Application windows are expected to have a root view controller at the end of application launch

After running function - (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions there is a crash: Assertion failure in -[UIApplication _runWithMainScene:transitionContext:completion:], /BuildRoot/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/UIKit_Sim/UIKit- *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInternalInconsistencyException', `enter code here`reason: 'Application windows are expected to have a root view controller at the end of application launch' *** First throw call stack: ( 0 CoreFoundation 0x0000000109377885 __exceptionPreprocess + 165 1 libobjc.A.dylib 0x0000000108df0df1 objc_exception_throw + 48 2 CoreFoundation 0x00000001093776ea +[NSException raise:format:arguments:] + 106 3 Foundation 0x0000000108a42bb1 -[NSAssertionHandler handleFailureInMethod:object:file:lineNumber:description:] + 198 4 UIKit 0x000000010760e350 -[UIApplication _runWithMainScene:transitionContext:completion:] + 2875 5 UIKit 0x000000010760b73f -[UIApplication workspaceDidEndTransaction:] + 188 6 FrontBoardServices 0x000000010b87fd7b FrontBoardServices + 163195 7 FrontBoardServices 0x000000010b880118 FrontBoardServices + 164120 8 CoreFoundation 0x00000001092a20f1 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_SOURCE0_PERFORM_FUNCTION__ + 17 9 CoreFoundation 0x0000000109297eac __CFRunLoopDoSources0 + 556 10 CoreFoundation 0x0000000109297363 __CFRunLoopRun + 867 11 CoreFoundation 0x0000000109296d78 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 488 12 UIKit 0x000000010760b091 -[UIApplication _run] + 402 13 UIKit 0x000000010760f79b UIApplicationMain + 171 14 bbwc 0x00000001037a9998 main + 344 15 libdyld.dylib 0x000000010a45ca05 libdyld.dylib + 10757 16 ??? 0x0000000000000001 0x0 + 1 ) libc++abi.dylib: terminating with uncaught exception of type NSException This project is an old project, what should I do to make it build and run with Xcode 7 and iOS 9

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From your error message: Application windows are expected to have a root view controller at the end of application launch How old is this "old" project? If it's more than a few years, do you still have: [window addSubview:viewController.view]; You should instead replace it with: [window setRootViewController:viewController];