[iOS - RN 0.61.1 migration] React/RCTBridgeModule.h file not found

[alnorris]

Reopening bug that is wrongly closed
#26615

React Native version: 0.61

Steps To Reproduce

1. Upgrade to 0.61 with upgrade-helper-tool
2. If your project has a 3rd party module that are Linked manually, building it results in: React/RCTBridgeModule.h file not found

Describe what you expected to happen:
To compile correctly

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[Cosmin-Ciolacu]

Reopening bug that is wrongly closed
#26615

React Native version: 0.61

Steps To Reproduce

1. Upgrade to 0.61 with upgrade-helper-tool
2. If your project has a 3rd party module that are Linked manually, building it results in: React/RCTBridgeModule.h file not found

I have same issue

[loga4]

the same

many libraries migrated to pods

[!] CocoaPods could not find compatible versions for pod "ReactCommon/callinvoker":

[ma96o]

@loga4
Have you checked #26599?

[loga4]

@ma96o thks!

[craftmusic]

Also being affected by this and can no longer link + build my custom native module that worked before i upgraded to 0.61.2

[Alaa-Ben]

Hi @alnorris !
When you go to scheme -> edit scheme -> build. Do you have see React (missing) ? If so, i might have a solution because this happened to me. If not, need more information :/

[usrbowe]

I had the same issue. I just did following to fix:

1. Remove the package-name.xcodeproj of package from Libraries in Xcode
2. Remove package Frameworks if any, in Xcode.
3. Remove package from Build Phases > Link Binary with Libraries
4. Remove search headers of that package in: Build Settings > Header Search Paths (do that for all project Targets, even -tv, -tests)
5. Make sure the package implements correctly package-name.podspec file in root (check any community based package for reference)
6. run cd ios && pod install
7. Run: Clean ⇧+⌘+K & Clean Build Folder ⎇+⇧+⌘+K

This helped me solve the missing xxx.h files from React.
I also did remove React.xcodeproj from scheme build targets, since it was remove in latest release.

[alnorris]

@usrbowe This is good workaround, but it doesn't solve the issue of manually linked packages. Some old packages don't have podspecs and have package owners that are unresponsive to PR's to add them.

[grabbou]

Can you point me to an example of such a library? I will try to reproduce it. You can also zip me your project and I will try to see what changes are needed to make it work.

My understanding is that these cases are deprecated and we are moving towards fully automatic linking w/o relying on that.

[alnorris]

@grabbou, any library without a podspec. Ex: https://github.com/smalltownheroes/react-native-adobe-analytics. If manual linking is in fact deprecated, I would advise we need to include this as a breaking change in the change log, and remove this from the documentation: https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/linking-libraries-ios#manual-linking