Flutter Debug: Warning: CocoaPods not installed. Skipping pod install - ios

Question

my problem is this:
I want to connect my app to Firebase. I followed all the steps and did everything according to the instructions. When I tried to debug the app, the following error came up:
When I enter - flutter run - from the terminal, the following happens:
In flutter doctor -v the following comes out:
[✓] Flutter (Channel stable, 1.20.4, on macOS 11.2 20D64, locale de)
• Flutter version 1.20.4 at /Users/danielalakin/development/flutter
• Framework revision fba99f6cf9 (5 months ago), 2020-09-14 15:32:52 -0700
• Engine revision d1bc06f032
• Dart version 2.9.2
[✓] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK
version 30.0.2)
• Android SDK at /Users/danielalakin/Library/Android/sdk
• Platform android-30, build-tools 30.0.2
• Java binary at: /Applications/Android
Studio.app/Contents/jre/jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java
• Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build
1.8.0_242-release-1644-b3-6222593)
• All Android licenses accepted.
[✓] Xcode - develop for iOS and macOS (Xcode 12.4)
• Xcode at /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
• Xcode 12.4, Build version 12D4e
• CocoaPods version 1.10.1
[!] Android Studio (version 4.1)
• Android Studio at /Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents
✗ Flutter plugin not installed; this adds Flutter specific functionality.
✗ Dart plugin not installed; this adds Dart specific functionality.
• Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build
1.8.0_242-release-1644-b3-6222593)
[✓] VS Code (version 1.52.1)
• VS Code at /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents
• Flutter extension version 3.19.0
[✓] Connected device (1 available)
• iPhone 12 Pro Max (mobile) • C0991E0B-425B-46BD-9DEA-674181136D99 • ios •
com.apple.CoreSimulator.SimRuntime.iOS-14-4 (simulator)
And I have the following versions and paths:
$ pod --version:
1.10.1
$ which pod:
/usr/local/bin/pod
$ which gem:
/Users/danielalakin/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.0.0/bin/gem
$ which ruby:
/Users/danielalakin/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.0.0/bin/ruby
Do you know how I can solve this problem?
PS: I work on Visual Studio Code and XCode. I use MacOS Big Sur Version 11.2.

Answer 1

I had this same error a number of times in the past, and once right after I upgraded to Flutter 2.0.1 just now. The solution for me was always to run (as previously suggested):
sudo gem install cocoapods then restart my IDE. I use Android Studio, but same should apply to VSCode as well.

Answer 2

The only command who work for me is this one :
brew install cocoapods

Answer 3

For me none of these was helpful,
The workaround was opening the Android studio using Terminal rather than GUI
open /Applications/Android\ Studio.app
After that, I can use GUI and there was no problem :)!
you can find more info here:
https://github.com/flutter/flutter-intellij/issues/4981#issuecomment-751443625

Answer 4

Restarting VSCode usually fixes the problem, but make sure to close it completely - Cmd+Q on macOS.
Another thing worth trying is cleaning XCode workspace, this can be done via flutter clean command.

Answer 5

You can try:
sudo gem install cocoapods

Answer 6

if you use Android Studio try restoring the cache in
file -> invalidate cache/restart

Answer 7

In my case I had to reinstall cocoa pods but additionally I had to reinstall my Visual Studio Code IDE.

Answer 8

I ran into this problem on Android Studio 4.1.3. Updating to Bumblebee 2021.1.1 Patch 3 solved it for me.

Answer 9

run this command :
sudo gem install ffi
if on running flutter doctor, it still says cocoapods not installed then run this command
sudo gem install cocoapods