Swift and Xcode: How to Build and Run a GitHub repository of iOS Application? - ios

I'm interested on Running this GitHub repository of an iOS Application: https://github.com/septadev/SEPTA-iOS I opened the iSEPTA.xcodeproj file on XCode from the iSEPTA folder, but I'm getting these Buildtime Errors. For example: No such module 'ReSwift', and this is the window I get prompted when I select any of the yellow alerts, I'm not sure if I should perform these changes, yet.
Could it be some incomparability with my XCode and Swift versions?
Please, help!!

This project uses Carthage as a dependency management system for using external dependencies.
You should install Carthage to your computer and then run carthage update from the terminal in the root directory of the project. This will instal the dependencies and will allow you to run the project.

Take a look at Cartfile: it indicates this repo is using Carthage package manager. Follow their instructions to install dependent libraries

This repository requires Carthage ( https://github.com/Carthage/Carthage ) - this is a dependency manager. You can install it using Homebrew (https://brew.sh/)
brew install carthage
then you have to run carthageBuild.sh script (which runs carthage update):
./carthageBuild.sh
and then you have to open: Septa.xcworkspace file

This would be the correct solution if the project used Cocoapods. Since it uses Carthage, look to others answers unless you are referencing this answer to a similar issue.
You need to use Cocoapods to integrate the pods attached to the project. Often times projects will not come with them precompiled. Either you opened the blue project file with the *.xcodeproj extension instead of the white project file with the *.xcworkspace extension.... or you don't have the pods installed at all. In which case read below.
Instructions as follows:
cd to project directory
Install Cocoapods
sudo gem install cocoapods
Ensure the you have the given pods in your repo collection for install
pod repo update
Install the pods
pod install
Validate Project Settings
This is necessary until cocoapods v1.6 release (beta is out).
Open the white project file with the *.xcworkspace extension
After those steps are complete, the project should run normally.

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Based on the logs all the dependencies are downloaded but whenever it starts building I have the No such Module X error, I am not sure what i did wrong but it looks like xcode Cloud misses the step of Building targets in dependency order and it starts building the main project before building the dependencies
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I found a temporary solution by adding the pod folder to my repository, this is not what most people are willing to do but for now it is working
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I changed:
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I'm practicing capacitor js, and was able successfully to package the (html, css & js) files and build them on 'android studio' according to the commands on 'https://capacitorjs.com/docs/android'.
Yet when i powered up macOS version 10.14 on VMware and tried to do the same steps 'https://capacitorjs.com/docs/ios' to build on Xcode, the following warnings and errors occured...
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It's my first time using macOS so I might have missed some additional steps that needed to be done.
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Thanks to Gereon the step that was missing is to use the command pod install on the 'App' folder that has the 'Podfile.txt', it will extract some extra files including the required Pods folder.
App Folder After Using pod install
If after building you faced the following error...
failed to initiate service connection to simulator
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We make middleware using Cordova and AdMob to show ads. Cordova generates an Xcode project for us. However the resulting Xcode projects now fail to build with the error ld: framework not found UserMessagingPlatform.xcframework.
This appears to be caused by the Google UMP SDK updating to version 1.3.0, which notes "Updated the SDK from a .framework to a .xcframework." I've contacted AdMob support, and they claim the build works for them and haven't provided any useful help.
I have no idea why our builds now fail and I'm at a loss as to what to do about it. Here is a sample Xcode project: https://www.dropbox.com/s/y1ly2c3yi45rop6/TestBuild.ios.project.zip?dl=0
Can anyone identify what has gone wrong with this Xcode project causing it to fail to build, and identify a workaround?
The Issue
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brew install cocoapods
Next, go into your project directory using the Terminal. Once you're in the directory, run:
pod install --repo-update
Reopen your project in Xcode, and it should compile successfully now.
Step by step resolution:
Skip any steps that aren't necessary for your environment.
Install Homebrew: /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"
Install cocoapods: brew install cocoapods
Open a terminal, navigate to your project directory: cd /path/to/your/project
Update dependencies: pod install --repo-update
Disclaimer: I'm not a Swift or Objective-C developer, and my experience with Apple/Xcode is limited. I also am unfamiliar with "cocoapods" and AdMob. I just downloaded the sample code and worked through the issue until I got it to compile successfully.
Are you using Cocoapods for your XCode project?
This stackoverflow answer suggest updating cocoapods
Try updating cocoapods:
sudo gem install cocoapods
Cocoapods changelog contains fixes for XCFrameworks
.xcframework files can only be used on CocoaPods 1.10.0 or newer, in your sample app you were using 1.8.4.
Update CocoaPods to latest and run pod install again.

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I had cocoapods in my project and it worked fine. But now that I upgraded my xCode and everything else, I get a linker error about the pods when I try to archive the project.
I was trying to follow the solutions in this answer but the steps they mention are not quite what I see on my screen.
What are the steps to configure my cocoapods correctly?
Here is a screenshot of how things are appearing for me with the libraries in red on the left side, and some configurations on the main area of the screen.
Make a backup of your .pod config file that has all your third party project references in it. Delete pods folder and delete workspace that Cocopods creates by default.
This is the file to backup
$ sudo gem install cocoapods
Navigate to where project lives:
cd /Users/yourUserFolder/LocationOfProject/
Then Run:
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Open Workspace
$ open App.xcworkspace
**Make sure you open the workspace file. Not the .project file.
Image of what my .pod file looks like, just for your reference to make sure you have the correct format.

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