Branch.h - iOS build doesn't work

Hello there, I’m also facing the issue with the missing Branch.h-File… Even tho I upgraded to the lastest cocoapods-release (1.9.1).

   Ionic CLI                     : 6.3.0 (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@ionic/cli)
   Ionic Framework               : @ionic/angular 4.11.10
   @angular-devkit/build-angular : 0.803.25
   @angular-devkit/schematics    : 8.3.25
   @angular/cli                  : 8.3.25
   @ionic/angular-toolkit        : 2.1.2

Cordova:

   Cordova CLI       : 9.0.0 (cordova-lib@9.0.1)
   Cordova Platforms : ios 5.1.1
   Cordova Plugins   : cordova-plugin-ionic-keyboard 2.2.0, cordova-plugin-ionic-webview 4.1.3, (and 25 other plugins)

Utility:

   cordova-res : 0.10.0
   native-run  : 0.3.0

System:

   ios-deploy : 1.9.4
   ios-sim    : 8.0.2
   NodeJS     : v10.15.3 (/usr/local/bin/node)
   npm        : 6.4.1
   OS         : macOS Mojave
   Xcode      : Xcode 11.3.1 Build version 11C505

Installed plugins:

$ cordova plugin ls
branch-cordova-sdk 4.1.2 "branch-cordova-sdk"
com.googlemaps.ios 3.5.0 "Google Maps SDK for iOS"
cordova-open-native-settings 1.5.2 "Native settings"
cordova-plugin-add-swift-support 2.0.2 "AddSwiftSupport"
cordova-plugin-androidx 1.0.2 "cordova-plugin-androidx"
cordova-plugin-androidx-adapter 1.1.0 "cordova-plugin-androidx-adapter"
cordova-plugin-app-version 0.1.9 "AppVersion"
cordova-plugin-appavailability 0.4.2 "AppAvailability"
cordova-plugin-background-mode 0.7.3 "BackgroundMode"
cordova-plugin-badge 0.8.8 "Badge"
cordova-plugin-camera 4.1.0 "Camera"
cordova-plugin-customurlscheme 5.0.0 "Custom URL scheme"
cordova-plugin-device 2.0.3 "Device"
cordova-plugin-enable-multidex 0.2.0 "Enable Multidex"
cordova-plugin-firebasex 9.0.1-cli "Google Firebase Plugin"
cordova-plugin-googlemaps 2.7.0-20191107-1035 "cordova-plugin-googlemaps"
cordova-plugin-inappbrowser 3.2.0 "InAppBrowser"
cordova-plugin-ionic-keyboard 2.2.0 "cordova-plugin-ionic-keyboard"
cordova-plugin-ionic-webview 4.1.3 "cordova-plugin-ionic-webview"
cordova-plugin-local-notification 0.9.0-beta.3 "LocalNotification"
cordova-plugin-market 1.2.0 "Market"
cordova-plugin-network-information 2.0.2 "Network Information"
cordova-plugin-qrscanner-dual 3.0.1 "QRScanner"
cordova-plugin-safariviewcontroller 1.6.0 "SafariViewController"
cordova-plugin-splashscreen 5.0.3 "Splashscreen"
cordova-plugin-statusbar 2.4.3 "StatusBar"
cordova-plugin-whitelist 1.3.4 "Whitelist"
cordova.plugins.diagnostic 5.0.1 "Diagnostic"
skwas-cordova-plugin-datetimepicker 2.0.0-alpha1 "DateTime picker"

I previously had installed an old cocoapods-version (1.7.2) and did now a clean update/reinstall to the newest version:

$ gem list --local | grep cocoa
cocoapods (1.9.1)
cocoapods-core (1.9.1)
cocoapods-deintegrate (1.0.4)
cocoapods-dependencies (1.3.0)
cocoapods-downloader (1.3.0)
cocoapods-plugins (1.0.0)
cocoapods-search (1.0.0)
cocoapods-stats (1.1.0)
cocoapods-trunk (1.4.1)
cocoapods-try (1.1.0)

$ pod repo list

cocoapods
- Type: git (master)
- URL:  https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs.git
- Path: /Users/xxx/.cocoapods/repos/cocoapods

trunk
- Type: CDN
- URL:  https://cdn.cocoapods.org/
- Path: /Users/xxx/.cocoapods/repos/trunk

2 repos

But if I try to build via CLI it gives me following error:

** ARCHIVE FAILED **


The following build commands failed:
        CompileC /Users/xxx/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/xxx-grzgetsogbfrvkgrgaboqjaroujn/Build/Intermediates.noindex/ArchiveIntermediates/xxx\ Ionic\ 4/IntermediateBuildFilesPath/xxx\ Ionic\ 4.build/Debug-iphoneos/xxx.build/Objects-normal/arm64/BranchSDK.o /Users/xxx/Documents/xxx/src/Applications/xxx/platforms/ios/xxx/Plugins/branch-cordova-sdk/BranchSDK.m normal arm64 objective-c com.apple.compilers.llvm.clang.1_0.compiler
(1 failure)
xcodebuild: Command failed with exit code 65

–>

/Users/xxx/Documents/xxx/src/Applications/xxx/platforms/ios/xxx/Plugins/branch-cordova-sdk/BranchSDK.h:4:9: fatal error: 
      'Branch.h' file not found
#import "Branch.h"
        ^~~~~~~~~~
1 error generated.

Please let me know if you need any further information! Thanks in advance

[Sroose]

Thanks @SidiBecker ! Actually the search headers are the only thing we needed to get this working.

I’ve created a hook which can be added to your Ionic project which will fix (workaround) the issue by adding these 2 header search paths automatically: https://gist.github.com/Sroose/d3db4178babbab1b39b68e9889e7869b

@ Branch team, I think this should be fixed in the Pod?

[AleCat83]

I have the same issue with version 4.1.3 and ionic 3 when building for IOS. I can build using xcode and that is fine but I can’t use ionic run with livereload because the build error kill the live reload server. This is slowing down the our development process a lot. Can’t even go back to plugin 3X due to the UIWebView and apple rejection problem (ITMS-90809). Is this going to be fixed in a new release or is there a workaround? Thanks