React Native Pod Install Static

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Description

I was developing a mobile application for my website,LiveStream, using React Native. While implementing push notifications with RNFirebase, I encountered errors during pod installations. After extensive research, I was able to resolve the issue by adding the following lines to the Podfile:

else
  use_frameworks! :linkage => :static
end
$RNFirebaseAsStaticFramework = true

This solution does not disrupt the structure of React Native at all, and even if Firebase is not installed, the pods work perfectly fine. I would like to offer a suggestion: what do you think about publishing the Podfile with this configuration by default?

Steps to reproduce

PodError

React Native Version

0.76.2

Affected Platforms

Build - MacOS

Output of npx @react-native-community/cli info

PodError

Stacktrace or Logs

PodError

MANDATORY Reproducer

https://github.com/livestream-ad/germanytv

Screenshots and Videos

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cc @cipolleschi

[cipolleschi]

@livestream-ad thanks for opening the issue.
Firebase as an extensive guide on how to configure it properly for iOS here and they explains how to configure Cocoapods here.

We can't publish the Podfile with that change because not all the RN projects use Firebase. All those projects that do not use it might encounter some issues.