bug: Barcode Scanning plugin failing to build on simulator for fresh Ionic project

[JaapWeijland]

Plugin(s)

• [X] Barcode Scanning
• [ ] Face Detection
• [ ] Face Mesh Detection
• [ ] Selfie Segmentation
• [ ] Translation

Version

6.0.0

Platform(s)

• [ ] Android
• [X] iOS
• [ ] Web

Current behavior

When adding the barcode scanning plugin, version 6.0.0, the capacitor ceases to build the app via the command line. Error: SwiftEmitModule normal x86_64 Emitting\ module\ for\ App (in target 'App' from project 'App'). Just before adding this package it all worked just fine.

Expected behavior

To be able to build my Ionic app

Reproduction

https://github.com/JaapWeijland/barcode-scanning-repro

Steps to reproduce

1. Install @ionic/cli (7.2.0)
2. Run ionic start and create a blank React app.
3. Run ionic cap add ios
4. Run ionic cap run ios
5. Choose iPhone 15 simulator
6. Verified the build works!
7. Run npm i @capacitor-mlkit/barcode-scanning
8. Run ionic cap sync
9. Run ionc cap run ios
10. Choose iPhone 15 simulator
11. Failed with aforementioned error.

Other information

Apple M1 Pro, Sonoma 14.4.1 Xcode 15.3 Simulator iPhone 15 Cocoapods 1.15.2, which pod: /opt/homebrew/bin/pod (so its installed with homebrew) ionic --version: 7.2.0 ionic cap --version: 7.2.0 (not sure if this matters)

Using capacitor v6

Note: when I run the app via Xcode choosing a simulator with rosetta active, it works. However, I can't choose these rosetta simulators in the list ionic cap run ios provides me.

Capacitor doctor

[success] iOS looking great! 👌

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[JaapWeijland]

So I found how I can fix this by altering the ionic cap ios run command of capacitor. In node_modules, in the file @capacitor/cli/dist/ios/run.js, change the line that says id=${target.id} to id=${target.id},arch=x86_64. This will force capacitor to build the project using Rosetta, which is needed to build a project using this plugin for a simulator.

I'm not sure if this is a problem with this plugin, or a missing feature of capacitor to allow for building using Rosetta, especially now that this option to do this as a configuration within Xcode has been removed by Apple.

[robingenz]

This should fix your issue: https://capawesome.io/blog/troubleshooting-capacitor-ios-issues/#could-not-find-module-capacitor-for-target-x86_64-apple-ios-simulator

No need to use Rosetta. Feel free to take a look at the official demo app for reference: https://github.com/robingenz/capacitor-mlkit-plugin-demo/blob/main/ios/App/Podfile

[JaapWeijland]

Thanks for your response. I already tried this, and unfortunately, it does not work. I added the lines to the reproduction repo as well, so you can see what I did and try it out yourself if you want.

Edit: actually, I tried running the demo app, but that app errors out with the same error as well:

SwiftEmitModule normal x86_64 Emitting\ module\ for\ App (in target 'App' from project 'App')

Repro path:

1. Clone project
2. ionic cap sync
3. ionic cap ios run

Added Ionic versions to opening post: ionic --version: 7.2.0 ionic cap --version: 7.2.0 (not sure if this matters)

[robingenz]

Okay, now I was able to reproduce your problem. But only in the simulator, on a device it works without problems. This is how i fixed it: https://github.com/robingenz/capacitor-mlkit-plugin-demo/commit/febf32339702917889d65451a0a62bdd22836e2b

[JaapWeijland]

Works! Thanks alot. Since from now on all newcomers will pretty much experience what I've experienced when they want to run their app on a simulator, it might be handy to add this to the documentation or FAQ or something similar. Anyway, thank you very much for helping out!

[robingenz]

I'm glad that it is now working. I have updated the blog post.