missing required architecture armv7 in file XCTest on building application target

Question

To start, i looked at all the other search topics and none applied or didn't work. For example, i have a hard time that apple didn't make xctest compatible with all architectures.

On a Xcode project for work i randomly started getting the following build error on linking:

Ld /Users/eallen/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/InVenueExperience-fgszkxctprmkuvbvwzgprcuveheo/Build/Intermediates/InVenueExperience.build/Debug-iphoneos/InVenueExperience.build/Objects-normal/armv7/InVenueExperience normal armv7
cd /Users/eallen/tmdev/ios/mive
setenv IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET 7.0
setenv PATH "/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/bin:/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/clang -arch armv7 -isysroot /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS7.0.sdk -L/Users/eallen/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/InVenueExperience-fgszkxctprmkuvbvwzgprcuveheo/Build/Products/Debug-iphoneos -L/Users/eallen/tmdev/ios/mive -L/Users/eallen/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/InVenueExperience-fgszkxctprmkuvbvwzgprcuveheo/Build/Intermediates -F/Users/eallen/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/InVenueExperience-fgszkxctprmkuvbvwzgprcuveheo/Build/Products/Debug-iphoneos -FFrameworks -FPods/Pixate/Framework/iOS -F/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Library/Frameworks -F/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS7.0.sdk/Developer/Library/Frameworks -filelist /Users/eallen/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/InVenueExperience-fgszkxctprmkuvbvwzgprcuveheo/Build/Intermediates/InVenueExperience.build/Debug-iphoneos/InVenueExperience.build/Objects-normal/armv7/InVenueExperience.LinkFileList -dead_strip -ObjC -lObjC -lxml2 -framework CoreGraphics -framework CoreText -framework MobileCoreServices -framework Pixate -framework QuartzCore -framework Security -framework SystemConfiguration -framework UIKit -fobjc-arc -fobjc-link-runtime -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage -miphoneos-version-min=7.0 -lPods -framework QuartzCore -framework CoreText -framework CoreGraphics -framework CoreData -framework UIKit -framework Foundation -framework Crashlytics -Xlinker -dependency_info -Xlinker /Users/eallen/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/InVenueExperience-fgszkxctprmkuvbvwzgprcuveheo/Build/Intermediates/InVenueExperience.build/Debug-iphoneos/InVenueExperience.build/Objects-normal/armv7/InVenueExperience_dependency_info.dat -o /Users/eallen/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/InVenueExperience-fgszkxctprmkuvbvwzgprcuveheo/Build/Intermediates/InVenueExperience.build/Debug-iphoneos/InVenueExperience.build/Objects-normal/armv7/InVenueExperience

ld: in '/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Library/Frameworks/XCTest.framework/XCTest', missing required architecture armv7 in file /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Library/Frameworks/XCTest.framework/XCTest (2 slices) for architecture armv7
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)

All this while trying to build my application target and NOT my test target. Some further notes:

• I am NOT linking against XCTest in my build settings for the application target
• I am building, not testing this specific target
• I do have in both my build settings -> Architectures|Valid Architectures "Standard Architectures (armv7, armv7s).
• This only happens when i build for a iOS device and not a simulator...i think this is because building for a simulator only tries the i386 architecture?

To be honest, i have no idea why the linker is even trying to link against XCTest in this case...i even modified the scheme to remove all tests though i wasn't trying to test against the target.

Please feel free to ask me any other questions.

Answer 1

You may have the same simple but frustrating problem as I had. It's a scheme setting: Click on your project scheme in the toolbar (right of the play/stop buttons), and select 'Edit' from the popup. Under the 'Build' item on the left, make sure your test targets only have 'Test' checked.

Answer 2

Please make sure the Build Setting of "build Active Architecture only" is set to NO, maybe it's the cause of this problem.