Bug while building for release iOS application with Xcode, which has plugin with CocoaPods

[tsonevn]

The below-given error will be displayed when you try to build an app for release while using Xcode

didiff: /../Podfile.lock: No such file or directory
didiff: /Manifest.lock: No such file or directory
error: The sandbox is not in sync with the Podfile.lock. Run 'pod install' or update your CocoaPods installation.

Workaround
To workaround this behavior you could follow the below-described steps.

1. remove platforms folder from the project -> rm -rf platforms
2. run tns prepare ios command
3. cd platforms/ios
4. run pod install
5. open with Xcode <project_folder>/platforms/ios/<project_name>.xcworkspace file
6. open the project Build Settings
7. scroll down to the end of the file and look for PODS_ROOT
8. the final steps is to copy the path from Debug flag and to set the set the same path for Release.

[imtodor]

In addition to the above changes, it might be necessary to change the Preprocessor Macros of the Debug and Release under Build Settings to become:

The initial issue is that the Release is empty and the Debug has the two valies "COCOAPODS=1 DEBUG=1".

[Natalia-Hristova]

I can confirm that the same errors still appear with CLI 3.4.2 Xcode 9.2 cocoapods 1.4.0. Used nativescript-iqkeyboardmanager plugin to test it.

diff: /Podfile.lock: No such file or directory
diff: /Manifest.lock: No such file or directory
error: The sandbox is not in sync with the Podfile.lock. Run 'pod install' or update your CocoaPods installation.

[lambourn]

@Natalia-Hristova does this help NativeScript/NativeScript#5150

[rosen-vladimirov]

This issue should be fixed by #4559
You can try it with latest official CLI and reopen it in case you still reproduce it.