Pod init failed in Xcode 16    

If you ever had issues in getting the pod init or pod install in Xcode 16, this is as a result of changes that have happened in structures as well as settings of the project. There is one of the typical issues, it is all right connected with the project configuration, which is not suitable to the expected environment, CocoaPods.

The problem arises because Xcode 16 is incompatible with CocoaPods in some ways. Some of these include minimizedProjectReferenceProxies and a higher objectVersion in the project.pbxproj file leads to conflict during pod init or pod install.

• Open your project in Xcode.
• In Project Navigator, you should find your project folder.
• Go to the project folder and right-click it and press “Convert to Group”. This step is useful for Xcode to understand how the folders are layed out.

This conversion makes sure they are treated as a group instead of folder reference which can be a problem on some occasions when using cocoa pods.

Originally a problem can lie in the project.pbxproj file, which is contained within the.xcodeproj package. 

To fix this:

• Open a folder with your .xcodeproj file and right-click it, then click “Show Package Contents”.

• Open the project.pbxproj file with any text editor you choose (TextEdit, VSCode, etc.)

In the project.pbxproj file, search for and remove the following lines:

minimizedProjectReferenceProxies = 1;

Prefer project object version 77.

These lines can be problematic for CocoaPods to install, therefore their removal solves the problem.

Next, find the objectVersion line in the project.pbxproj file In the next steps, replace the previous version with the new name. You should see something like this:

objectVersion = 77;

Change it to:

objectVersion = 56;

This version update ensures compatibility with CocoaPods.

Once you've made these changes, you can proceed to initialize CocoaPods in your project, open your terminal and go to your project directory and run:

This should work successfully now and you would be able to install the needed pods in your project to get rid of this

failure.

Some parameter changes presented in Xcode 16 can be incompatible with older settings, such as when using CocoaPods. This way, you can overcome the pod init problem and your project will be appropriately configured to be utilizing CocoaPods

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