react-native ios Podfile issue with “use_native_modules!”

Question

In my react-native project (react-native@0.60) in the ios/ dir I run pod install and get this error:

[!] Invalid `Podfile` file: no implicit con         


        

Answer 1

The issue is that:

use_native_modules!

is unsupported by earlier versions of CocoaPods. For example, our install was the app downloaded from the CocaoPods website. That version is 1.5.2.

Run:

pod --version

to check which version. If need be, uninstall and then re-install but in Terminal by running:

sudo gem install cocoapods

At least as of late October 2019, the current gem version available is 1.8.4. Once successfully installed, re-attempt the pod install and hopefully all is well.