Error: Could not build Objective-C module 'Firebase'

Question

When I compile the application I get an error equal to this:

Could not build Objective-C module 'Firebase'

This error appear in import Firebase of my file swift.

score 263 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 05 '17 at 08:14

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There is only one way to solve this issue.

Quit Xcode.
Delete project's temp files located at ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData
Delete ProjectName.xcworkspace
Delete Podfile.lock file and Pods folder
Run pod install.
Open the newly created ProjectName.xcworkspace file and build.

edited Oct 05 '17 at 08:14

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answered Jun 11 '17 at 17:39

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If I delete ProjectName.xcworkspace, does it delete the previous code there? – Cons Bulaquena Apr 16 '18 at 19:19
@ConsBulaquena Actually, you have to delete the `xcworkspace`, it doesn't include the code you wrote but is automatically generated by Pod, don't worry about it. – Dimitris Bouzikas Apr 17 '18 at 06:32
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I don't have a Xcode folder I `~/Library/Developer` – Jonas Jun 05 '18 at 17:22
@Jonas weird, open Xcode, go to Preferences->Locations and share what you see. Check mine: https://ibb.co/dUvgk8 – Dimitris Bouzikas Jun 05 '18 at 19:09
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@DimitrisBouzikas thanks a lot! It was under `~/User/ME/Library/...` and there the Library folder was hidden. (Made it visible with Shift+cmd+(dot)) – Jonas Jun 05 '18 at 20:37
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solved my problem. Note that this will delete your existing build schemes. – Mar 04 '19 at 21:48
the first two steps worked for me. I didn't have to delete the workspace file, I just had to open it instead of the project file after quitting xcode and deleting derived data – Ayrad Aug 15 '19 at 04:26
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for future readers, there is a library folder of the computer and one of the user, most of the time it is in the users one – Julian Wagner Sep 15 '19 at 19:52
for those who don't know how to run pod install: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30418062/how-to-run-pod-install-in-project-directory – Julian Wagner Sep 15 '19 at 19:57
I only needed step 4 and 5 – Ruairí Oliver Jun 17 '20 at 16:10
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Thanks a lot, you saved my time! `xCode v12` – Milovan Tomašević Nov 17 '20 at 21:20
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https://stackoverflow.com/a/28433526/7856586 if you cannot find DerivedData folder – Roman Soviak Dec 08 '20 at 13:44
Where are `ProjectName.xcworkspace`, `Podfile.lock` and `Pods`? – Philippe-André Lorin Jul 26 '23 at 14:50
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@Philippe-AndréLorin in the main folder of the project. Those files are created only if you create a project and add Pods to it, if you are using SPM or don't have any library yet, then you won't have them. – Dimitris Bouzikas Aug 04 '23 at 09:05

score 53 · Answer 2 · edited May 19 '23 at 10:55

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Build (⌘ + B) worked for me. (It's important to build the framework target, then build the project)

edited May 19 '23 at 10:55

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answered May 24 '18 at 15:04

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worked for me after I applied the first answer. Also had to change the FIRApp.configure() to FirebaseApp.configure() – aremvee May 26 '18 at 08:54
worked for me without having to apply Dimitris Bouzikas answer, and i was adding firebase to an existing project for those doing the same – nommer Jun 27 '18 at 17:14
I tried Dimitri's solution but it didnt work, ended up missing necessary files, this solution did fix the problem – Mario Rojas Aug 07 '18 at 00:31
@MarioRojas Can you determine what are the necessary files? Study a bit how Pod works. – Dimitris Bouzikas Nov 23 '18 at 15:07
I'd like to vote this as one of the funniest answers. – Genki Mar 15 '22 at 17:09

score 43 · Answer 3 · edited May 24 '19 at 08:45

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I am using Swift 4 and Xcode 9. All I have to do is selecting FirebaseCore Scheme.

On Xcode:

Product->Scheme->FirebaseCore.

