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directory not found for option '-L-L/.../CocoaAsyncSocket'

See original GitHub issue

Environment

System:
    OS: macOS 10.15.2
    CPU: (16) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9980HK CPU @ 2.40GHz
    Memory: 66.96 MB / 32.00 GB
    Shell: 3.2.57 - /bin/bash
  Binaries:
    Node: 13.3.0 - /usr/local/bin/node
    Yarn: 1.21.1 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
    npm: 6.13.2 - /usr/local/bin/npm
    Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
  Managers:
    CocoaPods: 1.8.4 - /usr/local/bin/pod
  SDKs:
    iOS SDK:
      Platforms: iOS 13.4, DriverKit 19.0, macOS 10.15, tvOS 13.4, watchOS 6.2
    Android SDK:
      API Levels: 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29
      Build Tools: 28.0.3, 29.0.2
      System Images: android-27 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom, android-29 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-29 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom
      Android NDK: Not Found
  IDEs:
    Android Studio: 3.5 AI-191.8026.42.35.6010548
    Xcode: 11.4/11E146 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
  Languages:
    Python: 2.7.16 - /usr/bin/python
  npmPackages:
    @react-native-community/cli: Not Found
    react: 16.11.0 => 16.11.0 
    react-native: 0.62.0 => 0.62.0 
  npmGlobalPackages:
    *react-native*: Not Found

Upgrading version

0.61.5 => 0.62

Description

After following the upgrade helper and this issue for the iOS project file, I get stuck with the following build error:

ld: warning: directory not found for option '-L-L/Users/../ios/build/Release-iphonesimulator/CocoaAsyncSocket'
ld: library not found for -lCocoaAsyncSocket
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)

I suspect something is wrong in my Search Paths, but I am not yet able to figured it out.

Reproducible demo

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 3 years ago
Comments:17 (1 by maintainers)

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aaroncornelissencommented, Apr 9, 2020

I followed the same steps as you and I also got the errormessage ‘ld: library not found for -lCocoaAsyncSocket’ when compiling in xcode. But after a lot trying I discovered my problem.

I problem was with the LIBRARY_SEARCH_PATHS, see also: step 4. I compared my project with a new RN project and I saw that the $(inherited) was at the top at the new project, so reversed the order and then it worked.

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R4DIC4Lcommented, May 27, 2020

Thank you for sharing, @aaroncornelissen! For me, it was the same variable, just for Target instead of Project.

Apparently you need to ensure the LIBRARY_SEARCH_PATHS has $(inherited) set last on both React Native Project and Target level in Build settings. Otherwise, it seems the relative search paths for each pod will not be searched and only inherited is used. I don’t have an explanation for this, as I don’t know how XCode treats the linking phase.

RNSearchDirectories-TargetLevel

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