How to stop react-native link from linking a library with CocoaPods with it has a podspec?

Question

I need to use CocoaPods for a specific library. However I don\'t want to use it for any other because it usually forces me to add React and its dependencies to the Podfile as we

Answer 1

The solution that I use is really a workaround. It is not great but it works for me. Ideally it would be nice if react-native link offered a -noPods flag but it doesn't.

react-native link checks to see if there is a Podfile, if there is no Podfile it links the dependency as normal.

So what I do is the following:

1. Make sure I have committed all the changes to git.
2. I then install the dependency using yarn or npm.
3. I delete the Podfile.
4. I run react-native link dependency_name
5. I then discard the changes to the Podfile (effectively undeleting it)

Alternatively you rename the Podfile to something else, and then rename it back after you have linked.