Flutter iOS .ipa file generation failing

[akmalahmed525]

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Which mobile framework are you using?

Flutter (Dart)

Steps to reproduce

1. I have configured 3 different flavours (Dev, Prod and QA) with Firebase
2. Xcode version 15.0, Cocoapods version 1.13.0
3. Start a new iOS build

Expected results

The commands in the below yaml snippet should run successfully and it should create an .ipa file

scripts:
 ...
 ...
 ...
 - name: Install pods
         script: |
           find . -name "Podfile" -execdir pod install \;
 - name: Increment build number & build ipa file
         script: |
           CURRENT_BUILD_NUMBER=$(app-store-connect get-latest-testflight-build-number $APPLE_ID)
           NEW_BUILD_NUMBER=$(($CURRENT_BUILD_NUMBER + 1))
           flutter build ipa --release --build-number=$NEW_BUILD_NUMBER --export-options-plist ~/export_options.plist --flavor $XCODE_SCHEME -t $ENTRY_POINT
 ...
 ...
 ...

Actual results

Throws the following error for the find . -name "Podfile" -execdir pod install \; command. It was working perfectly for the previous builds for other flavours.

[!] Invalid `Podfile` file: /Users/builder/clone/ios/Flutter/Generated.xcconfig must exist. If you're running pod install manually, make sure flutter pub get is executed first.

 #  from /Users/builder/clone/ios/Podfile:16
 #  -------------------------------------------
 #    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
 #  -------------------------------------------

Which fails the following script after that Increment build number & build ipa file

Running pod install...                                             40.1s
Running Xcode build...                                          
Xcode archive done.                                         124.2s
Failed to build iOS app
Error (Xcode): /Users/Desktop/config: No such file or directory

Encountered error while archiving for device.


Build failed :|
Step 8 script `Increment build number & build ipa file` exited with status code 1

Build id (optional)

6527d3426e1a23c6c3b374be

[himesh-cm]

Hi @akmalahmed525, Can you run a build with Xcode 14.3.1 for debugging purposes and share the build id?

Also, Please note that you should contact our team through the chat widget in the UI for a quicker response, as your team is on a paid plan.

[dtrdic]

We resolved this issue on intercom but i'll post here as well.. the root cause of the issue was identified in this error message:

[!] Invalid `Podfile` file: /Users/builder/clone/ios/Flutter/Generated.xcconfig must exist. If you're running pod install manually, make sure flutter pub get is executed first.

 #  from /Users/builder/clone/ios/Podfile:16
 #  -------------------------------------------
 #    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
 #  -------------------------------------------

The issue stemmed from the user having different flavors, and the ios/Runner.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj file was referencing the incorrect configuration path location, leading to the Generated.xcconfig must exist error message.

[francescorinaldi]

Hi @dtrdic, I got the same issue. How can I solve it? Thanks!

[isacmoura]

So, what was the solution for this?