Pod GoogleMaps not working - ios

Question

I know this is very basic, but not able to debug the problem. This is my Podfile.
source 'https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs.git'
platform :ios, '8.1'
pod 'GoogleMaps'
I picked this from here. When I try pod install, I get
[!] Unable to find a specification for `GoogleMaps`
verbose says:
Preparing
Updating local specs repositories
Updating spec repo `master`
$ /usr/bin/git pull --ff-only
Already up-to-date.
Analyzing dependencies
Inspecting targets to integrate
Using `ARCHS` setting to build architectures of target `Pods`: (``)
Finding Podfile changes
- GoogleMaps
Resolving dependencies of `Podfile`
[!] Unable to find a specification for `GoogleMaps`
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-0.38.2/lib/cocoapods/resolver.rb:388:in `handle_resolver_error'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-0.38.2/lib/cocoapods/resolver.rb:69:in `rescue in resolve'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-0.38.2/lib/cocoapods/resolver.rb:56:in `resolve'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-0.38.2/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:535:in `block in resolve_dependencies'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-0.38.2/lib/cocoapods/user_interface.rb:59:in `section'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-0.38.2/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:533:in `resolve_dependencies'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-0.38.2/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:70:in `analyze'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-0.38.2/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:210:in `analyze'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-0.38.2/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:133:in `block in resolve_dependencies'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-0.38.2/lib/cocoapods/user_interface.rb:59:in `section'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-0.38.2/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:132:in `resolve_dependencies'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-0.38.2/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:104:in `install!'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-0.38.2/lib/cocoapods/command/project.rb:71:in `run_install_with_update'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-0.38.2/lib/cocoapods/command/project.rb:101:in `run'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/claide-0.9.1/lib/claide/command.rb:312:in `run'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-0.38.2/lib/cocoapods/command.rb:48:in `run'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-0.38.2/bin/pod:44:in `<top (required)>'
/usr/bin/pod:23:in `load'
/usr/bin/pod:23:in `<main>'

Answer 1

Start fresh:
Create a new, clean Xcode project
pod init
Add the lines below in Podfile
pod install
Podfile
source 'https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs.git'
platform :ios, '8.1'
target 'SO-32079263' do
pod 'GoogleMaps'
end
pod install
tested with 0.37.1
Analyzing dependencies
Downloading dependencies
Installing GoogleMaps (1.10.1)
Generating Pods project
Integrating client project
Less fresh: (See Jatin comment)
Alternate step 2: rm -rf Pods/ Podfile Podfile.lock ; pod init

Answer 2

This worked for me
Install cocoa pods
sudo gem install cocoapods
Create a new, Xcode project (Project Name example: My Project)
Go to the project folder and create a new file with the name Podfile
Open pod file and enter the config below - Change "My Project" to your project name.
>
source 'https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs.git'
target 'My Project' do
pod 'GoogleMaps'
end
In Terminal, navigate to project folder and type pod install
pod install
Analyzing dependencies
Downloading dependencies
Using GoogleMaps (1.13.2)
Generating Pods project
Integrating client project
Sending stats
Pod installation complete! There is 1 dependency from the Podfile and 1 total pod installed.

Answer 3

After trying many things Here is the fix!!
Imp: Make sure that you have these lines in your PodFile
source 'https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs.git'
platform :ios, '8.0'
target 'YOUR_APPLICATION_TARGET_NAME_HERE' do
pod 'GoogleMaps'
end
If the above is fine then you need to update the pods:
try the following steps:
Open a new terminal and run the following command in a temp directory.
pod try GoogleMaps
keep patience! It will take some time but will update the pod.
Now try to install the pod in ur project again. It should work.Else try to run the following commands in the project dir:
pod repo update
try again.
Comment in the case of any issue!!