Could not build module 'UIKit" in cocoapods since Xcode 5.1

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I cannot build my application anymore since I updated Xcode to the new version (Xcode 5.1). the error message is 'Could not build module 'UIKit''. I have the same problems with my two pods: AFNetworking SDWebImage

Any thought on this?

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Just a tip: This occurred when I accidentally typed something in `UICollectionView.h`, replacing it physically inside sdk folder with another fresh copy of this header from my friend's sdk solved this. — Adil Soomro, Feb 17 '17 at 12:23

score 21 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 08 '14 at 03:23

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I met the similar problem. The only difference is that my error is "Could not build module SpriteKit".

I finally solved the problem by deleting all files inside the ModuleCache folder: /Users/YOUR_USER_NAME/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/ModuleCache Then I build and met errors to prompt me to clean build. I clean the project and rebuild and everything is fine.

I think the cause is that I once played Xcode 6, and it has new modules which missing some architectures (in my case, it is armv7). These new modules pollute the module cache.

answered Aug 08 '14 at 03:23

Yingpei Zeng

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Exactly what happened to me. How I solved my problem was a more complicated way that is make a new project and copy all the files over to new project, but obviously your solution is better. – Craig Zheng Aug 15 '14 at 02:42
This woks for me too! – Wooseong Kim Jun 30 '15 at 08:36

score 10 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 24 '14 at 02:23

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I have the same problem. I solved this by going to XCode -> Preferences ... -> Download

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I have iOS 6.1 and 7.0 simulators.

In the project go to Build Settings -> Deployment and then in iOS Deployment Target section make sure the right iOS simulator version is selected. In my case I chose iOS 7.0

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answered Apr 24 '14 at 02:23

channa ly

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this page is the closest search i could find for my error "could not build module 'parse'" and channa ly solution worked. i plugged in my iphone (instead of testing on simulator) and the error auto went away. (thank you channa ly) – tmr Oct 31 '14 at 17:12

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 17 '14 at 07:57

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I solved the issue by deleting and adding UIKit.framework in Build Phases -> Link Binary With Libraries.

answered Jun 17 '14 at 07:57

Sancho Sanchez

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score 7 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 05 '14 at 10:26

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Go to your DerivedData directory and remove ModuleCache directory.

In terminal:

cd /Users/<account_name>/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData
rm -rf ModuleCache/

then reinstall pods: pod install.

If it doesn't help try removing whole DerivedData directory and reinstall pods.

answered Sep 05 '14 at 10:26

Nikita Took

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Did not need to reinstall Pods. – Ayush Goel Sep 09 '14 at 12:36

score 5 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 20 '15 at 19:32

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After trying all of the above to no avail, I finally reinstalled XCode which did the trick.

answered Jan 20 '15 at 19:32

Patrick T Nelson

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score 4 · Answer 6 · answered Jun 05 '14 at 18:07

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So, I also encountered this problem, and discovered the problem was that my Podfile's minimum iOS version was 6.1 while my project's minimum iOS Version was 6.0. Getting these two values aligned resolved the issue.

answered Jun 05 '14 at 18:07

Tom Jones

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score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Apr 26 '14 at 12:13

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My Problem was the app was running in Release mode Changing back to debug...Boom!! starts working

answered Apr 26 '14 at 12:13

Lithu T.V

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score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Dec 09 '14 at 00:18

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After trying everything else, restarting my computer fixed this.

answered Dec 09 '14 at 00:18

akiraspeirs

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score 1 · Answer 9 · answered Jul 27 '15 at 07:30

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In my case it was Could not build module Twitter Kit. In link Binary with libraries some framework reference were showing as red. Deleting and re adding them worked for me.

answered Jul 27 '15 at 07:30

Venu Gopal Tewari

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score 1 · Answer 10 · answered Sep 12 '15 at 07:33

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I had similar issue and fixed it by deleting Xcode from Applications and reinstalling it again.Worked like charm.

answered Sep 12 '15 at 07:33

Milan Gupta

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score 1 · Answer 11 · answered Jul 27 '16 at 16:29

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I think I had both a copy of iphone-private-frameworks which collided with the standard headers, so changing the order in the build settings seems to be OK now.

answered Jul 27 '16 at 16:29

billy

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datha · Answer 12 · 2016-10-06T09:27:48.453

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I'm using Xcode 8 having similar issue and I tried Xcode reset,deleting derived data none worked finally resolved the issue by deleting and reinstalling Xcode.

edited Oct 06 '16 at 09:27

answered Oct 06 '16 at 09:21

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score 0 · Answer 13 · answered Jul 16 '14 at 20:45

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Issue looks like it has to do with deployment - going through both the project, pod project, and individual pods to make sure all were set the same was the issue. a bit of a necro, but this is the right answer.

answered Jul 16 '14 at 20:45

caleb

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score 0 · Answer 14 · answered Feb 15 '16 at 07:20

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change xcodebuild commnad parameter

-sdk iphoneos

to

-sdk iphonesimulator

answered Feb 15 '16 at 07:20

chaojiang

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score -1 · Answer 15 · answered Dec 23 '16 at 13:31

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I was working on xcode 8 beta and project was building on simulator. But when I tried to run on Device. I got the same error

Could not build module 'UIKit"

It is due to UIKit framwork some how get deleted or Typed something inside it. Deleting Xcode and reinstalling it. Error got solved.

answered Dec 23 '16 at 13:31

Anil Gupta

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Just a tip: This occurred when I accidentally typed something in `UICollectionView.h`, replacing the particular file physically inside sdk folder with another fresh copy of this header from my friend's sdk solved this. You could also replace the entire sdk folder. This will save you from re-installing. – Adil Soomro Feb 17 '17 at 12:26

Could not build module 'UIKit" in cocoapods since Xcode 5.1

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