Flutter Podfile and Pods folders not created in ios directory - ios

Question

Created a new flutter project from Android Studio using the wizard.
Newly created project folder does not have any of the Pods folders or podfile in the ios directory.
This Flutter.io page states (emphasis mine):
While there is a Podfile in the iOS folder in your Flutter project,
only use this if you are adding native dependencies needed for
per-platform integration.
There is no podfile at all in my ios directory.
I found this comment in a different question here suggesting running the project on the ios simulator would generate the file but running the project on the sim and device both do not result in any podfile creation for me.
Is there some step in the ios side of the new flutter project creation that I missed? There's no way for me to add ios-specific dependencies without the podfile.
Output of flutter doctor:
[✓] Flutter (Channel beta, v0.5.1, on Mac OS X 10.12.6 16G1408, locale en-US)
[✓] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK 27.0.3)
[✓] iOS toolchain - develop for iOS devices (Xcode 9.2)
[✓] Android Studio (version 3.1)
[!] VS Code (version 1.25.1)
[✓] Connected devices (1 available)

Answer 1

Here is what I usually do:
go into ios folder
delete the Podfile.lock file
rm -rf Pods
pod cache clean --all
pod deintegrate
pod setup
pod install
You may also want to do
pod repo update

Answer 2

Once you run flutter build ios a Podfile and Podfile.lock will be created for you in the ios directory.
Follow the steps in the deploy steps official documentation.

Answer 3

I will suggest simply go to your Flutter Package and do flutter create .
It will automatically create all the missing files and even Podfile.
I have used this command in my project and it is fruitful.

Answer 4

Recently, I encountered the same problem. No Podfile created even when I add dependency packages in the pubspec.yaml file. In the end, I have to manually add a Pod file in the ios directory and issue 'pod deintegrate', 'pod setup' and 'pod install'.
Here is my podfile. You can try it:
# Uncomment this line to define a global platform for your project
platform :ios, '9.0'
# CocoaPods analytics sends network stats synchronously affecting flutter build latency.
ENV['COCOAPODS_DISABLE_STATS'] = 'true'
pod 'Firebase/Core'
pod 'FBSDKLoginKit' #optional
pod 'GoogleAnalytics'
def parse_KV_file(file, separator='=')
file_abs_path = File.expand_path(file)
if !File.exists? file_abs_path
return [];
end
pods_ary = []
skip_line_start_symbols = ["#", "/"]
File.foreach(file_abs_path) { |line|
next if skip_line_start_symbols.any? { |symbol| line =~ /^\s*#{symbol}/ }
plugin = line.split(pattern=separator)
if plugin.length == 2
podname = plugin[0].strip()
path = plugin[1].strip()
podpath = File.expand_path("#{path}", file_abs_path)
pods_ary.push({:name => podname, :path => podpath});
else
puts "Invalid plugin specification: #{line}"
end
}
return pods_ary
end
target 'Runner' do
# Prepare symlinks folder. We use symlinks to avoid having Podfile.lock
# referring to absolute paths on developers' machines.
use_frameworks!
system('rm -rf .symlinks')
system('mkdir -p .symlinks/plugins')
# Flutter Pods
generated_xcode_build_settings = parse_KV_file('./Flutter/Generated.xcconfig')
if generated_xcode_build_settings.empty?
puts "Generated.xcconfig must exist. If you're running pod install manually, make sure flutter packages get is executed first."
end
generated_xcode_build_settings.map { |p|
if p[:name] == 'FLUTTER_FRAMEWORK_DIR'
symlink = File.join('.symlinks', 'flutter')
File.symlink(File.dirname(p[:path]), symlink)
pod 'Flutter', :path => File.join(symlink, File.basename(p[:path]))
end
}
# Plugin Pods
plugin_pods = parse_KV_file('../.flutter-plugins')
plugin_pods.map { |p|
symlink = File.join('.symlinks', 'plugins', p[:name])
File.symlink(p[:path], symlink)
pod p[:name], :path => File.join(symlink, 'ios')
}
end
#pre_install do |installer|
# workaround for https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/issues/3289
# Pod::Installer::Xcode::TargetValidator.send(:define_method, :verify_no_static_framework_transitive_dependencies) {}
#end
post_install do |installer|
installer.pods_project.targets.each do |target|
target.build_configurations.each do |config|
config.build_settings['ENABLE_BITCODE'] = 'NO'
config.build_settings['SWIFT_VERSION'] = '4.2'
end
# Peter aded on 8 Oct 2018
# workaround for https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/issues/7463
#target.headers_build_phase.files.each do |file|
# file.settings = { 'ATTRIBUTES' => ['Public'] }
#end
end
end
Also, I tried using Vcode to create a new Flutter project. Add package in pubspec.yaml file, save and the podfile was automatically created,
Create a new Flutter project using Vcode
Start VS Code
Invoke View>Command Palette…
Type ‘flutter’, and select the ‘Flutter: New Project’ action
Enter a project name (e.g. myapp), and press Enter
Specify a location to place the project, and press the blue OK
button
Wait for the project creation to continue, and the main.dart file to
appear
Add a package in the pubspec.yaml file and save it.
The podfile should be created.

