Xcode: ld: library not found for -lAFNetworking

Question

Because of this one reason, build always fails...Any ideas about what I could try?

EDIT: the solution is to open the xcworkspace instead of the xcproject!

May be it’s help. Follow link http://stackoverflow.com/a/32945607/4261814 — George, Oct 05 '15 at 09:52
Please click the scheme button and then -> GENERIC IOS DEVICE. If you choose that option then will it build? If so, that helps influence the answer. — William Entriken, Jan 08 '16 at 22:54

Jagdeep Singh · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-24T04:52:59.033

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Might be you are opening .xcodeproj file after installing pods. Close the project and open .xcworkspace file.

edited Aug 24 '17 at 04:52

answered Jun 20 '17 at 04:23

Jagdeep Singh

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and if I don't use cocoa pods? – Augusto Dec 06 '18 at 11:20
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Such a silly mistake. :( Thanks for saving our lives. _/\\_ – Ishita Sinha Dec 20 '18 at 12:09
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I would have never known this if it wasn't for this comment. Thanks!! – RealNapster Dec 03 '19 at 17:04

score 22 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 15 '15 at 10:44

Have the same issue.

What I did with the help of https://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/anybody-solved-this-linker-command-failed-with-exit-code-1 and Adlair Cerecedo-Mendez

Delete the "Pods" project on the left panel of Xcode.
Close Xcode and delete this file in the finder too.
Install pods again.
Open Xcode and clean.
Verify that the build option "Build Active Architecture Only" is set to "NO" for your project but also for your Pods project (selection with left panel).
Click on your project Scheme (top, near the stop button) and "Manage Scheme".
Check, select all your pods libraries and close.
Then, for all libs, select them (scroll the list) and build manually for the selected architecture.

Every time you change your architecture (simulator, device or for archive(Generic iOS Device)) you must do the above step: namely, manually build each libraries by selecting them in your scroll list one by one, and only than build and run your main project.

Seems a bit WTF, but it is the only way I resolve this issue...

Step 7 and 8 solved my problem. Building the missing pod library. Thanks — Kaptain, Dec 31 '16 at 07:54
I couldn't see the "Pods" project but this was because I opened the xcodeproj file rather than the xcodeworkspace file. Otherwise, solved my problem, thanks. — Richard, Apr 02 '17 at 12:55

score 18 · Answer 3 · edited Dec 31 '16 at 08:36

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I Had this Issue several Times with PODS Libraries.

Here is something you can Try:

Run pod cache clean --all and pod install again.
Check your Header Search Paths and Library Search Paths, Remove all entries and place $(PROJECT_DIR) in recursive mode and $(inherited) as a Second Entry
Go to your target Build Settings -> Other linker flags -> double click . Add $(inherited) to a new line.

edited Dec 31 '16 at 08:36

try-catch-finally

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answered Dec 15 '15 at 10:55

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score 13 · Answer 4 · answered May 31 '16 at 20:33

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Make sure Build Active Architecture Only is set to NO in the Pods project settings.

answered May 31 '16 at 20:33

Juan de la Torre

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when you're doing a release it should be YES correct? – user805981 Nov 29 '18 at 00:41
The release configuration should be NO so your app is built in all architectures, technically the configurations that will/can be installed in multiple types of devices need to be NO, like ad hoc builds to your team when they have iPads and iPhones, and definitely the App Store build needs to be NO. The other configurations, like debug, can be YES and that will also improve your build times. – Juan de la Torre Nov 29 '18 at 19:09

score 12 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 25 '15 at 22:10

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I'm thinking on two possibilities:

1) Install cocoapods-deintegrate project:

$ gem install cocoapods-deintegrate

Then run $ pod deintegrate, after that run $ pod install again. If it not works, then...

2) You can try open your Pods project and create new scheme for the target that you need, in this case for AFNetworking.

When the static library is created, then add it to your Frameworks references into your main project.

Hope that helps.

answered Nov 25 '15 at 22:10

Adlair Cerecedo-Mendez

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This one saved me. After I upgrade Cocoapods to 1.0.1, I met very very hard time with Cocoapods. – Yi Jiang Aug 24 '16 at 01:08
Doesn't work. This cause another annoying issue: `gem(s) (Gem::MissingSpecError)` – Nguyen Minh Binh Nov 08 '18 at 15:17

score 3 · Answer 6 · answered Nov 21 '17 at 14:41

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I have in project->TARGETS->Build Phases ->Link Binary With Libraries one "extra" framework that remains from recent project. Delate it and all run smoothly

answered Nov 21 '17 at 14:41

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score 3 · Answer 7 · answered Jan 23 '18 at 20:20

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Had a similar issue ... took a while to realize that I had updated my app's "iOS Deployment Target" to iOS 9.0, but the Pods project's "iOS Deployment Target" was still iOS 8.0!!!

answered Jan 23 '18 at 20:20

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score 2 · Answer 8 · answered Dec 15 '15 at 10:48

I encountered this error when I downloaded some code from github. I tried to build .xcodeproj file but it failed giving the library not found error. I then opened .xcworkspace file and build that file first by clicking Product -> Build for -> Running. The workspace file built fine with no errors. Then in workspace file I changed scheme to the xcode project I was trying to build, and clicked Product -> Run. The app got built and ran with no errors.

score 2 · Answer 9 · answered Mar 30 '17 at 21:12

I had this issue while using fastlane with a ReactNative project. I had added a dependency that required cocoapods.

My Fastfile looked like this:

...
gym(
  scheme: "AppName",
  project: "./ios/AppName.xcodeproj"
)
....

And had to change it to the workspace like this:

...
gym(
  scheme: "AppName",
  workspace: "./ios/AppName.xcworkspace"
)
...

score 1 · Answer 10 · answered Feb 06 '19 at 11:41

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For me all this thing not help. Only delete in Build settings project.

answered Feb 06 '19 at 11:41

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score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Nov 22 '17 at 11:46

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open xcode, from the top left select the pod library that is being shown as not found.Use 'Command B' to build this pod, then again select your target scheme and run.

For me this fixed it.

answered Nov 22 '17 at 11:46

Shahzaib ahmed qureshi

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score 0 · Answer 12 · answered Aug 09 '18 at 13:29

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Use the xcworkspace to build instead of the xcproject?

This usually happens when using Cocoapods and you are building from the xcproject which doesn't know about the cocoapod libraries.

answered Aug 09 '18 at 13:29

Fokou Franklin

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Xcode: ld: library not found for -lAFNetworking

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