Xcode - ld: library not found for -lPods

Question

I get these errors when I try to build an iOS application.

ld: library not found for -lPods
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to s         


        

Answer 1

When you clone project from somewhere which uses Cocoapods you need to install them to your project.

Here step-by-step what you need to do:

• 1) clone source code to local machine;
• 2) close the xcode project (if open);
• 3) install cocoapods application on your mac by running this command in terminal: "gem install cocoapods", add "sudo " in the beginning if did not work;
• 4) go to the root of your xcode project by using "cd" command in terminal;
• 5) you should have Podfile in this folder; if you want to double check it use: "cat Podfile" command, it will display the content of this file with Libraries that will have to be installed to your project;
• 6) then use "pod install" command to download and install the Libraries to your project; the Podfile.lock will be created and {Your project name}.xcworkspace file;
• 7) from now on you have to use {Your project name}.xcworkspace to open it in xcode;

Good luck!