xcode library not found

Question

I\'m getting the following error:

ld: library not found for -lGoogleAnalytics clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see in

Answer 1

In my case I had a project with lots of entries in "Build Settings > Other Linker Flags"

I needed to reduce it down to just

  $(inherited)
  -ObjC

Old settings:

Updated settings:

Answer 2

If your library file is called libGoogleAnalytics.a you need to put -lGoogleAnalytics so make sure the .a file is named as you'd expect

Answer 3

You need to set the "linker search paths" of the project (for both Debug and Release builds). If this library was in, say, a sibling directory to the project then you can set it like this:

$(PROJECT_DIR)/../GoogleAnalytics/lib

(you want to avoid using an absolute path, instead keep the library directory relative to the project).

Answer 4

For me it was a silly thing: my mac uploaded the file into iCloud, and that is why Xcode did not find it.

If you turn off the automatic upload, it wont happen again.

Answer 5

You can also try to lint with the --use-library option, as cocoapods lint libraries as framework by default since v0.36

Answer 6

For me, I open the projectname.xcworkspace file and it all works.