Flutter Debug: Warning: CocoaPods not installed. Skipping pod install

Question

my problem is this:

I want to connect my app to Firebase. I followed all the steps and did everything according to the instructions. When I tried to debug the app, the following error came up:

When I enter - flutter run - from the terminal, the following happens:

In flutter doctor -v the following comes out:

[✓] Flutter (Channel stable, 1.20.4, on macOS 11.2 20D64, locale de) • Flutter version 1.20.4 at /Users/danielalakin/development/flutter • Framework revision fba99f6cf9 (5 months ago), 2020-09-14 15:32:52 -0700 • Engine revision d1bc06f032 • Dart version 2.9.2

[✓] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 30.0.2) • Android SDK at /Users/danielalakin/Library/Android/sdk • Platform android-30, build-tools 30.0.2 • Java binary at: /Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents/jre/jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java • Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_242-release-1644-b3-6222593) • All Android licenses accepted.

[✓] Xcode - develop for iOS and macOS (Xcode 12.4) • Xcode at /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer • Xcode 12.4, Build version 12D4e • CocoaPods version 1.10.1

[!] Android Studio (version 4.1) • Android Studio at /Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents ✗ Flutter plugin not installed; this adds Flutter specific functionality. ✗ Dart plugin not installed; this adds Dart specific functionality. • Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_242-release-1644-b3-6222593)

[✓] VS Code (version 1.52.1) • VS Code at /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents • Flutter extension version 3.19.0

[✓] Connected device (1 available) • iPhone 12 Pro Max (mobile) • C0991E0B-425B-46BD-9DEA-674181136D99 • ios • com.apple.CoreSimulator.SimRuntime.iOS-14-4 (simulator)

And I have the following versions and paths:

$ pod --version: 1.10.1

$ which pod: /usr/local/bin/pod

$ which gem: /Users/danielalakin/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.0.0/bin/gem

$ which ruby: /Users/danielalakin/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.0.0/bin/ruby

Do you know how I can solve this problem?

PS: I work on Visual Studio Code and XCode. I use MacOS Big Sur Version 11.2.

Answer 1

The only command who work for me is this one :

brew install cocoapods

Answer 2

I had this same error a number of times in the past, and once right after I upgraded to Flutter 2.0.1 just now. The solution for me was always to run (as previously suggested): sudo gem install cocoapods then restart my IDE. I use Android Studio, but same should apply to VSCode as well.

Answer 3

Restarting VSCode usually fixes the problem, but make sure to close it completely - Cmd+Q on macOS.

Another thing worth trying is cleaning XCode workspace, this can be done via flutter clean command.