Firebase SDK not found in Xcode output

[SavedByZero]

Hey. I inherited a projected that uses the Unity Firebase SDK and I am getting errors in Xcode when I try to archive the Xcode project output. I’ve been banging my head against the wall of a day and a half now, updated the SDK, and they still won’t go away.

Admittedly, I do not know anything about native iOS development, Cocoapods (though I do have it installed), or anything beyond simply building and running something in Xcode, then archiving it into an ipa. I’ve attached an image of the errors – please help!

Some more info: The scripting back end is IL2CPP, and there is an ExternalDependencyManager plugin that I believe was updated when I updated the Firebase SDK.

EDIT: If it’s any help, before those errors, I see warnings that say:

Could not find or use auto-linked framework 'FirebaseCore'

Could not find or use auto-linked framework 'FirebaseInstallations'

Could not find or use auto-linked framework 'FirebaseAuth'

Could not find or use auto-linked framework 'FirebaseDatabase'

Could not find or use auto-linked framework 'FirebaseRemoteConfig'

even though I have these plugins right inside my Unity build when it compiles – automatically installed from the Firebase Unity SDK packages.

[joefspiro]

Please go through and report back the results of the diagnostic steps for Debugging the Game Build, Install and Run Process and EDM4U Usage Troubleshooting Guide.

[SavedByZero]

Okay, to be clear, the only relevant part of all that is when I get to this point:
Unity by default only generates .xcodeproject files. If EDM4U is in the project, it first generates Podfiles from all iOS dependencies specified in files named "Dependencies.xml" with a prefix (ex. "AppDependencies.xml") , then runs Cocoapods, which generates an .xcworkspace file

As I mentioned above, I have Cocoapods installed and I have ExternalDependencymanager installed. What that’s telling me – unless I’m misunderstanding it – is that there should be an .xcworkspace file being automatically generated by ExternalDependencyManager when I build the project for Xcode, but for some reason, there isn’t.

[joefspiro]

I know its mentioned in the guide but do pod install and pod update run without errors when you run them manually in the terminal/console? Also any issues displaying “using UTF-8 encoding” when you run those?

[SavedByZero]

I did have it installed, but some package was throwing an error (none in the list), so I uninstalled and reinstalled it. However, there is no “Podfile” in the root of the Xcode project that Unity produces, so they throw errors saying it isn’t there.

Shouldn’t the Podfile be made by ExternalDependencyManager during the Unity build process? Sorry, I know absolutely nothing about Cocoapods other than “it’s a thing I apparently need to get some dependencies to work.”

[joefspiro]

Regardless, try running pod install in your iOS export (xCode project) directory as described in pod install vs. pod update to ensure it exists and then try opening the project with EDM4U installed and look at the console input.

[SavedByZero]

Weirdly, “pod install” is now telling me: [!] No `Podfile’ found in the project directory.
Because there isn’t one and maybe there should be?

As for the second part of that; EDM is a set of Unity plugins. You click on them with the inspector and tweak settings. How would one open a project with such a thing? Here’s what I know of EDM:

[joefspiro]

To clarify when I said try opening the project with EDM4U installed i am not saying to open it using EDM4U but WHEN you have EDM4U installed because (when there is a functionaing podfile) it should do a lot of dependency resolution in the background.

Anyway, if you don’t have a podfile use pod init to create one at the top level of the iOS build directory and repeat the actions above. Also make sure in your Unity Build Settings dialog to select exporting your project to an Xcode workspace: More information about this can be seen in this Firebase Codelab about Crashlytics.

[SavedByZero]

Thanks, but I think I’m just getting progressively more confused. The iOS build directory? Isn’t that overwritten and replaced every time Unity puts a new build out? So whatever Podfiles I create in there would be erased. I must be missing something there.

Also, I am not sure what you mean by “export” – this is what I always see when I build to iOS. I click build, it spits out an Xcode project, I archive the Xcode build (or run it on my phone first), whatever plugins are in the project show up as they’re supposed to, end of story. Until now, it seems…

I think, in general, the issue is that Unity is supposed to be generating the pod file and isn’t; I shouldn’t have to manually make Podfiles, from what I read in other threads, using either init or install – if EDM is working correctly.

