[TIMOB-28303] Xcode 12.3: Unable to build an app with modules that include third-party SDKs

GitHub Issue	n/a
Type	Bug
Priority	Critical
Status	Closed
Resolution	Unresolved
Affected Version/s	Release 9.3.0
Fix Version/s	Release 9.3.1
Components	n/a
Labels	ios, xcode
Reporter	Michael Gangolf
Assignee	Vijay Singh
Created	2020-12-19T12:41:54.000+0000
Updated	2021-01-05T14:43:59.000+0000

Description

I'm filing this ticket since multiple people on Slack are reporting build errors with the latest Xcode 12.3: https://ti-slack.slack.com/archives/C03CVQX2A/p1608033847217400 https://ti-slack.slack.com/archives/C03CVQX2A/p1608193731266100 The error is:

error: Building for iOS Simulator, but the linked and embedded framework 'SDWebImage.framework' was built for iOS + iOS Simulator

Modules
Ti.Animation
[TRACE] error: Building for iOS Simulator, but the linked and embedded framework 'Lottie.framework' was built for iOS + iOS Simulator. (in target 'app' from project 'app')

AV.ImageView
[TRACE] error: Building for iOS Simulator, but the linked and embedded framework 'SDWebImage.framework' was built for iOS + iOS Simulator. (in target 'app' from project 'app'

According to Stackoverflow https://stackoverflow.com/a/65306886/5193915 you have to set: Validate Workspace to Yes Another solutions would be removing archiitectures from the modules simulator

lipo -info Lottie.framework/Lottie
 lipo -remove armv7  Lottie.framework/Lottie -output Lottie.framework/Lottie
 lipo -remove arm64  Lottie.framework/Lottie -output Lottie.framework/Lottie

device:

lipo -info Lottie.framework/Lottie
 lipo -remove i386  Lottie.framework/Lottie -output Lottie.framework/Lottie
 lipo -remove x86_64  Lottie.framework/Lottie -output Lottie.framework/Lottie

A downgrade to Xcode 12.2 is the best solution at the moment

Comments

Hans Knöchel 2020-12-19

PR: https://github.com/appcelerator/titanium_mobile/pull/12354 *tl;dr:* For all users that cannot wait for this to be released: Just copy the file from the PR to ~/Library/Application Support/Titanium/mobilesdk/osx/YOUR_SDK_VERSION/iphone/iphone/Titanium.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj. Note 1: The title of this ticket should be renamed to "Unable to build an app with modules that include third-party SDKs", since apps without external SDKs will not have this issue. Also, if the third-party SDK is already built as an .xcframework (thats what Apple tries to push with this new error/warning), the app will not have any issues. So once all modules are updated to use .xcframework versions of their external SDK's, we'll not need this build setting anymore. Note that modules themselves already compile to a .xcframework since SDK 9.2.0 (which is REALLY great), so this only affects third-party vendors. Note 2: The description mentions "Xcode 13.2", which is probably a typo, because it's 12.3 like in the title.
Michael Gangolf 2020-12-19

Thanks! Fixed the title + description
Jason Kneen 2020-12-24

This is a massive breaking change for many users -- PLEASE get this PR approved and committed and a back port for 9.3.0.GA and 9.2.2.GA or 9.3.1.GA and 9.2.3.GA -- Hans has kindly posted a quick fix in slack but this is a big blow to anyone whose Xcode has updated automatically.
Satyam Sekhri 2021-01-05

FR Passed. Waiting for Jenkins build.
Christopher Williams 2021-01-05

Merged to master for 10.0.0 target, backports merged to 9_2_X and 9_3_X branches (for potential 9.3.1 release).

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