.iphonesimulator";
    "param_diag_113575882_enable" = 0;
    "param_diag_MainThreadChecker_stopOnIssue" = 0;
    "param_diag_MallocStackLogging_enableDuringAttach" = 0;
    "param_diag_MallocStackLogging_enableForXPC" = 1;
    "param_diag_allowLocationSimulation" = 1;
    "param_diag_checker_tpc_enable" = 1;
    "param_diag_gpu_frameCapture_enable" = 0;
    "param_diag_gpu_shaderValidation_enable" = 0;
    "param_diag_gpu_validation_enable" = 0;
    "param_diag_guardMalloc_enable" = 0;
    "param_diag_memoryGraphOnResourceException" = 0;
    "param_diag_mtc_enable" = 1;
    "param_diag_queueDebugging_enable" = 1;
    "param_diag_runtimeProfile_generate" = 0;
    "param_diag_sanitizer_asan_enable" = 0;
    "param_diag_sanitizer_tsan_enable" = 0;
    "param_diag_sanitizer_tsan_stopOnIssue" = 0;
    "param_diag_sanitizer_ubsan_enable" = 0;
    "param_diag_sanitizer_ubsan_stopOnIssue" = 0;
    "param_diag_showNonLocalizedStrings" = 0;
    "param_diag_viewDebugging_enabled" = 1;
    "param_diag_viewDebugging_insertDylibOnLaunch" = 1;
    "param_install_style" = 2;
    "param_launcher_UID" = 2;
    "param_launcher_allowDeviceSensorReplayData" = 0;
    "param_launcher_kind" = 0;
    "param_launcher_style" = 0;
    "param_launcher_substyle" = 0;
    "param_runnable_appExtensionHostRunMode" = 0;
    "param_runnable_productType" = "com.apple.product-type.application";
    "param_structuredConsoleMode" = 1;
    "param_testing_launchedForTesting" = 0;
    "param_testing_suppressSimulatorApp" = 0;
    "param_testing_usingCLI" = 0;
    "sdk_canonicalName" = "iphonesimulator18.2";
    "sdk_osVersion" = "18.2";
    "sdk_variant" = iphonesimulator;
}
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System Information
 
macOS Version 15.3.2 (Build 24D81)
Xcode 16.2 (23507) (Build 16C5032a)
Timestamp: 2025-04-08T08:09:36-07:00