react-native-reanimated: Undefined symbols for architecture arm64: "_OBJC_CLASS_$_RNSScreenView", referenced from: REAUIManager.o

Description

When compiling for iOS in Xcode I get the following error in linking phase:

Undefined symbols for architecture arm64:
  "_OBJC_CLASS_$_RNSScreenView", referenced from:
      objc-class-ref in REAUIManager.o
ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture arm64

Expected behavior

No errors.

Actual behavior & steps to reproduce

Build fails in Xcode.

Select build from code.

Snack or minimal code example

podfile:

platform :ios, '11.0'
require_relative '../node_modules/react-native/scripts/react_native_pods'
require_relative '../node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-ios/native_modules'
project 'MyApp.xcodeproj'

install! 'cocoapods', :deterministic_uuids => false

def pods
  config = use_native_modules!
  use_react_native!(
    :path => config[:reactNativePath],
    :hermes_enabled => false
  )
  use_frameworks!
  
  pod 'RNVectorIcons', :path => '../node_modules/react-native-vector-icons'
  pod 'ReachabilitySwift'
end

target 'MyApp' do
    pods
end

pre_install do |installer|
  installer.pod_targets.each do |pod|
    if pod.name.eql?('RNScreens')
      def pod.build_type
        Pod::BuildType.static_library
      end
    end
  end

  Pod::Installer::Xcode::TargetValidator.send(
    :define_method,
    :verify_no_static_framework_transitive_dependencies
  ) {}
end

post_install do |installer|
  react_native_post_install(installer)
  __apply_Xcode_12_5_M1_post_install_workaround(installer)
  
  installer.pods_project.targets.each do |target|
    target.build_configurations.each do |config|
      config.build_settings['BUILD_LIBRARY_FOR_DISTRIBUTION'] = 'YES'
    end
    
    if (target.name&.eql?('FBReactNativeSpec'))
      target.build_phases.each do |build_phase|
        if (build_phase.respond_to?(:name) && build_phase.name.eql?('[CP-User] Generate Specs'))
          target.build_phases.move(build_phase, 0)
        end
      end
    end
  end

  # Flipper requires a crude patch to bump up iOS deployment target, or "error: thread-local storage is not supported for the current target"
  # I'm not aware of any other way to fix this one other than bumping iOS deployment target to match react-native (iOS 11 now)
  installer.pods_project.targets.each do |target|
    target.build_configurations.each do |config|
      config.build_settings['IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET'] = '11.0'
      end
  end

  # ...but if you bump iOS deployment target, Flipper barfs again "Time.h:52:17: error: typedef redefinition with different types"
  # We need to make one crude patch to RCT-Folly - set `__IPHONE_10_0` to our iOS target + 1
  # https://github.com/facebook/flipper/issues/834 - 84 comments and still going...
  `sed -i -e  $'s/__IPHONE_10_0/__IPHONE_12_0/' Pods/RCT-Folly/folly/portability/Time.h`
end

Package versions

React Native: 0.66.0
React Native Reanimated: 2.3.0-beta.2
React Native Screens: 3.8.0
NodeJS: 14.18.0
Xcode: 13.0 (13A233)
Java & Gradle: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 14.0.2+12-46, mixed mode, sharing), Gradle 7.2
CocoaPods: 1.11.2

Affected platforms

Android
iOS
Web

About this issue

Original URL
State: closed
Created 3 years ago
Reactions: 7
Comments: 21 (3 by maintainers)

Most upvoted comments

Hello guys,

Finally this morning i was able to build RN 0.66.4 project with reanimated v2.9.1 for this i have to

Upgrade react-native-screens to v3.15.0
Remove RNScreens from static library preinstall script from Podfile

target 'myTarget' do
  inherit! :complete
  use_expo_modules!

  config = use_native_modules!
  use_react_native!(
    :path => config[:reactNativePath],
    # to enable hermes on iOS, change `false` to `true` and then install pods
    :hermes_enabled => false
  )

  # here come my pods
  ...

  use_frameworks!
end



$static_libraries = [
  # 'RNScreens' <==== remove it
  'RNVectorIcons', 'RNPermissions', ...
]

pre_install do |installer|
  Pod::Installer::Xcode::TargetValidator.send(:define_method, :verify_no_static_framework_transitive_dependencies) {}
  installer.pod_targets.each do |pod|
    if $static_libraries.include?(pod.name) || pod.name.start_with?('Permission-')
      def pod.build_type;
        Pod::BuildType.static_library
      end
    end
  end
end

post_install do |installer|
    ....
end

I still have a problem with bottom-sheet on debug but its another fight 😄 Now im able to build both android and iOS and debug remotely works again on android !

Hope it can help you 😃

Aurelienlajoinie on Jul 20, 2022

@piaskowyk I upgraded from reanimated 2.2.4 to 2.8.0 and it works on Android but on iOS I get the message

Undefined symbols for architecture arm64: “OBJC_CLASS$_RNSScreenView”, referenced from: objc-class-ref in REAUIManager.o ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture arm64 clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)

I’m using XCode 13.2.1, node 14, tried targeting from iOS 12 to 14.3 React Native 0.68.1

play-station on May 1, 2022

Hello, same error as @architect-aimonkey here with RN 0.63.4 and RN 0.66.4. So as we didn’t find any solution for this ios build error, we stay in reanimated 2.2.4 and upgrade to 2.8.0 on demand when we need to debug remotely on android.

Aurelienlajoinie on May 2, 2022

Hey !

Any update on this issue would be highly appreciated 👍 I’ve tried with 2.3.0-beta2 and the most recent 2.3.1 release, but still having this very issue when building archive in xCode. My react-native-screens is set to 3.7.0

jmazier-j2d on Dec 16, 2021

Hi, any update on this issue? We cannot get past reanimated 2.2.4 on iOS

play-station on May 8, 2022

I had this issue after updating react-native from 0.68 to 0.73. For me, the fix was in adding the next lines in the Podfile:

pre_install do |installer|
      installer.pod_targets.each do |pod|
        if pod.name.eql?('RNScreens')
          def pod.build_type
            Pod::BuildType.static_library
          end
        end
//     ==== add this =>
        if pod.name.eql?('RNReanimated')
          def pod.build_type
            Pod::BuildType.static_library
          end
        end
//       <= end of add this ====
        end
      end
    end

Hope it will help someone.

SandraBLOK on Mar 11, 2024

@Latropos the problem still continue in RN V 0.72.6 with the following libraries

    "react-native-reanimated": "3.5.4",
    "react-native-screens": "3.27.0",
    "react-native-safe-area-context": "4.7.4",

pedrogoiania on Oct 27, 2023

The solution provided by @Aurelienlajoinie works like a charm! Thank you very much. Also, do not add RNScreens to the app target, contrary to what @jakub-gonet suggested.

play-station on Jul 20, 2022

btw I’ve just tested 3.0.0-rc and the issue is still there

play-station on May 23, 2022