[SavedByZero]

Okay, there’s some slight progress – apparently it was a Unity issue; resetting the plugins to default values got the Podfiles being produced, but now – after triple checking that cocoa pods installed correctly – I am getting this error and it’s driving me crazy:

iOS framework addition failed due to a CocoaPods installation failure. This will will likely result in an non-functional Xcode project.

After the failure, "pod repo update" was executed and failed. "pod install" was then attempted again, and still failed. This may be due to a broken CocoaPods installation. See: https://guides.cocoapods.org/using/troubleshooting.html for potential solutions.

pod install output:

Analyzing dependencies

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### Command


/usr/local/bin/pod install


### Report

* What did you do?

* What did you expect to happen?

* What happened instead?


### Stack


   CocoaPods : 1.15.2
        Ruby : ruby 2.6.10p210 (2022-04-12 revision 67958) [universal.x86_64-darwin21]
    RubyGems : 3.0.3.1
        Host : macOS 12.6.5 (21G531)
       Xcode : 14.2 (14C18)
         Git : git version 2.37.1 (Apple Git-137.1)
Ruby lib dir : /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib
Repositories : master - git - https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs.git @ 605b53ea05f3727e680355a3b3f2228969016d74

               trunk - CDN - https://cdn.cocoapods.org/


### Plugins


cocoapods-deintegrate : 1.0.5
cocoapods-plugins     : 1.0.0
cocoapods-search      : 1.0.1
cocoapods-trunk       : 1.6.0
cocoapods-try         : 1.2.0


