Framework not found BoringSSL-GRPC when updating 8.15.0 to 9.2.0

[kuhnroyal]

With the new release of https://pub.dev/packages/firebase_core I updated FirebaseFirestore to 9.2.0 and now the build fails.

I played around with use_frameworks and use_modular_headers but no success there.

target 'Runner' do
  use_frameworks!
  use_modular_headers!

  flutter_install_all_ios_pods File.dirname(File.realpath(__FILE__))
  pod 'FirebaseFirestore', :git => 'https://github.com/invertase/firestore-ios-sdk-frameworks.git', :tag => '9.2.0'
end

Any ideas?

[mikehardy]

the build fails.

:thinking:

Any ideas?

Not without more information unfortunately. Build failures usually contain lots of information indicating the exact file that failed to build and the reason why, typically a nice detailed error message from the compiler. You haven't included that. Could you share the details of the build failure and how we might reproduce it?

(philosophically, along the lines of https://stackoverflow.com/help/how-to-ask / https://stackoverflow.com/help/mcve )

[AlexSheiko]

Hey @mikehardy,

Here is a minimal reproducible example: https://github.com/AlexSheiko/boringssl_compile_error

[AlexSheiko]

A temporary workaround (to build the app) is to replace version 9.2.0 with 8.15.0 in all files and running cd ios && pod update Firebase/CoreOnly && cd ..

[mikehardy]

I'm traveling right now, I can't actually run the example unfortunately -

Build failures usually contain lots of information indicating the exact file that failed to build and the reason why, typically a nice detailed error message from the compiler

What was the actual error? Can you include that?

One thing to note is that if you are using firebase_core 4.19.0 and above (apparently? based on this commit and it's tags: https://github.com/firebase/flutterfire/commit/79610162460b8877f3bc727464a7065106f08079) you cannot go back down to firebase-ios-sdk 8.15.x (or it's components, like firestore...) as I don't believe they will be compatible. You need your version of this framework to match the one used here: https://github.com/firebase/flutterfire/blob/master/packages/firebase_core/firebase_core/ios/firebase_sdk_version.rb (or, in the rare case you are overriding things, to match the override version - but it's got to be v9+ of firebase-ios-sdk or it's components)

[kuhnroyal]

Sorry the actual error is the title: Framework not found BoringSSL-GRPC - the logs don't say much more.

[mikehardy]

Oh, sorry! It was the title. Dang - that's not an immediately obvious error, without being able to run this I won't be able to help in it down and I won't have time for quite a while since I'm traveling :sweat_smile: - maybe @Salakar can have a look :thinking:

[ghost]

Same issue here, I had Error (Xcode): Framework not found BoringSSL-GRPC

[bangnl152]

Same issue with me Error (Xcode): Framework not found BoringSSL-GRPC. Tried removing/adding use_frameworks or use_modular_headers or pod 'BoringSSL-GRPC' but no success.

[getinlight]

Error (Xcode): Framework not found BoringSSL-GRPC

Encountered error while archiving for device.

Same issue here.

here is my Podfile snippet

def default_pods
  use_modular_headers!

  flutter_install_all_ios_pods File.dirname(File.realpath(__FILE__))
  pod 'GoogleUtilities'
  pod 'FirebaseFirestore', :git => 'https://github.com/invertase/firestore-ios-sdk-frameworks.git', :tag => '9.2.0'
end

if I replace the FirebaseFirestore line with pod 'FirebaseFirestore', the archiving will pass.

[AlexSheiko]

Setting XCode → Runner → Project → Runner → iOS Deployment Target: 11

And updating to pod 'FirebaseFirestore', :git => 'https://github.com/invertase/firestore-ios-sdk-frameworks.git', :branch => 'main' helped me launch the app for development

But the problem reappeared in release mode after running flutter build ios --release:

Error (Xcode): Framework not found BoringSSL-GRPC

Encountered error while building for device.

[getinlight]

The temporary solution is to use pod 'FirebaseFirestore'.

let the computer compile BoringSSL-GRPC, but this will take a long time. For now, I only use Android clients for development testing. ☹️

[thruthesky]

I spent 4 hours to solve this problem The BoringSSL-GRPC error happens even if I remove precompiled Firestore SDK.

I did many things, ... And just somehow, just suddenly ... It built for iOS and archiving worked.

It worked with the precompiled Firestore SDK. I use 9.3.0 of precompiled Firestore SDK and with all the latest version of Firebase related packages.

Please somebody try and leave comment.

