Folder missing for iOS Emulator when running: nsc debug ios --no-hmr

[patricknee]

Environment
Provide the content of the package.json file in the project:

XCode 12 installed
Emulator: iPad Air - 4th generation - 14.0

{
"name": "ns-ang-add-ns3",
"version": "0.0.0",
"scripts": {
"android": "nsc debug android --no-hmr",
"ios": "nsc debug ios --no-hmr",
"mobile": "ns run",
"ng": "ng",
"start": "ng serve",
"build": "ng build",
"test": "ng test",
"lint": "ng lint",
"e2e": "ng e2e"
},
"private": true,
"dependencies": {
"@nativescript/angular": "~10.1.0",
"@nativescript/core": "~7.0.0",
"@nativescript/theme": "~2.5.0",
"reflect-metadata": "~0.1.12",
"tslib": "^2.0.0",
"@angular/animations": "~10.1.2",
"@angular/common": "~10.1.2",
"@angular/compiler": "~10.1.2",
"@angular/core": "~10.1.2",
"@angular/forms": "~10.1.2",
"@angular/platform-browser": "~10.1.2",
"@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "~10.1.2",
"@angular/router": "~10.1.2",
"rxjs": "~6.6.0",
"zone.js": "~0.10.2"
},
"devDependencies": {
"@angular-devkit/build-angular": "~0.1001.2",
"@angular/cli": "~10.1.2",
"@angular/compiler-cli": "~10.1.2",
"@nativescript/android": "7.0.0",
"@nativescript/ios": "7.0.0",
"@nativescript/schematics": "^10.1.0",
"@nativescript/tslint-rules": "~0.0.5",
"@nativescript/webpack": "~3.0.0",
"@types/jasmine": "~3.5.0",
"@types/jasminewd2": "~2.0.3",
"@types/node": "^12.11.1",
"codelyzer": "^6.0.0",
"jasmine-core": "~3.6.0",
"jasmine-spec-reporter": "~5.0.0",
"karma": "~5.0.0",
"karma-chrome-launcher": "~3.1.0",
"karma-coverage-istanbul-reporter": "~3.0.2",
"karma-jasmine": "~4.0.0",
"karma-jasmine-html-reporter": "^1.5.0",
"protractor": "~7.0.0",
"ts-node": "~8.3.0",
"tslint": "~6.1.0",
"typescript": "~4.0.2"
},
"main": "main.tns.js"
}

Describe the bug

After running the command:

nsc debug ios --no-hmr

I received the message:

Unable to apply changes on device: EA1FD166-1205-41EC-80A7-59ECEC0A1F72. Error is: ENOENT: no such file or directory, scandir '/Users/{computerUser}/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/EA1FD166-1205-41EC-80A7-59ECEC0A1F72/data/Applications'.

Manually creating the Applications directory allowed the application to start in the emulator.

To Reproduce

Brand new project created with:

ng new project
cd project
ng add @nativescript/schematics --skipAutoGeneratedComponent

nsc debug ios --no-hmr

Expected behavior

App starts on the emulator

Sample project

Additional context

Resolved by manually creating folder Applications in:

/Users/{computerUser}/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/EA1FD166-1205-41EC-80A7-59ECEC0A1F72/data/