如何解决这个“Invalid `Podfile`”错误？

Question

I'm new to ios development and I got a zip file from another developer for an ios project. When I ran pod install, the terminal shows this error:

[!] Invalid `Podfile` file: cannot load such file -- /Users/abc/Desktop/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-ios/native_modules.

 #  from /Users/abc/Desktop/ios/Podfile:2
 #  -----------------------------------------
 #  platform :ios, '9.0'
 >  require_relative '../node_modules/@react- 
 native-community/cli-platform- 
 ios/native_modules'
 #  
 #  ----------------------------------------- 
           

The directory is like this
~/Desktop/ios
ls

GoogleService-Info.plist ISApp.xcodeproj          
Podfile.lock
ISApp                    ISApp.xcworkspace        
Pods
ISApp-tvOS               ISAppTests               
instrumentscli0.trace
ISApp-tvOSTests          Podfile

I have looked at the thread below but it doesn't help at all. Any input is appreciated.
react-native ios Podfile issue with "use_native_modules!"

Answer 1

You need to provide the contents of your podfile. Your podfile is probably not formatted correctly. If it is, one workaround could be to move your podfile to a different location, uninstall and reinstall cocoapods ( sudo gem uninstall cocoapods and sudo gem install cocoapods ), initialize pod ( pod init ), copy the content of your podfile (making sure the formatting is not messed up) to the new podfile and then install pod again ( pod install ).