### Podfile

```ruby
source 'https://cdn.cocoapods.org/'

platform :ios, '13.0'

target 'UnityFramework' do
  pod 'Firebase/Analytics', '11.2.0'
  pod 'Firebase/AppCheck', '11.2.0'
  pod 'Firebase/Auth', '11.2.0'
  pod 'Firebase/Core', '11.2.0'
  pod 'Firebase/Crashlytics', '11.2.0'
  pod 'Firebase/Database', '11.2.0'
  pod 'Firebase/DynamicLinks', '11.2.0'
  pod 'Firebase/Firestore', '11.2.0'
  pod 'Firebase/Functions', '11.2.0'
  pod 'Firebase/Messaging', '11.2.0'
  pod 'Firebase/RemoteConfig', '11.2.0'
  pod 'Firebase/Storage', '11.2.0'
  pod 'FirebaseInstallations'
end
target 'Unity-iPhone' do
end
use_frameworks! :linkage => :static


### Error


LoadError - cannot load such file -- ffi_c
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/ffi-1.17.0-arm64-darwin/lib/ffi.rb:5:in `rescue in <top (required)>'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/ffi-1.17.0-arm64-darwin/lib/ffi.rb:2:in `<top (required)>'
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/ethon-0.16.0/lib/ethon.rb:3:in `<top (required)>'
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/typhoeus-1.4.1/lib/typhoeus.rb:2:in `<top (required)>'
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.15.2/lib/cocoapods-core/cdn_source.rb:440:in `download_typhoeus_impl_async'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.15.2/lib/cocoapods-core/cdn_source.rb:372:in `download_and_save_with_retries_async'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.15.2/lib/cocoapods-core/cdn_source.rb:365:in `download_file_async'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.15.2/lib/cocoapods-core/cdn_source.rb:338:in `download_file'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.15.2/lib/cocoapods-core/cdn_source.rb:284:in `ensure_versions_file_loaded'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.15.2/lib/cocoapods-core/cdn_source.rb:208:in `search'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.15.2/lib/cocoapods-core/source/aggregate.rb:83:in `block in search'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.15.2/lib/cocoapods-core/source/aggregate.rb:83:in `select'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.15.2/lib/cocoapods-core/source/aggregate.rb:83:in `search'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.2/lib/cocoapods/resolver.rb:416:in `create_set_from_sources'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.2/lib/cocoapods/resolver.rb:385:in `find_cached_set'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.2/lib/cocoapods/resolver.rb:360:in `specifications_for_dependency'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.2/lib/cocoapods/resolver.rb:165:in `search_for'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.2/lib/cocoapods/resolver.rb:274:in `block in sort_dependencies'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.2/lib/cocoapods/resolver.rb:267:in `each'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.2/lib/cocoapods/resolver.rb:267:in `sort_by'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.2/lib/cocoapods/resolver.rb:267:in `sort_by!'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.2/lib/cocoapods/resolver.rb:267:in `sort_dependencies'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/molinillo-0.8.0/lib/molinillo/delegates/specification_provider.rb:60:in `block in sort_dependencies'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/molinillo-0.8.0/lib/molinillo/delegates/specification_provider.rb:77:in `with_no_such_dependency_error_handling'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/molinillo-0.8.0/lib/molinillo/delegates/specification_provider.rb:59:in `sort_dependencies'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/molinillo-0.8.0/lib/molinillo/resolution.rb:754:in `push_state_for_requirements'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/molinillo-0.8.0/lib/molinillo/resolution.rb:744:in `require_nested_dependencies_for'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/molinillo-0.8.0/lib/molinillo/resolution.rb:727:in `activate_new_spec'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/molinillo-0.8.0/lib/molinillo/resolution.rb:684:in `attempt_to_activate'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/molinillo-0.8.0/lib/molinillo/resolution.rb:254:in `process_topmost_state'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/molinillo-0.8.0/lib/molinillo/resolution.rb:182:in `resolve'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/molinillo-0.8.0/lib/molinillo/resolver.rb:43:in `resolve'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.2/lib/cocoapods/resolver.rb:94:in `resolve'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.2/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:1082:in `block in resolve_dependencies'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.2/lib/cocoapods/user_interface.rb:64:in `section'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.2/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:1080:in `resolve_dependencies'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.2/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:125:in `analyze'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.2/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:422:in `analyze'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.2/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:244:in `block in resolve_dependencies'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.2/lib/cocoapods/user_interface.rb:64:in `section'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.2/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:243:in `resolve_dependencies'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.2/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:162:in `install!'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.2/lib/cocoapods/command/install.rb:52:in `run'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/claide-1.1.0/lib/claide/command.rb:334:in `run'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.2/lib/cocoapods/command.rb:52:in `run'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.2/bin/pod:55:in `<top (required)>'
