iOS - 2 duplicate symbols for architecture armv7

Question

I am using Resty everywhere in my project, but now since I have to upload image to server, so I try to add another framework called RestKit to handle file upload. But when I compiled, it got error:

duplicate symbol _NewBase64Decode in:
    /Users/iforests/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/Owlch-gnysrakcbhsgkubbjjjfbahlocqi/Build/Products/Debug-iphoneos/libRestKit.a(NSData+Base64.o)
    /Users/iforests/Documents/iOSworkspace/Owlch/LRResty.framework/LRResty(NSData+Base64.o)
ld: 2 duplicate symbols for architecture armv7
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)

Is there any way to solve this problem without removing LRResty (since tomorrow is the deadline of this project). Thank you all so much!

Answer 1

Just had this issue when importing a new library into an existing (old) project - turns out the problem was the linker flag -all_load that was (for whatever reason) still set in the "Build Settings - Linking - Other Linker Flags" in Xcode.

After removing this flag all went fine.

Answer 2

Delete these files from the Resty source.

LRResty/Classes/Categories/NSData+Base64.h LRResty/Classes/Categories/NSData+Base64.m

That will take care of the linking issue.

If it stops working because of that, rename the files and category for NSData+Base64 in the Resty code and then anywhere the Resty code imports "NSData+Base64.h", change the import to whatever you rename the category