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ld: library not found for -lPods

I’ve had this error a few times, so I figured I’d document the solution for the next time it occurred.

When doing a build in Xcode, I got the following error:


ld: library not found for -lPods

My project is setup to use cocoapods.

First make sure you are using MyProject.xcworkspace and not MyProject.xcodeproj

For me this was the case.  But I realized that I just created a new configuration for “Ad Hoc” builds.  To fix the problem I had to install the Podfile again with the command:


pod install

After running pod infall, open the project: MyProject.xcworkspace, clean your project and build.  The error should go away.

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