bug: cordova plugin (@batch.com/cordova-plugin) uses a static pod and isn't in the static list

[abarisain]

Bug Report

Hi!

I'm writing this on behalf of my company, Batch.com. We publish @batch.com/cordova-plugin, a Cordova plugin that is also explicitly compatible and tested with Ionic Capacitor.

Capacitor 3.2.5 seems to have broken our plugin, due to us distributing our framework as a static podspec. Our distribution being static is unlikely to change.

In #5099, you say that users will report static pods: this is us reporting one 😊. Unfortunately, the podspec format doesn't seem to enable us from providing the information whether we use a static pod or not.
If it helps, we'd be open to modifying our package.json to include metadata that Capacitor could read.

I didn't test if being in the static pod would fix the issue, as this would require me to patch the CLI.

Interesting tidbit: This is only a problem with Cocoapods 1.11. With 1.10, I cannot reproduce the issue and the app seems to load fine (didn't test it much, it's probably broken, but it compiles).

Capacitor Version

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Latest Dependencies:

  @capacitor/cli: 3.2.5
  @capacitor/core: 3.2.5
  @capacitor/android: 3.2.5
  @capacitor/ios: 3.2.5

Installed Dependencies:

  @capacitor/android: not installed
  @capacitor/cli: 3.2.5
  @capacitor/ios: 3.2.5
  @capacitor/core: 3.2.5

[success] iOS looking great! 👌

Platform(s)

iOS

➜ pod --version
1.11.2

Current Behavior

Pod install fails with [!] The 'Pods-App' target has transitive dependencies that include statically linked binaries: (/private/tmp/myApp/ios/App/Pods/Batch/Batch.xcframework)

Expected Behavior

It should install properly

Code Reproduction

Run the following:

ionic start myApp
cd myApp
ionic build
ionic cap add ios
npm i @batch.com/cordova-plugin
ionic cap sync

[abarisain]

Thanks!

[nowrap]

The same happens with the onesignal-cordova-plugin:
OneSignal/OneSignal-iOS-SDK#1012

[jcesarmobile]

@nowrap can you create a new issue and provide a sample project? I can't reproduce

[nowrap]

Sure, but i need a bit time

[nowrap]

I created a new issue and could reproduce the behaviour with a project from scratch:
#5142

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