Cocoapods: pod install does not install latest version

[hkellaway]

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I submitted a new version of my pod (Gloss) to CocoaPods yesterday - this is version 2.0.0-beta.1. However, upon doing a pod install with just pod Gloss in the Podfile (which I expect would install the latest version), it installs the previous version 1.2.4.

Also, I see on cocoapods.org that it says 2.0.0-beta.1, but various details are not up-to-date, including the CHANGELOG and Swift version.

What did you do?

Submitted a new version of my pod to CocoaPods yesterday. Tested out installation by including pod Gloss in a Podfile and running pod install.

What did you expect to happen?

I expected the latest version of the pod (2.0.0-beta.1) to be installed in the application.

What happened instead?

The latest version was not installed, rather the previous version 1.2.4 was installed.

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Project that demonstrates the issue

Any project can be used; enter pod Gloss in the Podfile then install.

[dnkoutso]

Whenever you use a suffix it is being treated as a pre-release version. Ask explicitly in your podfile:

pod 'Gloss', '2.0.0-beta.1'

Worked for me.

This is not an issue with the CocoaPods library so I am closing.

[hkellaway]

yes @dnkoutso that works - but not including a specific version number should default to the latest; and that does not work

[dnkoutso]

@hkellaway this dates way back and precedes me. https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/issues/1489

The version of the pod you have published is a pre-release by semver definition. Someone asking for the "latest" version would automatically switch to them to a pre-release version which does not sound ideal for production environments.

I am sorry but I don't think it will change and in my opinion it is better to ask consumers to explicitly request pre-release version of pods.

[hkellaway]

im not trying to convince you otherwise. i did not realize that is the way it worked and did not find that issue. thanks for clarifying.

[luongs3]

@hkellaway did you found the solution. I got the same one. cocoapods always install the same version of Firebase, and clearly It's not the latest version right now.

[hkellaway]

@luongs3 it was because my latest version was a pre-release version (as indicated by the version structure - i.e. 2.0.0-beta.1). If no version is specified, cocoapods will use the latest release version.

Looks like you have a different problem. Perhaps try specifying the version of Firebase you want. Or, if Firebase is being installed because it is the dependency of another pod, use a newer version of the pod that depends on it

Good luck

[paulb777]

@luongs3 Use pod update instead of pod install and check Podfile.lock to see if you have something in the Podfile that forces a dependency on Firebase 3.x.x.