Podfile)

# Uncomment this line to define a global platform for your project
platform :ios, '13.0'

# CocoaPods analytics sends network stats synchronously affecting flutter build latency.
ENV['COCOAPODS_DISABLE_STATS'] = 'true'

project 'Runner', {
  'Debug' => :debug,
  'Profile' => :release,
  'Release' => :release,
}

def flutter_root
  generated_xcode_build_settings_path = File.expand_path(File.join('..', 'Flutter', 'Generated.xcconfig'), __FILE__)
  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

  File.foreach(generated_xcode_build_settings_path) do |line|
    matches = line.match(/FLUTTER_ROOT\=(.*)/)
    return matches[1].strip if matches
  end
  raise "FLUTTER_ROOT not found in #{generated_xcode_build_settings_path}. Try deleting Generated.xcconfig, then run flutter pub get"
end

require File.expand_path(File.join('packages', 'flutter_tools', 'bin', 'podhelper'), flutter_root)

flutter_ios_podfile_setup

target 'Runner' do
  use_frameworks!
  use_modular_headers!

  flutter_install_all_ios_pods File.dirname(File.realpath(__FILE__))
  pod 'FirebaseFirestore', :git => 'https://github.com/invertase/firestore-ios-sdk-frameworks.git', :tag => '9.3.0'
end

post_install do |installer|
  installer.pods_project.targets.each do |target|
    flutter_additional_ios_build_settings(target)
    target.build_configurations.each do |config|
      config.build_settings.delete 'IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET'
    end
  end
end

Firebase packages)

  firebase_core: ^1.20.1
  firebase_auth: ^3.6.3
  firebase_database: ^9.1.1
  cloud_firestore: ^3.4.4
  firebase_dynamic_links: ^4.3.4
  firebase_storage: ^10.3.5
  firebase_messaging: ^12.0.2
  cloud_functions: ^3.3.4
  flutterfire_ui: ^0.4.3+5

  firebase_analytics: ^9.3.0
  firebase_crashlytics: ^2.8.6

[getinlight]

Here is my Podfile

$FirebaseAnalyticsWithoutAdIdSupport = true
# Uncomment this line to define a global platform for your project
platform :ios, '11.0'

# CocoaPods analytics sends network stats synchronously affecting flutter build latency.
ENV['COCOAPODS_DISABLE_STATS'] = 'true'

project 'Runner', {
  'Debug' => :debug,
  'Profile' => :release,
  'Release' => :release,
}

def flutter_root
  generated_xcode_build_settings_path = File.expand_path(File.join('..', 'Flutter', 'Generated.xcconfig'), __FILE__)
  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

  File.foreach(generated_xcode_build_settings_path) do |line|
    matches = line.match(/FLUTTER_ROOT\=(.*)/)
    return matches[1].strip if matches
  end
  raise "FLUTTER_ROOT not found in #{generated_xcode_build_settings_path}. Try deleting Generated.xcconfig, then run flutter pub get"
end

require File.expand_path(File.join('packages', 'flutter_tools', 'bin', 'podhelper'), flutter_root)

flutter_ios_podfile_setup

use_frameworks!

def default_pods
  use_modular_headers!

  flutter_install_all_ios_pods File.dirname(File.realpath(__FILE__))
  pod 'GoogleUtilities'
#   pod 'FirebaseAuth'
#   pod 'FirebaseFirestore'
  pod 'FirebaseFirestore', :git => 'https://github.com/invertase/firestore-ios-sdk-frameworks.git', :tag => '9.4.0'
end

target 'Runner' do
  default_pods
end

target 'ImageNotification' do
  pod 'GoogleUtilities'
  pod 'Firebase/Messaging'
end

post_install do |installer|
  installer.pods_project.targets.each do |target|
    flutter_additional_ios_build_settings(target)
  end
end

flutter firebase packages:

  firebase_core: ^1.20.1
  firebase_crashlytics: ^2.8.7
  firebase_analytics: ^9.3.1
  firebase_messaging: ^12.0.2
  flutter_local_notifications: ^9.7.1

finally, the archiving is not success. the reason is also not found BoringSSL-GRPC.

[mikehardy]

I think this was probably related to the minimum target issue (https://github.com/invertase/firestore-ios-sdk-frameworks/issues/56#issuecomment-1228644812) and the problem for debug or release that someone saw could be because it's possible to have different minimums for either.

What I can say for sure is that in relation to #56 we had several people doing FlutterFire builds and they where working so I know this is not a general problem with this pre-compiled framework any more, assuming you are on current versions (that's 9.5.0-1 here right now - to fix the minimum target issue) and you have bumped your minimum deployment target in Podfile and in your .xcproj file

I'm gong to close this as no longer actionable then (after the release of 9.5.0-1 here) but we can reopen if people are still having the problem after bumping minimum deployment version targets / integrating 9.5.0-1