diff --git a/.changes/ios-create-asset-dir.md b/.changes/ios-create-asset-dir.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9753aa6e257b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/ios-create-asset-dir.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"tauri-cli": patch:bug
+"@tauri-apps/cli": patch:bug
+---
+
+Ensure asset directory exists on the iOS project.
diff --git a/tooling/cli/src/mobile/android.rs b/tooling/cli/src/mobile/android.rs
index 9f1b43ace9a2..6913cfe5d2b9 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/src/mobile/android.rs
+++ b/tooling/cli/src/mobile/android.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use tauri_mobile::{
     env::Env,
     target::Target,
   },
-  config::app::App,
+  config::app::{App, DEFAULT_ASSET_DIR},
   opts::{FilterLevel, NoiseLevel},
   os,
   util::prompt,
@@ -292,7 +292,10 @@ fn open_and_wait(config: &AndroidConfig, env: &Env) -> ! {
 }
 
 fn inject_assets(config: &AndroidConfig, tauri_config: &TauriConfig) -> Result<()> {
-  let asset_dir = config.project_dir().join("app/src/main/assets");
+  let asset_dir = config
+    .project_dir()
+    .join("app/src/main")
+    .join(DEFAULT_ASSET_DIR);
   create_dir_all(&asset_dir)?;
 
   write(
diff --git a/tooling/cli/src/mobile/ios.rs b/tooling/cli/src/mobile/ios.rs
index 05401a5bfda2..db6011bdc4f7 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/src/mobile/ios.rs
+++ b/tooling/cli/src/mobile/ios.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use tauri_mobile::{
     target::Target,
     teams::find_development_teams,
   },
-  config::app::App,
+  config::app::{App, DEFAULT_ASSET_DIR},
   env::Env,
   opts::NoiseLevel,
   os,
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ use super::{
 };
 use crate::{helpers::config::Config as TauriConfig, Result};
 
-use std::{env::set_var, process::exit, thread::sleep, time::Duration};
+use std::{env::set_var, fs::create_dir_all, process::exit, thread::sleep, time::Duration};
 
 mod build;
 mod dev;
@@ -256,3 +256,9 @@ fn open_and_wait(config: &AppleConfig, env: &Env) -> ! {
     sleep(Duration::from_secs(24 * 60 * 60));
   }
 }
+
+fn inject_assets(config: &AppleConfig) -> Result<()> {
+  let asset_dir = config.project_dir().join(DEFAULT_ASSET_DIR);
+  create_dir_all(asset_dir)?;
+  Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/tooling/cli/src/mobile/ios/build.rs b/tooling/cli/src/mobile/ios/build.rs
index 5ee74fbfe9ed..8d9485acadf4 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/src/mobile/ios/build.rs
+++ b/tooling/cli/src/mobile/ios/build.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
 use super::{
-  configure_cargo, detect_target_ok, ensure_init, env, get_app, get_config, log_finished,
-  open_and_wait, MobileTarget,
+  configure_cargo, detect_target_ok, ensure_init, env, get_app, get_config, inject_assets,
+  log_finished, open_and_wait, MobileTarget,
 };
 use crate::{
   build::Options as BuildOptions,
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ pub fn command(mut options: Options, noise_level: NoiseLevel) -> Result<()> {
   set_current_dir(tauri_path).with_context(|| "failed to change current working directory")?;
 
   ensure_init(config.project_dir(), MobileTarget::Ios)?;
+  inject_assets(&config)?;
 
   let mut env = env()?;
   configure_cargo(&app, None)?;
diff --git a/tooling/cli/src/mobile/ios/dev.rs b/tooling/cli/src/mobile/ios/dev.rs
index 1e2b9ede52c5..ba65c91b7d72 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/src/mobile/ios/dev.rs
+++ b/tooling/cli/src/mobile/ios/dev.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
 use super::{
-  configure_cargo, device_prompt, ensure_init, env, get_app, get_config, open_and_wait,
-  setup_dev_config, MobileTarget, APPLE_DEVELOPMENT_TEAM_ENV_VAR_NAME,
+  configure_cargo, device_prompt, ensure_init, env, get_app, get_config, inject_assets,
+  open_and_wait, setup_dev_config, MobileTarget, APPLE_DEVELOPMENT_TEAM_ENV_VAR_NAME,
 };
 use crate::{
   dev::Options as DevOptions,
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ fn run_command(mut options: Options, noise_level: NoiseLevel) -> Result<()> {
   set_current_dir(tauri_path).with_context(|| "failed to change current working directory")?;
 
   ensure_init(config.project_dir(), MobileTarget::Ios)?;
+  inject_assets(&config)?;
   run_dev(options, tauri_config, &app, &config, noise_level)
 }
 
diff --git a/tooling/cli/src/mobile/ios/open.rs b/tooling/cli/src/mobile/ios/open.rs
index b9e8d2b419ea..82a9b56833dc 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/src/mobile/ios/open.rs
+++ b/tooling/cli/src/mobile/ios/open.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
-use super::{ensure_init, env, get_app, get_config, MobileTarget};
+use super::{ensure_init, env, get_app, get_config, inject_assets, MobileTarget};
 use crate::{helpers::config::get as get_tauri_config, Result};
 
 use tauri_mobile::os;
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ pub fn command() -> Result<()> {
   };
 
   ensure_init(config.project_dir(), MobileTarget::Ios)?;
+  inject_assets(&config)?;
   let env = env()?;
   os::open_file_with("Xcode", config.project_dir(), &env).map_err(Into::into)
 }