Answer 5

flutter:
plugin:
platforms:
ios:
pluginClass: AppDelegate
You need to add the above lines to the pubspec.yaml and then the pub would automatically generate the Podfile inside the ios folder.

Answer 6

[Windows/Android studio] To create podfile all you need is to run pod init in ios folder in your flutter project, If you are using window and not yet installed CocoPods, then you need to install ruby which is prerequires to install CocoPods (pod command) which in turn is used to create podfile
Once they are installed, navigate to ios folder in your flutter project and run the following command to create init podfile in ios folder:
pod init

Answer 7

For me the reason the podfile in the ios folder was not being created was the fact that I had made it a module in the pubspec:
module:
androidX: true
androidPackage: ******
iosBundleIdentifier: ******
Removing this part from the pubspec made flutter generate the podfile again when running pub get. I'm using it as a module but like to be able to run the project standalone as well, so for that reason I put the module bit back in again after running a pub get.

Answer 8

I had just created a new project and didn't see the Podfile in the ios/ directory. I needed the Podfile in order to setup Firebase integration. Although it has been pointed out in a comment by #ncuillery, I thought I should add an answer for the reason that a comment may be missed very easily!
All you have to do is add a dependency to the pubspec.yaml file:
dependencies:
flutter:
sdk: flutter
cupertino_icons: ^1.0.2
firebase_auth: ^1.0.2 # <--- add this line (doesn't have to be firebase_auth)
Run pub get to get the dependencies. If the command exists successfully, in the terminal you should see:
Process finished with exit code 0
The Podfile should have been created after running the command with the dependency listed and can then be found at ios/Podfile.

Answer 9

I found the Podfile and Podfile.lock in the ios folder as created by the Flutter tools, yet Pods.xcodeproj was missing in the Xcode view of the project.
I opened a command-line terminal, went into ios folder and ran
pod install
that was enough for me to fix the project.

Answer 10

you can use this command to find this issue https://docs.flutter.dev/development/add-to-app/ios/project-setup.
it's worked for me.
flutter build ios-framework --output=some/path/MyApp/Flutter/
use pwd command to get the current directory
replace --output=some/path/MyApp/Flutter/ by --output=currentdirectory/directoryapp/ios/Flutter
so
flutter build ios-framework --output=currentdirectory/directoryapp/ios/Flutter
for me it was:
flutter build ios-framework --output=/Users/ilimigroup/StudioProjects/Telia-ios/telia/ios/Flutter
after that, you can run in xcode

Answer 11

If you are on window please try this for pod file install in android studion
npx pod install

Answer 12

Adding default Podfile content if that can be helpful for someone, else if needed proper solution resolved this issue inside other question
# platform :ios, '11.0'
# CocoaPods analytics sends network stats synchronously affecting flutter build latency.
ENV['COCOAPODS_DISABLE_STATS'] = 'true'
project 'Runner', {
'Debug' => :debug,
'Profile' => :release,
'Release' => :release,
}
def flutter_root
generated_xcode_build_settings_path = File.expand_path(File.join('..', 'Flutter', 'Generated.xcconfig'), __FILE__)
unless File.exist?(generated_xcode_build_settings_path)
raise "#{generated_xcode_build_settings_path} must exist. If you're running pod install manually, make sure flutter pub get is executed first"
end
File.foreach(generated_xcode_build_settings_path) do |line|
matches = line.match(/FLUTTER_ROOT\=(.*)/)
return matches[1].strip if matches
end
raise "FLUTTER_ROOT not found in #{generated_xcode_build_settings_path}. Try deleting Generated.xcconfig, then run flutter pub get"
end
require File.expand_path(File.join('packages', 'flutter_tools', 'bin', 'podhelper'), flutter_root)
flutter_ios_podfile_setup
target 'Runner' do
use_frameworks!
use_modular_headers!
flutter_install_all_ios_pods File.dirname(File.realpath(__FILE__))
end
post_install do |installer|
installer.pods_project.targets.each do |target|
flutter_additional_ios_build_settings(target)
end
end

Answer 13

Easiest method that worked for me is just do:
pod init
in the terminal