diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/ios.section.md b/doc/languages-frameworks/ios.section.md
index 6684b809ffe6..5a81795c004a 100644
--- a/doc/languages-frameworks/ios.section.md
+++ b/doc/languages-frameworks/ios.section.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: iOS
 author: Sander van der Burg
-date: 2018-11-18
+date: 2019-11-10
 ---
 # iOS
 
@@ -217,3 +217,13 @@ xcode.simulateApp {
 
 By providing the result of an `xcode.buildApp {}` function and configuring the
 app bundle id, the app gets deployed automatically and started.
+
+Troubleshooting
+---------------
+In some rare cases, it may happen that after a failure, changes are not picked
+up. Most likely, this is caused by a derived data cache that Xcode maintains.
+To wipe it you can run:
+
+```bash
+$ rm -rf ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData
+```
diff --git a/pkgs/development/mobile/xcodeenv/build-app.nix b/pkgs/development/mobile/xcodeenv/build-app.nix
index 05ddf5366c72..fa108c8e4706 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/mobile/xcodeenv/build-app.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/mobile/xcodeenv/build-app.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {stdenv, composeXcodeWrapper}:
 { name
 , src
-, sdkVersion ? "12.1"
+, sdkVersion ? "13.1"
 , target ? null
 , configuration ? null
 , scheme ? null
diff --git a/pkgs/development/mobile/xcodeenv/compose-xcodewrapper.nix b/pkgs/development/mobile/xcodeenv/compose-xcodewrapper.nix
index f1941e051bc2..0a469da418a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/mobile/xcodeenv/compose-xcodewrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/mobile/xcodeenv/compose-xcodewrapper.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {stdenv}:
-{version ? "10.1", xcodeBaseDir ? "/Applications/Xcode.app"}:
+{version ? "11.1", xcodeBaseDir ? "/Applications/Xcode.app"}:
 
 assert stdenv.isDarwin;