RestKit breaks build in archive mode - Xcode 8

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I'm using Xcode 8.2.1 with CocoaPods 1.1.1. I've got a iOS application using RestKit 0.27, with Objective-C and Swift 3 code. Everything builds and works flawlessly in simulator and on the device, but the project won't compile when archiving it for distribution:

/Users/***/MyProject-Bridging-Header.h:16:9: note: in file included from /Users/***/MyProject-Bridging-Header.h:16:
#import "CustomRKObjectRequestOperation.h"
        ^
/Users/***/Services/CustomRKObjectRequestOperation.h:10:9: error: 'RestKit/RestKit.h' file not found
#import <RestKit/RestKit.h>
        ^
<unknown>:0: error: failed to import bridging header '/***/MyProject-Bridging-Header.h'

I found a similar issue here: https://forums.developer.apple.com/message/79355#79355, but suggested fix doesn't work, probably because it's for Xcode 7.1.

I ended up doing #import "RKObjectManager.h" style imports for each RestKit class I depend on rather than the whole <RestKit/RestKit.h> bundle. You can also try @import RestKit; to import the framework. — Eric Hedstrom
I removed all references to RestKit from the Swift part of the project (bridging header also) and the archiving fails on the very first non-Apple framework that is referenced: import Foundation import SwiftyJSON import Moya import Alamofire breaks with "No such module 'SwiftyJSON'", breaks with "No such module 'Moya'" if I put Moya as second. — user3002689
I edited the run scheme to use Release configuration, the project doesn't build now. It seems the things referenced in pods don't are not available when built in Release. — user3002689
Check your project's and build target's Xcode build settings to see what's different between your Debug and Release configurations. In particular check HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS. — Eric Hedstrom

user3002689 user3002689 · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-16T18:44:08

It turns out FRAMEWORK_SEARCH_PATHS in Release configuration did not have any references to any of the Pods frameworks. Everything is working fine now, nothing to do with RestKit.

RestKit breaks build in archive mode - Xcode 8

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