FirebasePlugin.h:4:9: fatal error: module 'FirebaseFirestore' not found

[jpdelmundo]

cordova: 11.0.0
cordova-ios: 6.2.0
cordova-plugin-firebasex: 14.1.0 (also tried 14.1.0-cli)
xcode: 13.4

Error:

In file included from /Users/< user >/< project >/cordova/platforms/ios/< app name >/Plugins/cordova-plugin-firebasex/AppDelegate+FirebasePlugin.m:2:
/Users/< user >/< project >/cordova/platforms/ios/< app name >/Plugins/cordova-plugin-firebasex/FirebasePlugin.h:4:9: fatal error: module 'FirebaseFirestore' not found
@import FirebaseFirestore;

Tried the following but didn't fix it:

• pod repo update then pod install in the platforms/ios dir
• pod deintegrate and pod install
• cordova platform rm/add ios
• cordova plugin rm/add cordova-plugin-firebasex
• cordova clean
• Xcode clean build folder

[subbuy]

cordova: 11.0.0 cordova-ios: 6.2.0 cordova-plugin-firebasex: 14.1.0 (also tried 14.1.0-cli) xcode: 13.4

Error:

In file included from /Users/< user >/< project >/cordova/platforms/ios/< app name >/Plugins/cordova-plugin-firebasex/AppDelegate+FirebasePlugin.m:2: /Users/< user >/< project >/cordova/platforms/ios/< app name >/Plugins/cordova-plugin-firebasex/FirebasePlugin.h:4:9: fatal error: module 'FirebaseFirestore' not found @import FirebaseFirestore;

Tried the following but didn't fix it:

• pod repo update then pod install in the platforms/ios dir
• pod deintegrate and pod install
• cordova platform rm/add ios
• cordova plugin rm/add cordova-plugin-firebasex
• cordova clean
• Xcode clean build folder

Ran into same issue. Went back to cordova-plugin-firebasex: 14.0.0 and seems to compile in xcode.

[FalconKul]

I have seen the same issue, I resolve it by manually changing Podfile to force download Firestore.
Below is my step to resolve it:

1. Goto platform/ios and remove Podfile.lock
2. Remove Pods folder
3. Open Podfile and replace pod 'FirebaseFirestore', :tag => '9.1.0', :git => 'https://github.com/invertase/firestore-ios-sdk-frameworks.git' by pod 'Firebase/Firestore', '9.1.0'
4. pod install

I think the issue occurs because pod 'FirebaseFirestore', :tag => '9.1.0', :git => 'https://github.com/invertase/firestore-ios-sdk-frameworks.git does not contains FirebaseFirestore module

Sorry for my bad English

[Delagen]

Created PR. Because I spent several hours to figure it out. Thanks @FalconKul

[jpdelmundo]

EDIT: For some reason, this is not working for me anymore. Use @FalconKul's suggestion above. I'm leaving this here in case it might be helpful to some.

So, I discovered a workaround, at least in my case. I am using an M1 Mac and I saw a suggestion to run Xcode on Rosetta. After I doing that, Xcode now successfully builds the app.

Basically:

1. Quit Xcode if it's running
2. Open the Applications folder
3. Right-click on Xcode
4. Choose Get Info (there's maybe another step to see the "Get Info" option)
5. Tick/check on "Open using Rosetta"
6. Run Xcode again to build the app (or your cordova build cli)

[dpa99c]

Seems like this issue might be specific to Apple Silicon: invertase/firestore-ios-sdk-frameworks#51

The reason for not using the Firestore Pod directly from the Firebase SDK is that it needs to be compiled from scratch which can take a very long time - upwards of 30 minutes on an old Mac:
#407

This was resolved by using a git repo which contains a pre-compiled version of Firestore which significantly decreases build time:
#440

But it seems from the issue raised against firestore-ios-sdk-frameworks there might be a problem with this on Apple Silicon.
Hence running in Rosetta resolves it as it will handle code compiled for Intel architecture.

[dpa99c]

I am using an Intel-based Mac and cordova-plugin-firebasex@14.1.0 using Firebase iOS SDK v9.1.0 builds fine for me so I'm still thinking the issue is specific to Apple Silicon.

Can someone with an M1 Mac try adding use_frameworks! to the Podfile and see if that resolves the issue?
It's documented as a breaking change in the Firebase iOS SDK v9.0.0 release notes but doesn't seem required for an Intel Mac so maybe it's a specific requirement for Apple Silicon Macs.

[tzappia]

@dpa99c note you already have <pods use-frameworks="true"> in plugin.xml, so use_frameworks! is already being added to the Podfile.

On my M1 Mac, I get this error using cordova build, but my build runs successfully in Xcode immediately afterwards without making any code changes or using Rosetta. I am using branch 14.1.0-cli

/Users/tzappia/workspace/tovi/app/platforms/ios/TOVI/Plugins/cordova-plugin-firebasex/FirebasePlugin.h:4:9: fatal error: module 'FirebaseFirestore' not found
@import FirebaseFirestore;
 ~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 error generated.

[Birowsky]

I have this issue on GitHub Actions - Mac runner. They don't use M1, do they?

[jpdelmundo]

This was resolved by using a git repo which contains a pre-compiled version of Firestore which significantly decreases build time:
#440

@dpa99c Is there a pre-compiled version for Apple Silicon, if none, then this is still a problem. Now, if there is a pre-compiled version for Apple Silicon, is it the version being installed by cocoapods?

It looks like @FalconKul's suggestion above is still the solution to this.

[pinguluk]

EDIT: For some reason, this is not working for me anymore. Use @FalconKul's suggestion above. I'm leaving this here in case it might be helpful to some.

So, I discovered a workaround, at least in my case. I am using an M1 Mac and I saw a suggestion to run Xcode on Rosetta. After I doing that, Xcode now successfully builds the app.

Basically:

1. Quit Xcode if it's running
2. Open the Applications folder
3. Right-click on Xcode
4. Choose Get Info (there's maybe another step to see the "Get Info" option)
5. Tick/check on "Open using Rosetta"
6. Run Xcode again to build the app (or your cordova build cli)

This method builds the app fine on emulators , but the app itself is stuck on the splashscreen, without any error

[roundlakedan]

Just to clarify previous comments/suggestions - I'm still doing my builds on an Intel-based mbp and it's throwing the "Module 'FirebaseFirestore' not found" error when I try to analyze the app. I'm able to build it, and even run it on my local device. But I can't get it uploaded to the app store as it won't pass basic checks.