No such module error when using an external library with Cocoapod

[amsdamsgram]

Hi,

I'm trying to use a pod in my RN library but I'm getting "No such module error" in XCode.

This is what I did:

1. npx create-react-native-library@latest awesome-library
2. Run pod init in "awesome-library/ios"
3. Add pod "HelloLib" in Podfile (I'm using this pod to test)
4. Run pod install
5. Add import HelloLib in "AwesomeLibrary.swift" at the top of the file
6. Run yarn install then pod install in the example project
7. Run yarn ios to build the example project on the simulator

I also tried to s.dependency = "HelloLib" in the .podspec file but same error.

Am I missing something?

Thank you for your help!

[atlj]

Hey you don't have to init the pod by yourself. It's already included with native libraries. If you are trying to add a third party dependency to your library, you can add it to your .podspec file instead of the Podfile.

You should be able to add a dependency to your .podspec like this:

s.dependency = "ThirdPartyPod"

[amsdamsgram]

Hi @atlj, thank you for your response!

Yes, I'm trying to add a third party dependency to my library.

I've tried to add Lottie for example so I've:

1. Added s.dependency = "lottie-ios" in the .podspec of the library
2. Clean the library
3. Added import Lottie in the Swift file of the example's project (I'm using the .xcworkspace file)
4. Clean the example project
5. Build the example project
6. Then I get the error No such module 'Lottie'

Thank you for your help!

[amsdamsgram]

I finally made it work!
I've imported a xcframework file instead of using a pod and added s.vendored_frameworks = 'ios/myFramework.xcframework' in .podspec file as you mentionned.

Thanks for your help!