If you don't have FirebaseCore go to Manage Schemes and select it. Then try again.

edited May 24 '19 at 08:45

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answered May 17 '18 at 16:30

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Fantastic my friend you helped me, Thank You. Was searching for this from past 4 days. Thank You. Guys its works!!! – Kaushal Topinkatti Jul 19 '18 at 12:05
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This worked for me too! (I also restarted Xcode using 'open myproject.xcworkspace after installing Pods in case that matters) – Lucy Aug 31 '18 at 05:45
When I switch my scheme back to my app scheme, this no longer works. Could someone please explain? – Matthew Anderson Jul 25 '19 at 20:14

score 33 · Answer 4 · edited Dec 28 '18 at 01:53

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This may fix your problem:

Quit the Xcode. (Don't just close the Xcode window, right click and Quit it explicitly).
Go to ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData and delete the project folder. (Simply delete all the folders).
Clean and Build the project.

If still error exist:

Do steps 1 and 2 and follow this steps:

Change scheme to Firebase and Build (Command + B).
Change back to your app scheme and Run again.

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answered Jan 18 '17 at 07:27

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The above steps didnt solve my issue, please help me. – Samarth Kejriwal Jan 29 '19 at 17:01
Please try other answers. Your case can be different. – Abhijith Apr 04 '19 at 16:27

score 20 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 01 '19 at 12:18

I opened the project with .xcodeproj and I installed Firebase with cocoapods. I got the same error. But I just close the project and open it with .xcworkspace.

The alert has gone. Firebase was the first library on my project. So I kept using .xcodeproj file.

score 14 · Answer 6 · edited Mar 05 '20 at 17:08

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Install FireBase properly via CocoaPods. Try the following steps

Step 1 - Close Xcode

Step 2 - Clear your derived data. You can find your derived data in here

~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData

Step 3 - Open your .xcworkspace

Step 4 - Clean your project (⌘+Shift+K)

Step 5 - Build your project (⌘+B)

Make sure your are opened .xcworkspace file

edited Mar 05 '20 at 17:08

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answered Jul 20 '18 at 06:47

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This was the only answer that worked for me using Xcode 9.4 on Ionic 3 app. – Brent May 31 '19 at 17:36

score 7 · Answer 7 · answered Oct 29 '18 at 20:18

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'pod deintegrate' and then 'pod install' worked for me.

answered Oct 29 '18 at 20:18

Asle Benjamin Kinnerød

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tried many other solutions. But this one worked. Really helped. – Israr Ahmad Dec 01 '21 at 16:56

score 6 · Answer 8 · edited Feb 19 '21 at 03:20

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For me the issue was simple. I have a new m1 mac and it has trouble loading cocoa pods sometimes. Simply:

Click your pods project(blue pods)->
Click all & build settings ->
Excluded architectures ->
add "arm64" to both debug and release ->
set any SDK on left side ->
do this on your main project folder too ->
build it your good to go

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edited Feb 19 '21 at 03:20

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answered Feb 19 '21 at 02:41

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This is the only solution that worked for me. Thanks! – cseh_17 Oct 05 '21 at 12:21
Worked for me on my M1 Pro device. Thank you. – Mamedoff Jan 06 '22 at 14:16
Hello @Zach Gonzalez. I have this exact same problem and I'm getting nuts. I have an M1 Mac and every time I build I see different compile error, and many of them are related to CocoaPods. I've done exactly what you say but the problem persists. To give an example: AWSDynamoDBModel > Could not build module 'AWSCore'. I tried Clean & Rebuild many times, I've also tried pod install + pod update to no avail. Any suggestions? – Diego Perez Nov 24 '22 at 08:47
This should be the right answer for Xcode 13 M1 also – Tai Le Dec 02 '22 at 09:06
Working solution for XCode 14.1 on M1 Pro Mac. It's essential to add "arm64" to "Excluded Architectures" on both the Main project and the Pods project, otherwise it won't work. Many thanks! – Adrian Creteanu Jun 21 '23 at 14:47

score 5 · Answer 9 · answered Sep 19 '20 at 08:06

I recently had this problem when using Xcode 12. I found that removing the Valid Architectures build setting (VALID_ARCHS) fixed it.

