Error when 0.61.5 -> 0.62 – Xcode error: Undefined symbol: _OBJC_CLASS_$_FlipperKitNetworkPlugin in React Native Community Upgrade Support

Explanation of the problem

The problem is related to upgrading react-native version from 0.61.5 to 0.62 on macOS 10.15.4. After following upgrade-helper and #13, there is an error in Xcode. The error message is “Undefined symbol: OBJC_CLASS$_FlipperKitNetworkPlugin Undefined symbol: OBJC_CLASS$_SKIOSNetworkAdapter Undefined symbol: OBJC_CLASS$_FlipperKitReactPlugin Undefined symbol: OBJC_CLASS$_FKUserDefaultsPlugin Undefined symbol: OBJC_CLASS$_FlipperKitLayoutPlugin Undefined symbol: OBJC_CLASS$_SKDescriptorMapper Undefined symbol: OBJC_CLASS$_FlipperClient”. This error message is related to using flipper in the project and possibly caused by a compatibility issue between the new version of react-native and the flipper library. A similar issue has been reported in the flipper repo, and the solution suggested there did not help in this case.

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Problem solution for error when 0.61.5 -> 0.62 – Xcode error: Undefined symbol: _OBJC_CLASS_$_FlipperKitNetworkPlugin in React Native Community Upgrade Support

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Solution:

To fix this issue, make sure that the targets in the Podfile match the configurations for the FlipperKit pods. For example, in the Podfile, the targets should be defined as project ‘gotobridge’, ‘Debug-dev’ => :debug, ‘Release-dev’ => :release, ‘Debug’ => :debug, ‘Release’ => :release. And the FlipperKit pods should be added with the configuration option, like this: pod ‘FlipperKit’, version, :configuration => [‘Debug-dev’, ‘Release-dev’].

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Solution:

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Solution:

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