Flutter iOS build failed an error of pod files: Podfile is out of date

Question

I'm trying to build my app on the ios simulator(ios 13), but the build fails and gives an error of pod files: Podfile is out of date

This is the error.

Launching lib/main.dart on iPhone 11 Pro Max in debug mode...
Warning: Podfile is out of date
  This can cause a mismatched version of Flutter to be embedded in your app, which may result in App Store submission rejection or crashes.
  If you have local Podfile edits you would like to keep, see https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/24641 for instructions.
To regenerate the Podfile, run:
  rm ios/Podfile

Warning: Podfile is out of date
  This can cause issues if your application depends on plugins that do not support iOS.
  See https://flutter.dev/docs/development/packages-and-plugins/developing-packages#plugin-platforms for details.
  If you have local Podfile edits you would like to keep, see https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/45197 for instructions.
To regenerate the Podfile, run:
  rm ios/Podfile

Running Xcode build...
Xcode build done.                                            7,8s
Failed to build iOS app
Error output from Xcode build:
↳
    ** BUILD FAILED **


Xcode's output:
↳
    /Users/kareldebedts/developer/flutter/.pub-cache/hosted/pub.dartlang.org/cloud_firestore-0.12.11/ios/Classes/CloudFirestorePlugin.m:155:24: error: no visible @interface for 'FIRQuery' declares the selector 'queryWhereField:arrayContainsAny:'
            query = [query queryWhereField:fieldName arrayContainsAny:value];
                     ~~~~~ ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    /Users/kareldebedts/developer/flutter/.pub-cache/hosted/pub.dartlang.org/cloud_firestore-0.12.11/ios/Classes/CloudFirestorePlugin.m:157:24: error: no visible @interface for 'FIRQuery' declares the selector 'queryWhereFieldPath:arrayContainsAny:'
            query = [query queryWhereFieldPath:fieldPath arrayContainsAny:value];
                     ~~~~~ ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    /Users/kareldebedts/developer/flutter/.pub-cache/hosted/pub.dartlang.org/cloud_firestore-0.12.11/ios/Classes/CloudFirestorePlugin.m:163:24: error: no visible @interface for 'FIRQuery' declares the selector 'queryWhereField:in:'
            query = [query queryWhereField:fieldName in:value];
                     ~~~~~ ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    /Users/kareldebedts/developer/flutter/.pub-cache/hosted/pub.dartlang.org/cloud_firestore-0.12.11/ios/Classes/CloudFirestorePlugin.m:165:24: error: no visible @interface for 'FIRQuery' declares the selector 'queryWhereFieldPath:in:'
            query = [query queryWhereFieldPath:fieldPath in:value];
                     ~~~~~ ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    /Users/kareldebedts/developer/flutter/.pub-cache/hosted/pub.dartlang.org/cloud_firestore-0.12.11/ios/Classes/CloudFirestorePlugin.m:764:16: warning: 'timestampsInSnapshotsEnabled' is deprecated [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
          settings.timestampsInSnapshotsEnabled = (bool)call.arguments[@"timestampsInSnapshotsEnabled"];
                   ^
    In module 'FirebaseFirestore' imported from /Users/kareldebedts/DRINKM8/drinkm8_git/ios/Pods/Headers/Public/Firebase/Firebase.h:31:
    /Users/kareldebedts/DRINKM8/drinkm8_git/ios/Pods/FirebaseFirestore/Firestore/Source/Public/FIRFirestoreSettings.h:69:20: note: 'timestampsInSnapshotsEnabled' has been explicitly marked deprecated here
        __attribute__((deprecated));
                       ^
    1 warning and 4 errors generated.

Could not build the application for the simulator.
Error launching application on iPhone 11 Pro Max.

I tried rm ios/Podfile , but terminal says the command doesn't exist...

This is my pubspec yaml.

dependencies:
  flutter:
    sdk: flutter

  cupertino_icons: ^0.1.2
  firebase_core: ^0.4.0
  firebase_auth: ^0.11.1+12
  flutter_facebook_login: ^2.0.1
  cloud_firestore: ^0.12.7+1
  shared_preferences: ^0.5.3+4
  geolocator: ^5.1.1+1
  url_launcher: ^5.1.2
  rflutter_alert: ^1.0.3
  font_awesome_flutter: ^8.5.0
  flutter_picker: ^1.0.13
  uuid: 2.0.1
  image_picker: ^0.6.1
  path_provider: ^1.2.0
  image: ^2.1.4
  firebase_storage: ^3.0.4
  flutter_datetime_picker: ^1.2.5
  intl: ^0.15.8
  native_contact_picker: ^0.0.6
  flutter_spinkit: ^4.0.0
  transparent_image: ^1.0.0
  connectivity: ^0.4.3+7
  flare_splash_screen: ^2.1.3
  algolia: ^0.1.6+1
  http: ^0.12.0+2
  cloud_functions: ^0.4.1+6
  firebase_messaging: ^5.0.2
  avatar_glow: ^1.0.0
  google_maps_flutter: ^0.5.21+8
  geoflutterfire: ^2.0.2
  rxdart: ^0.22.2
  auto_size_text: ^2.1.0
  camera: ^0.5.4+1
  video_player: ^0.10.2+1
  story_view: ^0.11.0
  thumbnails: ^1.0.1
  image_crop: ^0.3.1
  file_picker: ^1.4.2
  pdf_viewer_plugin: ^1.0.0+2
  flutter_background_geolocation: ^1.3.2
  location_permissions: ^2.0.3
  image_downloader: ^0.19.1
  permission_handler: ^3.3.0
  firebase_database: ^3.1.0

Does someone knows what can cause the problem? Maybe it's because I upgraded the simulator to IOS 13...

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

This happens to most of times when i update the flutter SDK, But don't skip updating to make it better and easier because it is very easy to solve

It is necessary to fix - Removing contents of Pods folder will solve the issue, Here is the process of how to do this

1. To completely clean(Removing all points to links) and create upgraded to the new(uninstall and installing again too), Write following command

   flutter clean
   rm -Rf ios/Pods
   rm -Rf ios/.symlinks
   rm -Rf ios/Flutter/Flutter.framework
   rm -Rf ios/Flutter/Flutter.podspec
   

2. Then for reproduce Podfile follow this command

   rm ios/Podfile
   

3. Finally your project is ready to good to go

   flutter run