"A library with the identifier 'ios-arm64' already exists" when creating XCFramework with XCode 14

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Created Nov ’22

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Creating an xcframework with XCode 13.4.1 and the following code snippet works just fine. The problem is that from XCode 14 - we get this error:

A library with the identifier 'ios-arm64' already exists.

Supported Platforms: iOS

Architectures: Standard Architectures (arm64)

CPU: Intel

# Archiving for iOS Device
xcodebuild clean archive \
-scheme "${SCHEME_NAME}" \
-configuration "${CONFIGURATION}" \
-sdk iphoneos \
-archivePath "${IOS_DEVICE_ARCHIVE_PATH}" \
-destination generic/platform=iOS \
SKIP_INSTALL=NO \
BUILD_LIBRARY_FOR_DISTRIBUTION=YES

# Archiving for iOS Simulator
xcodebuild archive \
-scheme "${SCHEME_NAME}" \
-configuration "${CONFIGURATION}" \
-sdk iphonesimulator \
-archivePath "${IOS_SIMULATOR_ARCHIVE_PATH}" \
-destination generic/platform=iOS \
SKIP_INSTALL=NO \
BUILD_LIBRARY_FOR_DISTRIBUTION=YES

# Creating XCFramework
xcodebuild -create-xcframework \
-framework "${IOS_DEVICE_ARCHIVE_PATH}/Products/Library/Frameworks/${FRAMEWORK_NAME}.framework" \
-framework "${IOS_SIMULATOR_ARCHIVE_PATH}/Products/Library/Frameworks/${FRAMEWORK_NAME}.framework" \
-output "${XC_FRAMEWORK_PATH}"

I think this was the right way to create an XCFramework prior XCode 14. Not sure if some build settings can affect it, but any help is welcomed.

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MG_OS OP

Nov ’22

Issue is resolved.

It turned out that simulator archive destination was the problem:

`-destination generic/platform=iOS

instead of

-destination generic/platform=“iOS Simulator”

Also looks like the -sdk iphoneos and -sdk iphonesimulator are not needed when specify the -destination

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