Cordova-plugin-firebasex: Error: pod: Command failed with exit code 1

[jehkiT]

Bug report

Current behavior:

If app name has single quote character (for example "Acme'" , iOS platform cannot be added.

Expected behavior:

iOS platform could be added.

Steps to reproduce:

cordova create Acme com.acme.ltd "Acme'"
cd Acme/
cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-firebasex
cordova platform add ios@latest

Environment information

• Cordova CLI version
  -9.0.0 ([email protected])
• Cordova platform version
  
  
  
  • cordova-ios 5.0.1
  
  
• Dev machine OS and version, e.g.
  
  
  
  • OSX
    
    
    
    
    
    • 10.13.6
    
    
    
  
  

_iOS build issue:_

• Node JS version
  
  
  
  • 8.11.3
  
  

Other information:

Creating Cordova project for the iOS platform:
    Path: platforms/ios
    Package: com.acme.ltd
    Name: Acme'
iOS project created with [email protected]
Installing "cordova-plugin-firebasex" for ios
Installing "cordova-plugin-androidx" for ios
Installing "cordova-plugin-androidx-adapter" for ios
Running command: pod install --verbose
Failed to install 'cordova-plugin-firebasex': Error: pod: Command failed with exit code 1
    at ChildProcess.whenDone (/work/App25/Acme/node_modules/cordova-common/src/superspawn.js:135:23)
    at emitTwo (events.js:126:13)
    at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:214:7)
    at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:925:16)
    at Socket.stream.socket.on (internal/child_process.js:346:11)
    at emitOne (events.js:116:13)
    at Socket.emit (events.js:211:7)
    at Pipe._handle.close [as _onclose] (net.js:557:12)
pod: Command failed with exit code 1

[dpa99c]

This is caused because Cordova uses the exact project name to create the underlying Xcode project and the apostrophe causes Cocoapods to fail to install the Pods:

cordova platform add android --verbose
...
Running command: pod install --verbose
==== pod install start ====

  Preparing

Analyzing dependencies
[!] The target `Acme'` is declared multiple times for the project `Acme'.xcodeproj`.

/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-1.7.2/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:219:in `validate_podfile!'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-1.7.2/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:97:in `analyze'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-1.7.2/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:398:in `analyze'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-1.7.2/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:221:in `block in resolve_dependencies'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-1.7.2/lib/cocoapods/user_interface.rb:64:in `section'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-1.7.2/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:220:in `resolve_dependencies'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-1.7.2/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:156:in `install!'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-1.7.2/lib/cocoapods/command/install.rb:51:in `run'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.3.0/gems/claide-1.0.2/lib/claide/command.rb:334:in `run'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-1.7.2/lib/cocoapods/command.rb:52:in `run'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-1.7.2/bin/pod:55:in `<top (required)>'
/usr/local/Cellar/cocoapods/1.5.3/libexec/bin/pod:22:in `load'
/usr/local/Cellar/cocoapods/1.5.3/libexec/bin/pod:22:in `<main>'

Command finished with error code 1: pod install,--verbose
Failed to install 'cordova-plugin-firebasex': Error: pod: Command failed with exit code 1
    at ChildProcess.whenDone (/Users/dave/Documents/projects/@scratch/Acme/node_modules/cordova-common/src/superspawn.js:135:23)
    at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:182:13)
    at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:962:16)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:251:5)

This will happen if you use an apostrophe in a Cordova project name and install any plugin that uses Cocoapods to install dependencies.
The answer: don't use an apostrophe in your project name.

There's nothing this plugin can do to resolve the issue with Cocoapods so closing this as out of scope.