ArgumentError - Illformed requirement "$IOS_FIREBASE_ANALYTICS_VERSION" for ios Capacitor ionic 5

[madhusudhanv255]

Bug Report

Capacitor Version

Latest Dependencies:

  @capacitor/cli: 2.4.0
  @capacitor/core: 2.4.0
  @capacitor/android: 2.4.0
  @capacitor/electron: 2.4.0
  @capacitor/ios: 2.4.0

Installed Dependencies:

  @capacitor/cli 2.4.0
  @capacitor/android 2.4.0
  @capacitor/core 2.4.0
  @capacitor/ios 2.4.0
  @capacitor/electron not installed

Platform(s)

Ios

Current Behavior

After updating the pods
Step 1: update the pods
Step 2: ionic build this command works
Step 3: npx cap sync ios shows the error

Expected Behavior

Code Reproduction

Other Technical Details

npm --version output: 6.4.1

node --version output: 10.13.0

pod --version output (iOS issues only):1.10.0.beta.2

Additional Context

ArgumentError - Illformed requirement "$IOS_FIREBASE_ANALYTICS_VERSION"
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.10.0.beta.2/lib/cocoapods-core/requirement.rb:63:in parse' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.10.0.beta.2/lib/cocoapods-core/requirement.rb:88:in block in initialize'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.10.0.beta.2/lib/cocoapods-core/requirement.rb:88:in map!' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.10.0.beta.2/lib/cocoapods-core/requirement.rb:88:in initialize'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.10.0.beta.2/lib/cocoapods-core/requirement.rb:34:in new' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.10.0.beta.2/lib/cocoapods-core/requirement.rb:34:in create'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.10.0.beta.2/lib/cocoapods-core/dependency.rb:101:in initialize' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.10.0.beta.2/lib/cocoapods-core/specification/consumer.rb:223:in new'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.10.0.beta.2/lib/cocoapods-core/specification/consumer.rb:223:in block in dependencies' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.10.0.beta.2/lib/cocoapods-core/specification/consumer.rb:222:in each'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.10.0.beta.2/lib/cocoapods-core/specification/consumer.rb:222:in map' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.10.0.beta.2/lib/cocoapods-core/specification/consumer.rb:222:in dependencies'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.10.0.beta.2/lib/cocoapods-core/specification.rb:403:in block in dependencies' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.10.0.beta.2/lib/cocoapods-core/specification.rb:402:in map'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.10.0.beta.2/lib/cocoapods-core/specification.rb:402:in dependencies' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0.beta.2/lib/cocoapods/validator.rb:44:in initialize'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0.beta.2/lib/cocoapods/external_sources/abstract_external_source.rb:201:in new' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0.beta.2/lib/cocoapods/external_sources/abstract_external_source.rb:201:in validator_for_podspec'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0.beta.2/lib/cocoapods/external_sources/abstract_external_source.rb:186:in validate_podspec' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0.beta.2/lib/cocoapods/external_sources/abstract_external_source.rb:178:in store_podspec'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0.beta.2/lib/cocoapods/external_sources/path_source.rb:17:in block in fetch' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0.beta.2/lib/cocoapods/user_interface.rb:64:in section'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0.beta.2/lib/cocoapods/external_sources/path_source.rb:11:in fetch' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0.beta.2/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:989:in fetch_external_source'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0.beta.2/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:968:in block (2 levels) in fetch_external_sources' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0.beta.2/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:967:in each'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0.beta.2/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:967:in block in fetch_external_sources' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0.beta.2/lib/cocoapods/user_interface.rb:64:in section'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0.beta.2/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:966:in fetch_external_sources' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0.beta.2/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:117:in analyze'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0.beta.2/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:414:in analyze' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0.beta.2/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:239:in block in resolve_dependencies'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0.beta.2/lib/cocoapods/user_interface.rb:64:in section' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0.beta.2/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:238:in resolve_dependencies'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0.beta.2/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:160:in install!' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0.beta.2/lib/cocoapods/command/install.rb:52:in run'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/claide-1.0.3/lib/claide/command.rb:334:in run' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0.beta.2/lib/cocoapods/command.rb:52:in run'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0.beta.2/bin/pod:55:in <top (required)>' /usr/local/bin/pod:23:in load'
/usr/local/bin/pod:23:in `

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[XtreZz]

We got the same problem, had to revert the plugin to 2.3.0

LE: Sorry, i had to revert cordova-plugin-firebase-analytics to version: 4.3.1

[madhusudhanv255]

It did not work. stil it shows same issue

[mnhlt]

+1 . I got same error after update npm package (delete package-lock.json then reinstall)

[madhusudhanv255]

Thanks but mine worked with npm i capacitor-firebase-analytics after removing the firebase analytics plugin

[imhoffd]

Use the new Capacitor Community Firebase Analytics plugin: https://github.com/capacitor-community/firebase-analytics

[jcesarmobile]

Just because there is a capacitor plugin doesn't mean this shouldn't be fixed.
The problem is the CLI is not replacing the IOS_FIREBASE_ANALYTICS_VERSION variable with the default value and causing pod install to fail. This can affect other plugins that might not have an alternative Capacitor plugin

[mnhlt]

This workaround works for me.
edit and change s.dependency 'Firebase/Analytics', '$IOS_FIREBASE_ANALYTICS_VERSION' to s.dependency 'Firebase/Analytics', '6.31.0' in file ios/capacitor-cordovar-ios-plugins/CordovaPluginsStatic.podspec. then call pod install in ios/App.

[jcesarmobile]

closing since the linked PR was merged and the fix was released in 2.4.1

[haikyuu]

Note that you need to update @capacitor/cli to 2.4.1.

Thanks @jcesarmobile

[pixolopr]

Pods are not accepting Versions in that form.

Solution that worked for me:

edit vi ./node_modules/cordova-plugin-firebase-analytics/plugin.xml

Replace pod name with
<pod name="Firebase/Analytics" spec="~> 7.0.0" />

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