xcode library not found

Question

I'm getting the following error:

ld: library not found for -lGoogleAnalytics clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invokation)

I've spent some time googling but can't find how to fix this problem. I'm new to xcode and this is an existing project that I need to work on.

Answer 1

You need to set the "linker search paths" of the project (for both Debug and Release builds). If this library was in, say, a sibling directory to the project then you can set it like this:

$(PROJECT_DIR)/../GoogleAnalytics/lib

(you want to avoid using an absolute path, instead keep the library directory relative to the project).

Answer 2

In my case, the project uses CocoaPods. And some files are missing from my project.

So I install it from CocoaPods: https://cocoapods.org/.

And if the project uses CocoaPods we've to be aware to always open the .xcworkspace folder instead of the .xcodeproj folder in the Xcode.