When trying to configure XCode to work with Firebase 3, using the code in the setup docs gives me an error:
https://firebase.google.com/docs/ios/setup#add_the_sdk
Try removing the pods from the podfile and then do a 'pod install'. Add the pods back and then do another 'pod install'. Clean your workspace and then build it. It took me a few tries but that ended up working for me.
'pod install'