Skip to content

docs: add iOS static linkage troubleshooting #82

New issue

Have a question about this project? Sign up for a free GitHub account to open an issue and contact its maintainers and the community.

Sign up for GitHub

By clicking “Sign up for GitHub”, you agree to our terms of service and privacy statement. We’ll occasionally send you account related emails.

Already on GitHub? Sign in to your account

Merged
dev07060 merged 1 commit into from
Jul 6, 2026
Merged

docs: add iOS static linkage troubleshooting #82

Show file tree
Hide file tree
Changes from all commits
Commits
Show all changes
1 commit
Select commit
File filter

Filter by extension

Filter by extension
Conversations
Failed to load comments.
Loading
Jump to
Jump to file
Failed to load files.
Loading
Diff view
Diff view
2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions README.md
View file
Open in desktop
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ dependencies:
mobile_rag_engine: ^0.20.0
```

> **iOS Setup:** Open your `ios/Podfile` and change `use_frameworks!` to `use_frameworks! :linkage => :static`. This is required because the underlying ONNX Runtime uses statically linked binaries.

### 2. Download Model Files

```bash
Expand Down
16 changes: 16 additions & 0 deletions docs/guides/troubleshooting.md
View file
Open in desktop
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -260,6 +260,22 @@ dyld: Library not loaded: @rpath/libonnxruntime.dylib

## Build Issues

### iOS: Transitive dependencies include statically linked binaries

**Symptom:**
```
[!] The 'Pods-Runner' target has transitive dependencies that include statically linked binaries: (onnxruntime-objc and onnxruntime-c)
```

**Cause:** `mobile_rag_engine` (since 0.19.0) uses `flutter_onnxruntime` which relies on statically linked ONNX Runtime binaries. Flutter's default iOS project uses dynamic frameworks (`use_frameworks!`).

**Solution:** Update your `ios/Podfile` to use static linkage for frameworks:
1. Open `ios/Podfile`
2. Change `use_frameworks!` to `use_frameworks! :linkage => :static`
3. Run `pod install` again.

---

### iOS: Pod Install Failed

```bash
Expand Down
Loading