No podspec found for `geolocator_web` in `.symlinks/plugins/geolocator_web/ios` flutter ios

Question

I am pod installing. This type error showing.

[!] No podspec found for geolocator_web in .symlinks/plugins/geolocator_web/ios

I am not uses of geolocator_web or geolocator.

flutter ios pod installing error showing.

How to fix it?

Answer 1

For me I solved this by doing these steps:

1. I reverted my podfile to:

# Uncomment this line to define a global platform for your project
platform :ios, '10.0'

# CocoaPods analytics sends network stats synchronously affecting flutter build latency.
ENV['COCOAPODS_DISABLE_STATS'] = 'true'

project 'Runner', {
  'Debug' => :debug,
  'Profile' => :release,
  'Release' => :release,
}

def flutter_root
  generated_xcode_build_settings_path = File.expand_path(File.join('..', 'Flutter', 'Generated.xcconfig'), __FILE__)
  unless File.exist?(generated_xcode_build_settings_path)
    raise "#{generated_xcode_build_settings_path} must exist. If you're running pod install manually, make sure flutter pub get is executed first"
  end

  File.foreach(generated_xcode_build_settings_path) do |line|
    matches = line.match(/FLUTTER_ROOT\=(.*)/)
    return matches[1].strip if matches
  end
  raise "FLUTTER_ROOT not found in #{generated_xcode_build_settings_path}. Try deleting Generated.xcconfig, then run flutter pub get"
end

require File.expand_path(File.join('packages', 'flutter_tools', 'bin', 'podhelper'), flutter_root)

flutter_ios_podfile_setup

target 'Runner' do
  use_frameworks!
  use_modular_headers!

  flutter_install_all_ios_pods File.dirname(File.realpath(__FILE__))
end

post_install do |installer|
  installer.pods_project.targets.each do |target|
    flutter_additional_ios_build_settings(target)
    target.build_configurations.each do |config|
      config.build_settings.delete 'IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET'
     end
  end
end

2. and then do this on the terminal:

flutter clean
rm -Rf ios/Pods
rm -Rf ios/.symlinks
rm -Rf ios/Flutter/Flutter.framework
rm -Rf ios/Flutter/Flutter.podspec

3. then:

flutter pub get
pod install

It's usually the podfile that causes these kinds of error

Answer 2

If any of you are struggling with this error and none of the following methods works:

• flutter clean & flutter pub get
• (arch -x86_64) pod repo update & (arch -x86_64) pod install
• Clean Build Folder in XCode
• Delete project folder and clone git repo again
• Restart IDE
• Delete ios folder & flutter create ios
• ...

try this:

1. delete /.pub-cache in Flutter SDK folder
2. flutter clean & flutter pub get
3. pod install

I was always getting this "no podspec found for xxx~~" error where xxx can be any plugin, and figured out that some plugins never get their podspec file copied into ios/.symlinks/pluginx/xxx/ios folder right after pod install .

After deleting /.pub-cache, I could confirm that all podspec files were in place.

flutter pub cache repair command seems like it does the same thing, but I didn't try this.