From the Xcode 12 release notes:

The Build Settings editor no longer includes the Valid Architectures build setting (VALID_ARCHS), and its use is discouraged. Instead, there is a new Excluded Architectures build setting (EXCLUDED_ARCHS). If a project includes VALID_ARCHS, the setting is displayed in the User-Defined section of the Build Settings editor. (15145028)

score 4 · Answer 10 · answered Jun 27 '18 at 01:29

I am using Swift 4 and Xcode 9.4. This helped solve the same issue for me.

I selected the following frameworks in XCode -> Manage Schemes besides my target project

In Xcode:

Product-> Scheme-> FirebaseCore
Product -> Scheme -> nanopb
Product -> Scheme -> GoogleToolBoxforMac

score 4 · Answer 11 · edited Feb 12 '19 at 16:42

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Tried the above suggestions, but they didn't work for me. What worked for me was to build to Generic iOS Device first and then run it on my physical device iPhone6.

I still couldn't run it on a simulator, however. What worked here was to change Build Active Architecture Only - Debug to NO, in the Pod Project Build Settings.

Hope this helps someone.

edited Feb 12 '19 at 16:42

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answered Feb 12 '19 at 14:14

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Thank YOU @marceh , this helped me. After trying the steps above it didn't work. – ArdenDev Sep 19 '20 at 20:08

score 4 · Answer 12 · answered Aug 20 '19 at 04:50

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This worked for me:

Close Xcode
pod deintegrate
delete xcworkspace
pod install
In project Navigator > project name > Configurations
Set all to none
Clean
Build

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score 4 · Answer 13 · answered Oct 18 '19 at 02:15

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I had disabled Find Implicit Dependencies for faster build process under Edit Scheme... > Build.

Enabling it back resolved the issue.

answered Oct 18 '19 at 02:15

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Product => Edit Scheme... Short cut is command + – shinriyo Jun 27 '20 at 11:52
this worked for me too. I disabled "Find implicit Dependencies" and build was working fine too, I recently got this issue after updating the xcode. Error gone by enabling this option again on the new updated xCode. – Qadir Hussain Mar 16 '22 at 08:32

Jujuba · Answer 14 · 2020-01-17T22:59:18.390

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It happened to me because I installed the Firebase CocoaPods but I didn't reopen it through the <projectName>.xcworkspace file. So what I did to work was:

I quit Xcode
opened it by clicking the <projectName>.xcworkspace file of the project
then I could use "import Firebase" on my project.

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answered Jan 17 '20 at 22:39

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score 3 · Answer 15 · edited Dec 16 '17 at 13:33

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Can you please try to take a look at my answer here

TL;DR make sure you are running cocoapods version 1.4.0 minimum. It fixes static framework imports.

You can do this by running sudo gem install cocoapods on your terminal and verify your version by typing pod --version

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score 3 · Answer 16 · answered May 11 '18 at 21:34

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I tried this (quitting Xcode, deleting all temp files, reinstalling pods, etc.) and it didn't work. What did work was just building my project (command + b) after pod install. Whatever works!

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score 2 · Answer 17 · answered Aug 30 '19 at 19:04

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Make sure you are working with the workspace file created in the same directory as the pod file.

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score 2 · Answer 18 · edited Oct 01 '20 at 16:07

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It worked for me, when I opened the white workspace instead of the blue one. You press on the file on your desktop and then press the white file.

Image of what the file looks like:

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score 1 · Answer 19 · answered Jun 15 '21 at 04:25

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Just go to Pod target and set arm64 in Excluded Architectures

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score 1 · Answer 20 · answered Jul 01 '21 at 22:00

I had a same issue with a Flutter project.

You should exclude arm64 for simulator architecture both from project and every pod target

Exclude arm64 from the project

Add this code to Pofile

post_install do |installer|
  installer.pods_project.targets.each do |target|
    # exclude arm64 for simulator architecture the pod target
    target.build_configurations.each do |config|
      config.build_settings["EXCLUDED_ARCHS[sdk=iphonesimulator*]"] = "arm64"
    end
  end
end

score 0 · Answer 21 · answered Oct 30 '18 at 16:51

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just restart your xcode and run your project.

answered Oct 30 '18 at 16:51

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score 0 · Answer 22 · answered Nov 12 '18 at 23:30

Nothing here worked for me, but then I figured out something that did work.

