Building vanilla project bootstrapped with `react-native init` fails with glog install error when building with `run-ios` on MacOS Mojave

Manually running pod install in ios folder of a react-native project bootstrapped with react-native init results in the following error.

This is done because the builder recommends a manual pod-install after failing to do so automatically whilst attempting to build the application.

[!] /bin/bash -c 
set -e
#!/bin/bash
# Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
#
# This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
# LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.

set -e

PLATFORM_NAME="${PLATFORM_NAME:-iphoneos}"
CURRENT_ARCH="${CURRENT_ARCH}"

if [ -z "$CURRENT_ARCH" ] || [ "$CURRENT_ARCH" == "undefined_arch" ]; then
    # Xcode 10 beta sets CURRENT_ARCH to "undefined_arch", this leads to incorrect linker arg.
    # it's better to rely on platform name as fallback because architecture differs between simulator and device

    if [[ "$PLATFORM_NAME" == *"simulator"* ]]; then
        CURRENT_ARCH="x86_64"
    else
        CURRENT_ARCH="armv7"
    fi
fi

export CC="$(xcrun -find -sdk $PLATFORM_NAME cc) -arch $CURRENT_ARCH -isysroot $(xcrun -sdk $PLATFORM_NAME --show-sdk-path)"
export CXX="$CC"

# Remove automake symlink if it exists
if [ -h "test-driver" ]; then
    rm test-driver
fi

./configure --host arm-apple-darwin

# Fix build for tvOS
cat << EOF >> src/config.h

/* Add in so we have Apple Target Conditionals */
#ifdef __APPLE__
#include <TargetConditionals.h>
#include <Availability.h>
#endif

/* Special configuration for AppleTVOS */
#if TARGET_OS_TV
#undef HAVE_SYSCALL_H
#undef HAVE_SYS_SYSCALL_H
#undef OS_MACOSX
#endif

/* Special configuration for ucontext */
#undef HAVE_UCONTEXT_H
#undef PC_FROM_UCONTEXT
#if defined(__x86_64__)
#define PC_FROM_UCONTEXT uc_mcontext->__ss.__rip
#elif defined(__i386__)
#define PC_FROM_UCONTEXT uc_mcontext->__ss.__eip
#endif
EOF

# Prepare exported header include
EXPORTED_INCLUDE_DIR="exported/glog"
mkdir -p exported/glog
cp -f src/glog/log_severity.h "$EXPORTED_INCLUDE_DIR/"
cp -f src/glog/logging.h "$EXPORTED_INCLUDE_DIR/"
cp -f src/glog/raw_logging.h "$EXPORTED_INCLUDE_DIR/"
cp -f src/glog/stl_logging.h "$EXPORTED_INCLUDE_DIR/"
cp -f src/glog/vlog_is_on.h "$EXPORTED_INCLUDE_DIR/"

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configure: creating ./config.status
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/Users/Sri/Library/Caches/CocoaPods/Pods/External/glog/2263bd123499e5b93b5efe24871be317-1f3da/missing: Unknown `--is-lightweight' option
Try `/Users/Sri/Library/Caches/CocoaPods/Pods/External/glog/2263bd123499e5b93b5efe24871be317-1f3da/missing --help' for more information
configure: WARNING: 'missing' script is too old or missing
configure: WARNING: using cross tools not prefixed with host triplet
configure: WARNING: Could not find the PC.  Will not output failed addresses...
dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/opt/readline/lib/libreadline.7.dylib
  Referenced from: /usr/local/bin/gawk
  Reason: image not found
./config.status: line 1298: 49000 Done(141)               eval sed \"\$ac_sed_extra\" "$ac_file_inputs"
     49001 Abort trap: 6           | $AWK -f "$ac_tmp/subs.awk" > $ac_tmp/out
config.status: error: could not create Makefile

React Native version:

System: OS: macOS 10.14.6 CPU: (4) x64 Intel® Core™ i7-4650U CPU @ 1.70GHz Memory: 1.46 GB / 8.00 GB Shell: 3.0.2 - /usr/local/bin/fish Binaries: Node: 12.9.1 - /usr/local/bin/node Yarn: 1.17.3 - /usr/local/bin/yarn npm: 6.10.3 - /usr/local/bin/npm Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman SDKs: iOS SDK: Platforms: iOS 12.4, macOS 10.14, tvOS 12.4, watchOS 5.3 IDEs: Xcode: 10.3/10G8 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild npmPackages: react: 16.8.6 => 16.8.6 react-native: 0.60.5 => 0.60.5 npmGlobalPackages: react-native-cli: 2.0.1

Steps To Reproduce

1. react-native init test
2. cd test && react-native run-ios

This recommends manual pod install as it fails, running this

1. cd ios && pod install

results in the same error, which is pasted above

## Describe what you expected to happen:

I expected the vanilla application to build and launch in the simulator.

[MarcelKlammer]

Today I started with react-native and ran into a similar problem of react-native run-ios producing a non fixable error:

info Installing “DerivedData/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/BRFv5ReactNative.app” An error was encountered processing the command (domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain, code=2): Failed to install the requested application An application bundle was not found at the provided path. Provide a valid path to the desired application bundle. Print: Entry, “:CFBundleIdentifier”, Does Not Exist error Command failed: /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c Print:CFBundleIdentifier DerivedData/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/BRFv5ReactNative.app/Info.plist Print: Entry, “:CFBundleIdentifier”, Does Not Exist . Run CLI with --verbose flag for more details. Error: Command failed: /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c Print:CFBundleIdentifier DerivedData/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/BRFv5ReactNative.app/Info.plist Print: Entry, “:CFBundleIdentifier”, Does Not Exist

My fix for it was:

react-native init TestProject cd TestProject/ios && pod install cd …

Open TestProject/ios/Pods/Pods.xcodeproj

New Scheme > Pods-TestProject > Compile for a Generic iOS Device + Compile for eg. iPhone X Simulator New Scheme > Pods-TestProjectTests > Compile for a Generic iOS Device + Compile for eg. iPhone X Simulator

Close Pods.xcodeproj

Open TestProject/ios/TestProject.xcodeproj

Optional: Set bundle identifier: com.yourcompany.testproject Setup Code Signing for TestProject Setup Code Signing for TestProjectTest

Compile TestProject for an attached iOS device

This will launch a metro bundler terminal window. If it doesn’t, check if port 8081 is in use in Terminal and kill the process: lsof -n -i4TCP:8081 kill -9 PID

Compile will fail anyway, because the libraries (Pods) can’t be found/linked, because of a /bin/ vs /build/ mismatch.

Select the project for the settings. Select the target TestProject. Select All + Combined in Build Settings. Search for PODS_BUILD_DIR Change the value to ${BUILD_DIR}/…/build which overwrites the bin/ somehow.

Add those paths, and keep build/ instead of $(BUILD_DIR): Add in TestProject > Library Search Paths: build/$(CONFIGURATION)$(EFFECTIVE_PLATFORM_NAME) Add in TestProjectTest > Library Search Paths: build/$(CONFIGURATION)$(EFFECTIVE_PLATFORM_NAME)

For a later release, add all the release versions of pods and paths.

Now Compile again: TestProject for an attached iOS device or simulator.

This time the app will launch on the phone/simulator.

react-native run-ios won’t work, but starting form XCode works for me now.

[stale[bot]]

Closing this issue after a prolonged period of inactivity. If this issue is still present in the latest release, please feel free to create a new issue with up-to-date information.