Fastlane uses wrong cocoapod version

Question

When using fastlane and cocoapods to build our iOS app I noticed that fastlane does not use the version of cocoapods that I have installed using

sudo gem install cocoapods

When running

pod --version

it returns the latest version which is of this moment

1.3.1

However, when running a build lane in fastlane it uses cocoapods version 1.2.1 for some reason.

I use this in my Fastfile to clean and pod install

  cocoapods(
    clean: true,
    podfile: "Podfile"
  )

Is there a way I can tel fastlane to use a specific version of cocoapods? Or use the version I have installed manually?

Answer 1

It's recommended to use a Gemfile:

It is recommended that you use a Gemfile to define your dependency on fastlane. This will clearly define the used fastlane version, and its dependencies, and will also speed up using fastlane.

• Install bundler using sudo gem install bundler
• Create a ./Gemfile in the root directory of your project with the content:

source "https://rubygems.org"

gem 'fastlane'
gem 'cocoapods'

• Run [sudo] bundle update and add both the ./Gemfile and the ./Gemfile.lock to version control
• Every time you run fastlane, use bundle exec fastlane [lane]
• On your CI, add [sudo] bundle install as your first build step
• To update fastlane, just run [sudo] bundle update