Cocoapods: Can I mix frameworks and static libraries in a single target?

[lilyball]

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As best as I can tell from reading the documentation, there's no way to have a mixture of static library and framework source dependencies in a single target. It does seem to be supported if the pod contains a prebuilt binary (e.g. my current project has use_frameworks! but has at least one dependency that is just a prebuilt static library, and it works), just not for building from source.

Am I missing something here, or am I understanding this limitation correctly?

I'm asking because at least one of the pods I vend (probably 2 but I haven't confirmed) doesn't currently build as a static library (see #7771). It's a Swift dependency so until 1.5.0 it didn't matter as Swift dependencies required use_frameworks!, but now that static libraries are supported for Swift, I'm looking for a solution that will allow me to remove use_frameworks! from my downstream project while still using my pods (a solution that doesn't involve shipping a prebuilt binary).

If I am understanding this limitation correctly, then I'd request one of the following (ideally both):

1. Allow me to specify in a pod declaration that it should use frameworks (or static libraries).
2. Allow me to specify in a podspec that the pod only supports being built as a framework.

If I'm not understanding this limitation correctly and there is a way to declare one or both of these, then the documentation should be updated to describe how.

[dnkoutso]

Both of these asks are very valid and have been more or less discussed in various other places (including other issues).

Neither of them are a small change though.