I just did this myself and figured out how to quickly remedy the issue.
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Go to the project folder in the Finder. You should find that the
folder Images.xcassets is still there. -
Move it to a separate location like to the Desktop or something. It
still has all of the images and json files. -
Jump back to Xcode and create a new asset catalog for images.
File > New > File... > Resource > Asset CatalogName it Images.
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Quit Xcode and return to the Finder.
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Copy the folders from within your old Images.xcassets to the new
Images.xcassets directory in your project. -
Launch Xcode and you’re back in business!