/usr/local/bin/pod:23:in `load'
/usr/local/bin/pod:23:in `<main>'


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pod repo update output:

Updating spec repo `master`
  $ /usr/bin/git -C /Users/michaelgreenhut/.cocoapods/repos/master fetch origin --progress
  $ /usr/bin/git -C /Users/michaelgreenhut/.cocoapods/repos/master rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD
  master
  $ /usr/bin/git -C /Users/michaelgreenhut/.cocoapods/repos/master reset --hard origin/master
  HEAD is now at 23d02752d54c [Add] Mux-Stats-AVPlayer 4.1.2
Updating spec repo `trunk`

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### Command


/usr/local/bin/pod repo update


### Report

* What did you do?

* What did you expect to happen?

* What happened instead?


### Stack


   CocoaPods : 1.15.2
        Ruby : ruby 2.6.10p210 (2022-04-12 revision 67958) [universal.x86_64-darwin21]
    RubyGems : 3.0.3.1
        Host : macOS 12.6.5 (21G531)
       Xcode : 14.2 (14C18)
         Git : git version 2.37.1 (Apple Git-137.1)
Ruby lib dir : /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib
Repositories : master - git - https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs.git @ 23d02752d54cc27b84e104f27fc38733e83b6727

               trunk - CDN - https://cdn.cocoapods.org/


### Plugins


cocoapods-deintegrate : 1.0.5
cocoapods-plugins     : 1.0.0
cocoapods-search      : 1.0.1
cocoapods-trunk       : 1.6.0
cocoapods-try         : 1.2.0


### Podfile

ruby
source 'https://cdn.cocoapods.org/'

platform :ios, '13.0'

target 'UnityFramework' do
  pod 'Firebase/Analytics', '11.2.0'
  pod 'Firebase/AppCheck', '11.2.0'
  pod 'Firebase/Auth', '11.2.0'
  pod 'Firebase/Core', '11.2.0'
  pod 'Firebase/Crashlytics', '11.2.0'
  pod 'Firebase/Database', '11.2.0'
  pod 'Firebase/DynamicLinks', '11.2.0'
  pod 'Firebase/Firestore', '11.2.0'
  pod 'Firebase/Functions', '11.2.0'
  pod 'Firebase/Messaging', '11.2.0'
  pod 'Firebase/RemoteConfig', '11.2.0'
  pod 'Firebase/Storage', '11.2.0'
  pod 'FirebaseInstallations'
end
target 'Unity-iPhone' do
end
use_frameworks! :linkage => :static


### Error


LoadError - cannot load such file -- ffi_c
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/ffi-1.17.0-arm64-darwin/lib/ffi.rb:5:in `rescue in <top (required)>'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/ffi-1.17.0-arm64-darwin/lib/ffi.rb:2:in `<top (required)>'
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/ethon-0.16.0/lib/ethon.rb:3:in `<top (required)>'
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/typhoeus-1.4.1/lib/typhoeus.rb:2:in `<top (required)>'
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.15.2/lib/cocoapods-core/cdn_source.rb:440:in `download_typhoeus_impl_async'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.15.2/lib/cocoapods-core/cdn_source.rb:372:in `download_and_save_with_retries_async'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.15.2/lib/cocoapods-core/cdn_source.rb:365:in `download_file_async'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.15.2/lib/cocoapods-core/cdn_source.rb:338:in `download_file'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.15.2/lib/cocoapods-core/cdn_source.rb:78:in `deprecated_local_podspecs'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.15.2/lib/cocoapods-core/cdn_source.rb:60:in `preheat_existing_files'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.15.2/lib/cocoapods-core/cdn_source.rb:257:in `update'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.2/lib/cocoapods/sources_manager.rb:144:in `block (3 levels) in update'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.2/lib/cocoapods/user_interface.rb:64:in `section'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.2/lib/cocoapods/sources_manager.rb:143:in `block (2 levels) in update'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.2/lib/cocoapods/sources_manager.rb:142:in `each'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.2/lib/cocoapods/sources_manager.rb:142:in `block in update'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.2/lib/cocoapods/sources_manager.rb:140:in `open'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.2/lib/cocoapods/sources_manager.rb:140:in `update'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.2/lib/cocoapods/command/repo/update.rb:23:in `run'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/claide-1.1.0/lib/claide/command.rb:334:in `run'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.2/lib/cocoapods/command.rb:52:in `run'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.2/bin/pod:55:in `<top (required)>'
/usr/local/bin/pod:23:in `load'
/usr/local/bin/pod:23:in `<main>'


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   https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/issues/12635 [open] [0 comments]
   2 days ago

 - LoadError - cannot load such file -- ffi_c
   https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/issues/12440 [closed] [11 comments]
   a day ago

 - LoadError - cannot load such file -- ffi_c
   https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/issues/12538 [closed] [2 comments]
   5 weeks ago

and 11 more at:
https://github.com/cocoapods/cocoapods/search?q=cannot%20load%20such%20file%20--%20ffi_c&type=Issues&utf8=✓


  remote: Enumerating objects: 2210, done.        
  remote: Counting objects:   0% (1/2210)        
  remote: Counting objects:   1% (<message truncated>

[SavedByZero]

Okay, after multiple reinstalls of ffi_c, the Podfile and xcworkspace file are finally showing up in the output. The basic solution --for anyone else stuck – was:
-uninstall and reinstall ffi_c with gem and sudo
-then do pod update. If dependency hell prevents something from installing, follow the rabbit hole of plugin installs and try again
-reimport all the EDM plugins and make sure they’re set to their default settings and not just iOS (as counter intuitive as that may seem)

[joefspiro]

To clarify, in most versions Unity builds (unless you explicitly choose “clean build”) are incremental meaning a lot of the intermediate products (including some items exported to xCode) are cached/retained.