将JWTDecode添加到现有的iOS项目中，找不到框架

Question

I have an existing iOS project, and now the times has come to authenticate the users in the apps share extension. For this I need to decode a JWT to see if it is expired or not. I'm used to use jwt with javascript and jwt-decode from npm. For iOS i believe the equivalent to npm is cocoapods ?

I have found this module: https://github.com/auth0/JWTDecode.swift that claims do do exactly what I need. It even comes with an install guide which explains how to install with cocoapods.

I have follwed these steps to install cocoapods:

Afther that I tried to install the package:

• cd my-ios-prject
• pod init - this created a Podfile
• in the podfile I added pod 'JWTDecode', '~> 2.3'
• pod install this downloaded: Using JWTDecode (2.3.0)

I went to Xcode and tried to build the project but im getting the error:ld: framework not found JWTDecode which I find confusing, because I didn't even import the lib anywhere yet, I only installed it exactly how the guide said so.

This is what my podfile looks like:

target 'appname' do
  # Comment the next line if you don't want to use dynamic frameworks
  use_frameworks!

  # Pods for appname

  target 'appnameTests' do
    inherit! :search_paths
    # Pods for testing
  end

end

target 'appname-share' do
  # Comment the next line if you don't want to use dynamic frameworks
  use_frameworks!
  pod 'JWTDecode', '~> 2.3'
  # Pods for appname-share

end

target 'appname-tvOS' do
  # Comment the next line if you don't want to use dynamic frameworks
  use_frameworks!

  # Pods for appname-tvOS

  target 'appname-tvOSTests' do
    inherit! :search_paths
    # Pods for testing
  end

end

I only want to use the JWTDecode lib inside the share extension which is why I added it under target 'appname-share' do

Please cut me some slack and spare me from "this is duplicate" shaming, I read all the tops posts and they do not solve my issue. Deleting .framework files doesn't do anything. I have also checked and confirmed that in my project -> target -> build phase -> link binaries that pods_appname.framework is listed.

Answer 1

After installing the pod you have to close the ProjectName.xcodeproj and open and use ProjectName.xcworkspace. In that you can see all your pods too. Got to build phases add the libraryName.a to your linked frameworks and libraries and then, clean and build. It wouldn't throw any error.