[CB-10885] `LD_RUNPATH_SEARCH_PATHS = "@executable_path/Frameworks"` missing from iOS `release` builds

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 4.0.0, 4.1.0
• Component/s: cordova-ios
• Labels: triaged
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Martijn Walraven
• Created: 16/Mar/16 10:36
• Updated: 23/Aug/18 06:59
• Resolved: 04/Oct/16 02:45

Description

With Cordova iOS 4.0 and higher, the Xcode project only sets `LD_RUNPATH_SEARCH_PATHS = "@executable_path/Frameworks"` for `debug` and not for `release` builds. This means the app won't be able to find embedded frameworks at run time. One consequence is that apps with plugins written in Swift will fail because these depend on the Swift core library:

```
dyld: Library not loaded: @rpath/libswiftCore.dylib
Referenced from: /var/mobile/Containers/Bundle/Application/B862070D-86B6-4CCB-A484-1A53FBFDB59B/mobileapp.app/mobileapp
Reason: image not found
```

It seems the issue results from the changes made in [this commit](https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/commit/2a54fc1b0cd92887fd47af8ef3dfb9de805cc188), where build settings were split-off from `.pbxproj` to `.xcconfig` files. This removed `LD_RUNPATH_SEARCH_PATHS` from the `release` but not the `debug` configuration.

As a workaround, I now set `LD_RUNPATH_SEARCH_PATHS` in `build-extras.xcconfig`, but this should obviously be fixed in the platform itself.

Should this be added back to `.pbxproj`? Or should it be moved to `build.xcconfig`?

Issue Links

• duplicates: CB-11831 Add missing LD_RUNPATH_SEARCH_PATHS setting to the Release build