Framework not found IOSurface for architecture arm64

Question

This error is very weird.Everything is just fine yesterday.I install the Xcode 9 beta, and then I use Xcode 8 to run my app on iPhone 6p, iOS 9.3.2(I can do this yesterday, and I can still run the app on the simulator)then I get this error.

I Googled the error, it seems like no one runs into this error before.

Here is the error log:

Ld /Users/tianchi/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/GlobalDomain-dxjnqhelcuqfqkgiqyycgpwmzail/Build/Products/Debug-iphoneos/Global\ Domain.app/Global\ Domain normal arm64 cd /Users/tianchi/Desktop/ios/trunk export IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=8.0 export PATH="/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/bin:/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin" /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/clang -arch arm64 -isysroot /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS10.3.sdk -L/Users/tianchi/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/GlobalDomain-dxjnqhelcuqfqkgiqyycgpwmzail/Build/Products/Debug-iphoneos -L/Users/tianchi/Desktop/ios/trunk/GlobalDomain -L/Users/tianchi/Desktop/ios/trunk/GlobalDomain/GDCommon/GDWeChatPay -L/Users/tianchi/Desktop/ios/trunk/GlobalDomain/GDCommon/ShareSDK/Support/PlatformSDK/WeChatSDK -L/Users/tianchi/Desktop/ios/trunk/GlobalDomain/GDCommon -L/Users/tianchi/Desktop/ios/trunk -F/Users/tianchi/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/GlobalDomain-dxjnqhelcuqfqkgiqyycgpwmzail/Build/Products/Debug-iphoneos -F/Users/tianchi/Desktop/ios/trunk/GlobalDomain/GDCommon/ShareSDK -F/Users/tianchi/Desktop/ios/trunk/GlobalDomain/GDCommon/ShareSDK/Support/Optional -F/Users/tianchi/Desktop/ios/trunk/GlobalDomain/GDCommon/ShareSDK/Support/PlatformSDK/QQSDK -F/Users/tianchi/Desktop/ios/trunk/GlobalDomain/GDCommon/ShareSDK/Support/Required -F/Users/tianchi/Desktop/ios/trunk/GlobalDomain/GDCommon/MobileAnalytics -F/Users/tianchi/Desktop/ios/trunk/GlobalDomain/GDCommon/GDAlipaySDK -F/Users/tianchi/Desktop/ios/trunk/GlobalDomain/GDCommon/TencentIM -F/Users/tianchi/Desktop/ios/trunk/GlobalDomain/GDCommon/UMeng -F/Users/tianchi/Desktop/ios/trunk/GlobalDomain/GDCommon/ShareSDK/Support/PlatformConnector -F/Users/tianchi/Desktop/ios/trunk/GlobalDomain/GDCommon -filelist /Users/tianchi/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/GlobalDomain-dxjnqhelcuqfqkgiqyycgpwmzail/Build/Intermediates/GlobalDomain.build/Debug-iphoneos/Global\ Domain.build/Objects-normal/arm64/Global\ Domain.LinkFileList -Xlinker -rpath -Xlinker @executable_path/Frameworks -miphoneos-version-min=8.0 -dead_strip -Xlinker -object_path_lto -Xlinker /Users/tianchi/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/GlobalDomain-dxjnqhelcuqfqkgiqyycgpwmzail/Build/Intermediates/GlobalDomain.build/Debug-iphoneos/Global\ Domain.build/Objects-normal/arm64/Global\ Domain_lto.o -Xlinker -export_dynamic -Xlinker -no_deduplicate -fobjc-arc -fobjc-link-runtime -ObjC -lAFNetworking -lCYLTabBarController -lFMDB -lIQKeyboardManager -lMBProgressHUD -lMJRefresh -lMasonry -lsqlite3 -framework CoreGraphics -framework Foundation -framework MobileCoreServices -framework Security -framework SystemConfiguration -framework UIKit -framework StoreKit -framework Security -lz -framework CoreTelephony -framework Crashlytics -framework SystemConfiguration -framework QuartzCore -framework CoreLocation -framework AdSupport -framework UMMobClick -lGDTMobSDK -lsqlite3 -framework JavaScriptCore -lstdc++ -framework TencentOpenAPI -licucore -lresolv -framework UserNotifications -framework UIKit -framework MOBFoundation -framework Foundation -framework CoreGraphics -framework CoreFoundation -framework CFNetwork -framework IMCore -framework ImSDK -framework IMSDKBugly -framework ShareSDKUI /Users/tianchi/Desktop/ios/trunk/GlobalDomain/GDCommon/jpush-ios-2.2.0.a -framework QALHttpSDK -framework WechatConnector -framework ShareSDK -framework QALSDK -framework QQConnector -framework TLSSDK -framework CoreMotion -framework CoreText -framework ShareSDKConnector -framework MessageUI -framework ImageIO -lWeChatSDK -framework Fabric -framework AlipaySDK -lWeChatSDK -framework ShareSDKExtension -lc++ -lPods -Xlinker -dependency_info -Xlinker /Users/tianchi/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/GlobalDomain-dxjnqhelcuqfqkgiqyycgpwmzail/Build/Intermediates/GlobalDomain.build/Debug-iphoneos/Global\ Domain.build/Objects-normal/arm64/Global\ Domain_dependency_info.dat -o /Users/tianchi/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/GlobalDomain-dxjnqhelcuqfqkgiqyycgpwmzail/Build/Products/Debug-iphoneos/Global\ Domain.app/Global\ Domain

ld: framework not found IOSurface for architecture arm64 clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)

Answer 1

Right click on your new Xcode9-Beta.app and select Show Package Contents

Then navigate to:

Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/

Then go to this same folder in the package contents of your Xcode8.app and paste the required framework(s) there.

Answer 2

After installing the Xcode9 Beta, you did very likely change your default Xcode with xcode-select -s .... That made the framework not found IOSurface for architecture arm64 error pop up when building with Xcode8.3.3 for me.

To fix this, I simply executed:

sudo xcode-select -s /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/

with /Applications/Xcode.app being the Xcode8.x version.

Answer 3

Most likely you have previously built this project using Xcode 9 (beta, GM or the final release) and re-opened this same project on Xcode 8 and are now trying to build it again.

If you "Clean your build folder" (hold option and click on the Product menu on Xcode), you should be ready to do a fresh build on Xcode 8, without copying any frameworks from Xcode 9.

At least this worked for me.