Using static libraries with CocoaPods 1.5 no such module at import

Question

With CocoaPods 1.5 released I am trying to migrate from having 10-15 dynamic pods in my projects to having them as static libraries instead, with the goal of speeding up my app

Answer 1

CocoaPods 1.5.0 introduced use_modular_headers! to still provide module support with static libraries. Details in the release notes.

Alternatively you could change the modular imports in your sources to file imports.

I'd also recommend trying out the CocoaPods 1.6.0 beta since it has several fixes for static/dynamic library and framework issues.

2020 Update

CocoaPods 1.9.0 introduced use_frameworks! :linkage => :static which will generate full frameworks with statically linked libraries and module map files. This is typically an even better approach than use_modular_headers!.