RCT-Folly linker error: ld: -U and -bitcode_bundle cannot be used together

[ptreitler]

New Version

0.69.1

Old Version

0.66.3

Build Target(s)

iPhone 7

Output of react-native info

info Fetching system and libraries information...
System:
OS: macOS 12.4
CPU: (10) arm64 Apple M1 Pro
Memory: 334.64 MB / 16.00 GB
Shell: 5.8.1 - /bin/zsh
Binaries:
Node: 16.15.1 - /usr/local/bin/node
Yarn: Not Found
npm: 8.6.0 - /opt/homebrew/bin/npm
Watchman: Not Found
Managers:
CocoaPods: 1.11.3 - /opt/homebrew/bin/pod
SDKs:
iOS SDK:
Platforms: DriverKit 21.4, iOS 15.5, macOS 12.3, tvOS 15.4, watchOS 8.5
Android SDK: Not Found
IDEs:
Android Studio: 2021.1 AI-211.7628.21.2111.8092744
Xcode: 13.4.1/13F100 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
Languages:
Java: Not Found
npmPackages:
@react-native-community/cli: Not Found
react: ^18.0.0 => 18.0.0
react-native: 0.69.1 => 0.69.1
react-native-macos: Not Found
npmGlobalPackages:
react-native: Not Found

Issue and Reproduction Steps

After updating react-native (via https://react-native-community.github.io/upgrade-helper/?from=0.66.3&to=0.69.1) and all Pods I receive the following compile error when building for a device (running on a simulator works fine):

› Linking   react-native Pods/RCT-Folly » folly
1395

❌  ld: -U and -bitcode_bundle (Xcode setting ENABLE_BITCODE=YES) cannot be used together

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❌  clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)

Not using New Architecture or flipper, but use_frameworks! is active in my Podfile (and hasn't been before the update - rnfirebase requires it with the current version).

[raghav-mylagary]

Here are some details around this issue mikehardy/rnfbdemo#10

[ptreitler]

@raghavyadavm thanks a lot for the quick response! I'll try the workarounds mentioned in that issue.

[mikehardy]

For anyone else that stumbles on here, we think you can summarize the path forward as:

• Xcode 14 deprecates bitcode and basically refuses to use it (the App Store refuses to accept it certainly, per their docs)
• Disabling bitcode removes one of the two flags that are incompatible with each other, so...
• Disable bitcode in your project and re-try, should work

...although you are now at the leading edge of where a few of us are, and it may still be a bit of a bumpy road getting hermes to work with use_frameworks as it has not really ever worked before so some other subtle issues may pop up. Please help us push it forward by testing + trying what you can and reporting your reproducible results

[egealpay]

Setting ENABLE_BITCODE=YES in PodFile resolves this error, but creates a new one which is caused by react-native-permissions.

Here is the error message:

Permission-Camera/libPermission-Camera.a(Permission-Camera-dummy.o)' does not contain bitcode. 
You must rebuild it with bitcode enabled (Xcode setting ENABLE_BITCODE), obtain an updated library from the vendor, or disable bitcode for this target. 

Any possible solution?

[mikehardy]

disable bitcode is the path forward, apple is no longer using it (never really was apparently...) and will disallow it in future even.

should work if you disable bitcode https://stackoverflow.com/a/73219854/9910298

[fernandosev]

Setting ENABLE_BITCODE=YES in PodFile resolves this error, but creates a new one which is caused by react-native-permissions.

Here is the error message:

Permission-Camera/libPermission-Camera.a(Permission-Camera-dummy.o)' does not contain bitcode. 
You must rebuild it with bitcode enabled (Xcode setting ENABLE_BITCODE), obtain an updated library from the vendor, or disable bitcode for this target. 

Any possible solution?

[fernandosev]

Enabling Hermes and not using post install works for me

[efkan]

Day by day, overcoming this issue takes longer than before.
I tried out a lot of things but got stuck here.

I cannot try "enabling Hermes" because I use Firebase Crashlytics.

Is there any update?

[fernandosev]

I needed to downgrade RN version to 0.68.2. The version 0.69.XX was still bugging. 😕

[marquina-abreu]

same problem ... -U and -bitcode_bundle (Xcode setting ENABLE_BITCODE=YES) cannot be used together

I disabled enable_bitcode both to false and still nothing... the error persists only when running on a real iphone or when archive build
.

[Minishlink]

Make sure to disable Bitcode in Xcode settings for every project/targets, and also add this in your Podfile inside postinstall (where react_native_post_install is)

installer.pods_project.targets.each do |target|
  target.build_configurations.each do |config|
    # Bitcode is deprecated by Apple
    config.build_settings['ENABLE_BITCODE'] = 'NO'
  end
end

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