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Tag: cocoapods

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2026-10-09 migration flutter ios

Migrate a Flutter iOS App from CocoaPods to Swift Package Manager (Flutter 3.44 to 3.47)

Flutter 3.44 made Swift Package Manager the default for iOS and macOS, but an existing app keeps CocoaPods until you remove it. How to check which plugins are SwiftPM-ready, let the tool migrate the Xcode project, delete the Podfile safely, handle pods-only plugins and custom Podfile logic, and roll back if you need to.

2026-09-18 migration flutter macos

Raise a Flutter macOS app's minimum deployment target to macOS 12 for Xcode 27

Xcode 27 refuses to build anything below macOS 12, and Flutter 3.47 moved its own floor from 10.15 to 12.0. What the automatic migration rewrites, the three places it silently skips (custom values, Podfile post_install overrides, plugin podspecs), and a Podfile fix for teams still on Flutter 3.44.

2026-08-20 errors flutter ios

Fix: Unable to find a destination matching the provided destination specifier in a Flutter iOS build

iOS 26 simulator runtimes are arm64-only, so a leftover EXCLUDED_ARCHS arm64 line builds an Intel-only Runner no simulator can execute. Drop the exclusion.

2026-07-31 errors flutter ios

Fix: CocoaPods could not find compatible versions for pod during a Flutter iOS build

Read the second line of the error, not the first. It names the cause: a stale Podfile.lock snapshot, a deployment target that is too low, or two plugins pinning the same transitive pod.

2026-05-17 errors flutter ios

Fix: Failed to build iOS app with Xcode 16 and Flutter 3.x

The fix in 60 seconds: upgrade Flutter to 3.24.4 or later, raise the Podfile platform to iOS 13, wipe Pods plus DerivedData, then pod install. The error rarely lives in your Dart code.