When I clicked on my project in Project Navigator in Xcode, and then selected Info I looked at the Configurations section and saw that there was only a Release configuration and no Debug configuration for my app.

In order to get Firebase to work, I went to Pods within the Project Navigator, and under the Configurations section I deleted the Debug configuration. Now it builds fine. Hopefully this will help someone else.

score 0 · Answer 23 · answered Sep 12 '19 at 16:47

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After 2 days of searching and trying every single step proposed in this post, eventually i could solve the problem. None of the above approaches solved my problem but this one:

There is a package of Firebase frameworks available to download from this link: https://firebase.google.com/download/ios?authuser=0
There is a Firebase.h header file in this package. I added this header file to my project resources.
Finally i added a line of code at the top of this file: ' #import "Firebase.h" '

Simply and Easily the error is gone!

answered Sep 12 '19 at 16:47

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where do you add the Firebase.h file and where do you add the import statement? I've been struggling with this for days. everything builds and works fine but when I add the Firebase iOS SDK (FirebaseAnalytics) the project fails to build. this seems to be the answer but I'm confused as to how you managed to solve it. – Nexus Dec 26 '22 at 23:08

score 0 · Answer 24 · answered Feb 29 '20 at 13:06

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For and Solution was as simple as I didn't open the project from the .xcworkspace after I did pod install :D and I got the same error you got. I mistakenly opened it from the old .xcodeproj file. that was it for me, LOL

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score 0 · Answer 25 · answered Mar 27 '20 at 16:10

None of above solutions worked for me. I found that the problem was I have three targets in Cocoapods file. And only my main one target has Firebase added. So that when I want to import Firebase to a file that is used in other targets, Xcode gives error and says Module 'Firebase' not found. This is my pods project file. One solution for me is adding Firebase pod to all targets. Or another solution is removing the file from other targets.

def common_pods
  pod 'XXX'
end

target 'myMainProject' do
  common_pods()
  pod 'Firebase/Core'
  pod 'Firebase/AdMob'
  pod 'Firebase/RemoteConfig'
  pod 'Firebase/Crashlytics'
  pod 'Firebase/Analytics'
end

target 'myExtention1' do
  common_pods()
end

target 'myextension2' do
  common_pods()
end

score 0 · Answer 26 · answered Jan 26 '22 at 17:39

This solution worked for me.

Delete project's temp files located at ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData
Delete ProjectName.xcworkspace
Delete Podfile.lock file and Pods folder Run pod install.
Open the newly created ProjectName.xcworkspace file and build.

score -1 · Answer 27 · answered Aug 13 '18 at 13:22

This happened to me today, I just couldn't figure out why, because when I closed the file that night, everything was perfect. I opened my file using the recent projects menu and got this issue. Then I decided to check something, Xcode opened the wrong file. Instead of opening the workspace file with the pods, it opened the Xcode project.

Once I opened the workspace it was error free and all the pods were behaving. Im sure you guys are all more experienced than me, but I just wanted to throw that in there.

score -1 · Answer 28 · answered Jun 26 '20 at 05:25

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When you build, make sure you are at the root directory in the project navigator.

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score -1 · Answer 29 · answered Aug 12 '21 at 14:08

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This worked for me:

rm -rf project.xcworkspace
rm -rf ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData
rm -rf Podfile.lock
pod install

/!\ Open project.xcworkspace instead of your old file

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score -2 · Answer 30 · answered Jan 19 '17 at 09:16

I had the exact same issue

You could be reinstalling pods with your Xcode open Or your pods file won't allow and overwrite

With your workspace open, delete the "Pods" folder. Quit X-Code Open terminal in "Utilities" You'll find this in "Applications" Using cd ... go to your project folder reinstall pods using "pod install".

That should fix it.

Error: Could not build Objective-C module 'Firebase'

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