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

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

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

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

Answer 3

In my case I don't have Flutter.framework, so the following solution worked for me
Inside the Podfile use_frameworks! :linkage => :static

Answer 4

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

Answer 5

A complete reinstallation of flutter works for me.

Answer 6

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

Answer 7

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

Answer 8

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)

Answer 9

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.

Answer 10

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