Flutter: Cocoapods The 'Pods-Runner' target has transitive dependencies that include static binaries: Flutter.framework

Question

I am getting this error while running pod install

[!] The 'Pods-Runner' target has transitive dependencies that include static binaries: (/Users/me/Documents/flutter/flutter/bin/cache/artifacts/engine/ios/Flutter.framework)

After doing bit of a research it says use frameworks! in my Podfile is causing the issue. If I comment out use frameworks! I get this error. Any idea on what the issue is? I have been stuck here for the past three days.

ld: framework not found Flutter
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)

Also according to whats written here. Adding the following to Podfile also didn't work for me. This is how my Podfile looks.

# Uncomment this line to define a global platform for your project
# platform :ios, '9.0'

# CocoaPods analytics sends network stats synchronously affecting flutter build latency.
ENV['COCOAPODS_DISABLE_STATS'] = 'true'

def parse_KV_file(file,seperator='=')
  file_abs_path = File.expand_path(file)
  if !File.exists? file_abs_path
    return [];
  end
  pods_ary = []
  skip_line_start_symbols = ["#", "/"]
  File.foreach(file_abs_path) { |line|
      next if skip_line_start_symbols.any? { |symbol| line =~ /^\s*#{symbol}/ }
      plugin = line.split(pattern=seperator)
      if plugin.length == 2
        podname = plugin[0].strip()
        path = plugin[1].strip()
        podpath = File.expand_path("#{path}", file_abs_path)
        pods_ary.push({:name => podname,:path=>podpath});
      else
        puts "Invalid plugin specification: #{line}"
      end
  }
  return pods_ary
end

target 'Runner' do
  # Flutter Pods
  #use_frameworks!

  pod 'EstimoteSDK'
  pod 'SwiftKeychainWrapper'
  pod 'Alamofire'

  generated_xcode_build_settings = parse_KV_file("./Flutter/Generated.xcconfig")
  if generated_xcode_build_settings.empty?
    puts "Generated.xcconfig must exist. If you're running pod install manually, make sure flutter build or flutter run is executed once first."
  end
  generated_xcode_build_settings.map{ |p|
    if p[:name]=='FLUTTER_FRAMEWORK_DIR'
      pod 'Flutter', :path => p[:path]
    end
  }

  # Plugin Pods
  plugin_pods = parse_KV_file("../.flutter-plugins")
  plugin_pods.map{ |p|
    pod p[:name], :path => File.expand_path("ios",p[:path])
  }
end

pre_install do |installer|
      # workaround for https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/issues/3289
      Pod::Installer::Xcode::TargetValidator.send(:define_method, :verify_no_static_framework_transitive_dependencies) {}
end

post_install do |installer|
  installer.pods_project.targets.each do |target|
    target.build_configurations.each do |config|
      config.build_settings['ENABLE_BITCODE'] = 'NO'
    end
  end
end

Hi Chathanya. Do you figured it out how to resolve the problem? — Ernesto Campohermoso, Sep 07 '18 at 17:03

score 46 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 31 '20 at 12:18

46

For me, I deleted the ios/Flutter/Flutter.framework folder and install pods pod install again then it worked.

answered Mar 31 '20 at 12:18

Tugay Yaldız

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This should *definitely* be the accepted answer – emirc Mar 10 '21 at 17:31
This worked for me – Dinesh S Oct 11 '21 at 04:31
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But I don't have `ios/Flutter/Flutter.framework` folder – desu sai venkat Jul 21 '22 at 13:14

score 13 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 10 '20 at 06:40

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Delete ios/Flutter/Flutter.framework folder.

Install pods again then it worked. It will regenerate the deleted folder

pod install

edited Aug 10 '20 at 06:40

K K

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answered Jun 09 '20 at 17:55

Talha Rasool

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score 8 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 31 '22 at 10:39

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In my case I don't have Flutter.framework, so the following solution worked for me

Inside the Podfile use_frameworks! :linkage => :static

answered Aug 31 '22 at 10:39

Abdulrahman Alhayek

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score 5 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 05 '20 at 01:32

This process solve it for me :

Delete ios/Flutter/Flutter.framework folder.
Delete ios/PodFile
Delete ios/PodFile.lock
Go to the project root and re-save the file pubspec.yaml (on VSCode, this will automatically runs the following command : flutter get pub)
Run the project again

Let me know if it works for you too

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 17 '18 at 07:14

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A complete reinstallation of flutter works for me.

edited Sep 17 '18 at 07:14

Chaythanya Nair

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answered Sep 16 '18 at 13:09

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can you please add more details on how to reinstall flutter exactrly? – AlexKost Jun 23 '20 at 12:38
Running ```flutter upgrade``` worked for me. – josiebhai Mar 11 '21 at 22:00

score 3 · Answer 6 · edited Sep 16 '20 at 19:51

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Delete ios/Flutter/Flutter.framework folder. Install pods again then it worked. It will regenerate the deleted folder pod install

edited Sep 16 '20 at 19:51

Christopher Moore

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answered Sep 16 '20 at 18:48

Hubert IT

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Correct solution. Thanks – Luca Iaconelli Sep 30 '20 at 15:18

score 2 · Answer 7 · answered Sep 23 '20 at 08:20

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In your podfile where You see

target 'Runner' do use_frameworks!
comment user_frameworks!

target 'Runner' do comment below line

use_frameworks!
and go to path /ios of the project

run

pod install

answered Sep 23 '20 at 08:20

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score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Dec 01 '20 at 12:17

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what worked for me is

deleted the ios/Flutter/Flutter.framework folder
ran flutter create -i swift --org com.orgname .
I was able to run the app without pod install (after this procedure)

answered Dec 01 '20 at 12:17

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score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Jun 22 '20 at 08:16

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Please check the ios/project.pbxproj. I was moved project to another folder and I forgot to replace the FLUTTER_TARGET and FLUTTER_APPLICATION_PATH with the newest one in the ios/project.pbxproj.

answered Jun 22 '20 at 08:16

Akif

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score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Jul 21 '22 at 13:19

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Commenting out use_frameworks! in the podfile, worked in my case.

answered Jul 21 '22 at 13:19

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Flutter: Cocoapods The 'Pods-Runner' target has transitive dependencies that include static binaries: Flutter.framework

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