Pod GoogleMaps not working

Question

I know this is very basic, but not able to debug the problem. This is my Podfile.

source 'https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs.git'
platform :ios, '8.1'
pod 'GoogleMaps'

I picked this from here. When I try pod install, I get

[!] Unable to find a specification for `GoogleMaps`

verbose says:

  Preparing

Updating local specs repositories

Updating spec repo `master`
  $ /usr/bin/git pull --ff-only
  Already up-to-date.

Analyzing dependencies

Inspecting targets to integrate
  Using `ARCHS` setting to build architectures of target `Pods`: (``)

Finding Podfile changes
  - GoogleMaps

Resolving dependencies of `Podfile`
[!] Unable to find a specification for `GoogleMaps`

/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-0.38.2/lib/cocoapods/resolver.rb:388:in `handle_resolver_error'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-0.38.2/lib/cocoapods/resolver.rb:69:in `rescue in resolve'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-0.38.2/lib/cocoapods/resolver.rb:56:in `resolve'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-0.38.2/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:535:in `block in resolve_dependencies'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-0.38.2/lib/cocoapods/user_interface.rb:59:in `section'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-0.38.2/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:533:in `resolve_dependencies'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-0.38.2/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:70:in `analyze'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-0.38.2/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:210:in `analyze'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-0.38.2/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:133:in `block in resolve_dependencies'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-0.38.2/lib/cocoapods/user_interface.rb:59:in `section'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-0.38.2/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:132:in `resolve_dependencies'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-0.38.2/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:104:in `install!'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-0.38.2/lib/cocoapods/command/project.rb:71:in `run_install_with_update'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-0.38.2/lib/cocoapods/command/project.rb:101:in `run'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/claide-0.9.1/lib/claide/command.rb:312:in `run'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-0.38.2/lib/cocoapods/command.rb:48:in `run'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-0.38.2/bin/pod:44:in `<top (required)>'
/usr/bin/pod:23:in `load'
/usr/bin/pod:23:in `<main>'

Answer 1

Start fresh:

1. Create a new, clean Xcode project
2. pod init
3. Add the lines below in Podfile
4. pod install

Podfile

source 'https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs.git'
platform :ios, '8.1'

target 'SO-32079263' do
pod 'GoogleMaps'
end

pod install tested with 0.37.1

Analyzing dependencies

Downloading dependencies
Installing GoogleMaps (1.10.1)
Generating Pods project
Integrating client project

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Less fresh: (See Jatin comment)

Alternate step 2: rm -rf Pods/ Podfile Podfile.lock ; pod init

Answer 2

This worked for me

• Install cocoa pods

  sudo gem install cocoapods

• Create a new, Xcode project (Project Name example: My Project)
• Go to the project folder and create a new file with the name Podfile
• Open pod file and enter the config below - Change "My Project" to your project name.

>

source 'https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs.git'
target 'My Project' do
pod 'GoogleMaps'
end

In Terminal, navigate to project folder and type pod install

pod install

Analyzing dependencies
Downloading dependencies
Using GoogleMaps (1.13.2)
Generating Pods project
Integrating client project
Sending stats
Pod installation complete! There is 1 dependency from the Podfile and 1 total pod installed.

Answer 3

After trying many things Here is the fix!!

Imp: Make sure that you have these lines in your PodFile

source 'https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs.git'
platform :ios, '8.0'
target 'YOUR_APPLICATION_TARGET_NAME_HERE' do
  pod 'GoogleMaps'
end

If the above is fine then you need to update the pods: try the following steps:

1. Open a new terminal and run the following command in a temp directory.

   pod try GoogleMaps

keep patience! It will take some time but will update the pod.

2. Now try to install the pod in ur project again. It should work.Else try to run the following commands in the project dir:

pod repo update

try again. Comment in the case of any issue!!