Error when compiling iOS project after Firebase installation

[eduardorfreitas93]

Environment

dependencies:
"@react-native-firebase/app": "^18.1.0", "@callstack/repack": "^3.2.0", "react-native": "0.70.8"

Lib Firebase https://rnfirebase.io/

Description

There is an error when compiling the project on iOS after installing Firebase. The project was running fine before attempting to install Firebase.

The following build commands failed:
CompileC /Users/user/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/RepackDemo-cm/Build/Intermediates.noindex/Pods.build/Debug-iphonesimulator/callstack-repack.build/Objects-normal/arm64/ScriptManager.o /Users/user/Documents/rn-repack/RepackDemo/node_modules/@callstack/repack/ios/ScriptManager.mm normal arm64 objective-c++ com.apple.compilers.llvm.clang.1_0.compiler (in target 'callstack-repack' from project 'Pods')
(1 failure)

Podfile

require_relative '../node_modules/react-native/scripts/react_native_pods'
require_relative '../node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-ios/native_modules'

platform :ios, min_ios_version_supported
prepare_react_native_project!

# If you are using a `react-native-flipper` your iOS build will fail when `NO_FLIPPER=1` is set.
# because `react-native-flipper` depends on (FlipperKit,...) that will be excluded
#
# To fix this you can also exclude `react-native-flipper` using a `react-native.config.js`
# ```js
# module.exports = {
#   dependencies: {
#     ...(process.env.NO_FLIPPER ? { 'react-native-flipper': { platforms: { ios: null } } } : {}),
# ```
flipper_config = ENV['NO_FLIPPER'] == "1" ? FlipperConfiguration.disabled : FlipperConfiguration.enabled

linkage = ENV['USE_FRAMEWORKS']
if linkage != nil
  Pod::UI.puts "Configuring Pod with #{linkage}ally linked Frameworks".green
  use_frameworks! :linkage => linkage.to_sym
end

target 'RepackDemo' do
  config = use_native_modules!

  use_frameworks! :linkage => :static <-- Added this to Firebase.

  pod 'FirebaseCore', :modular_headers => true <-- Added this to Firebase.

  # Flags change depending on the env values.
  flags = get_default_flags()

  use_react_native!(
    :path => config[:reactNativePath],
    # Hermes is now enabled by default. Disable by setting this flag to false.
    # Upcoming versions of React Native may rely on get_default_flags(), but
    # we make it explicit here to aid in the React Native upgrade process.
    :hermes_enabled => flags[:hermes_enabled],
    :fabric_enabled => flags[:fabric_enabled],
    # Enables Flipper.
    #
    # Note that if you have use_frameworks! enabled, Flipper will not work and
    # you should disable the next line.
    # :flipper_configuration => flipper_config,
    # An absolute path to your application root.
    :app_path => "#{Pod::Config.instance.installation_root}/.."
  )

  target 'RepackDemoTests' do
    inherit! :complete
    # Pods for testing
  end

  post_install do |installer|
    react_native_post_install(
      installer,
      # Set `mac_catalyst_enabled` to `true` in order to apply patches
      # necessary for Mac Catalyst builds
      :mac_catalyst_enabled => false
    )
    __apply_Xcode_12_5_M1_post_install_workaround(installer)
  end
end

[faropolo]

Same to me!

[jbroma]

Looks like we need to add compatibility with use_frameworks! directive, for now please use this temporary fix:

  # add this inside Podfile, inside your app target
  pre_install do |installer|
    installer.pod_targets.each do |pod|
      if pod.name.eql?('callstack-repack')
        def pod.build_type
          Pod::BuildType.static_library
        end
      end
    end
  end

Please let me know where this allows you to build your app without issues from Re.Pack

[RafikiTiki]

I don't know if it'll be possible for us to solve the issue from within Repack. I tried to see how other libraries have tackled this issue, and currently, there isn't a community-wide agreed-upon solution. The most frequently mentioned solution is to change how the Firebase libraries are built into the final app bundle, and it's the only solution that makes it possible to use Firebase libs together with Flipper in the same project.

• The solution: [🐛] Adding use_framworks! gives transitive dependencies include statically linked binaries error invertase/react-native-firebase#6425 (comment)
• Firebase docs (see the info at the bottom of this section about Flipper incompatibility): https://rnfirebase.io/#altering-cocoapods-to-use-frameworks

I would like to add that I'm not a native iOS developer so I might be missing something and it's quite possible that a small configuration change in Repack will make it compatible with apps using use_frameworks! directive and without it as well.

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