Add Pod dependency with source to .podspec

Question

I am trying to add the following dependency to my Podspec

s.dependency 'Apollo/WebSocket', :git => 'https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-ios'

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Here's what I get in my Terminal whenever I try to run pod lib lint MyPodName.podspec:

- ERROR | spec: The specification defined in `MyPodName.podspec` could not be loaded.


[!] Invalid `MyPodName.podspec` file: [!] Unsupported version requirements.

 #  from <PathToMyPodspec>/MyPodName.podspec:36
 #  -------------------------------------------
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 >    s.dependency 'Apollo/WebSocket', :git => 'https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-ios'
 #    
 #  -------------------------------------------

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I have successfully used it as a Pod in one of my iOS projects. But now that I am creating a pod myself, I am struggling to understand what I should do to make it work.

Thank you in advance!

Answer 1

Solved!

It turns out that the Podfile document of the project plays a major role in all of this. I found it inside the /Example folder of said project. What I've done is:

use_frameworks!
source = 'https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-ios'
source = 'https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-ios'

target 'MyPodName_Example' do

  pod 'Apollo'
  pod 'Apollo/WebSocket'
  pod 'MyPodName', :path => '../'

  target 'MyPodName_Tests' do
    inherit! :search_paths


  end
end

(I am not quite sure if I necessarily need both of the source lines but it does work like this)

Then I ran pod install on the /Example directory.

After that I returned back to my MyPodName.podspec file and edited dependencies to look like this:

  s.dependency 'Apollo'
  s.dependency 'Apollo/WebSocket'

Then I ran pod lib lint MyPodName.podspec on the root directory (where my .podspec file is) and this time it succeeded.

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NOTICE:

• I needed both Apollo and Apollo/WebSocket dependencies.
• I haven't yet pushed my Pod and cannot guarantee that all of this is 100% correct
• I'm new to CocoaPods, so this might not be the most optimal solution to the problem.