The 'Pods-Runner' target has transitive dependencies that include statically linked binaries: (.../ios/Flutter/Flutter.framework)

Question

After upgrading to flutter version 1.17.4 when running flutter build ios I get following output:

[!] The 'Pods-Runner' target has transitive dependencies that include statically linked binaries: (.../ios/Flutter/Flutter.framework)

    /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.9.3/lib/cocoapods/installer/xcode/target_validator.rb:84:in `block (2 levels) in verify_no_static_framework_transitive_dependencies'
    /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.9.3/lib/cocoapods/installer/xcode/target_validator.rb:74:in `each_key'
    /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.9.3/lib/cocoapods/installer/xcode/target_validator.rb:74:in `block in verify_no_static_framework_transitive_dependencies'
    /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.9.3/lib/cocoapods/installer/xcode/target_validator.rb:73:in `each'
    /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.9.3/lib/cocoapods/installer/xcode/target_validator.rb:73:in `verify_no_static_framework_transitive_dependencies'
    /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.9.3/lib/cocoapods/installer/xcode/target_validator.rb:38:in `validate!'
    /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.9.3/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:590:in `validate_targets'
    /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.9.3/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:158:in `install!'
    /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.9.3/lib/cocoapods/command/install.rb:52:in `run'
    /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/claide-1.0.3/lib/claide/command.rb:334:in `run'
    /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.9.3/lib/cocoapods/command.rb:52:in `run'
    /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.9.3/bin/pod:55:in `<top (required)>'
    /usr/local/bin/pod:23:in `load'
    /usr/local/bin/pod:23:in `<main>'

Error running pod install

What I tried:

1. Deleting ios/Flutter/Flutter.framework and running pod install as suggested here didn't help
2. Adding s.static_framework = true to Flutter.podspec - no luck
3. Deleting-recreating ios folder - no luck
4. Commenting out use_frameworks! in Podfile - leads to errors in plugins like fatal error: '..._plugin-Swift.h' file not found
5. I also tried to downgrade the flutter as I didn't have any problem with prev one. But running flutter version v1.17.2 resulted in error:

Error: ProcessException: Process exited abnormally:
error: unsupported sort specification 'creatordate'

I'm stuck with this.

Answer 1

If this issue occured while you trying to implement your own flutter plugin, then simply add this line below dependencies to .podspec

s.static_framework = true 

Answer 2

I get same problem with this error output:

[!] The 'Pods-Runner' target has transitive dependencies that include statically linked binaries:
    (/.../ios/Flutter/Flutter.framework)

    /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/installer/xcode/target_validator.rb:84:in `block (2 levels) in
    verify_no_static_framework_transitive_dependencies'
    /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/installer/xcode/target_validator.rb:74:in `each_key'
    /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/installer/xcode/target_validator.rb:74:in `block in verify_no_static_framework_transitive_dependencies'
    /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/installer/xcode/target_validator.rb:73:in `each'
    /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/installer/xcode/target_validator.rb:73:in `verify_no_static_framework_transitive_dependencies'
    /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/installer/xcode/target_validator.rb:38:in `validate!'
    /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:595:in `validate_targets'
    /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:162:in `install!'
    /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/command/install.rb:52:in `run'
    /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/claide-1.0.3/lib/claide/command.rb:334:in `run'
    /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/command.rb:52:in `run'
    /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/bin/pod:55:in `<top (required)>'
    /usr/local/bin/pod:23:in `load'
    /usr/local/bin/pod:23:in `<main>'

I have solved problem with tried this step:

1. Open your folder ios in your project and open Podfile and you will see code like this:

target 'Runner' do
  use_frameworks!
  use_modular_headers!

  flutter_install_all_ios_pods File.dirname(File.realpath(__FILE__))
end

post_install do |installer|
  installer.pods_project.targets.each do |target|
    flutter_additional_ios_build_settings(target)
  end
end

2. You can remove code use_frameworks! and use_modular_headers! and this is complete code:

target 'Runner' do
  flutter_install_all_ios_pods File.dirname(File.realpath(__FILE__))
end

post_install do |installer|
  installer.pods_project.targets.each do |target|
    flutter_additional_ios_build_settings(target)
  end
end

3. If you have follow instruction you can save change file and hit flutter run

4. This is complete output:

Running pod install...                                              3.1s
Running Xcode build...                                                  
 └─Compiling, linking and signing...                        28.0s
Xcode build done.                                           73.0s
Waiting for iPhone 12 Pro Max to report its views...                19ms
Syncing files to device iPhone 12 Pro Max...                     1,218ms

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