I'm on a MacBook Air 2025 M4 (Apple Silicon) using Flutter 3.35.5 on channel stable, Xcode 26.0.1, and CocoaPods 1.16.2.
Actual Setup:
Component Version
macOS 15.0 Sequoia
CPU Apple M4 (ARM64)
Flutter 3.35.5 on channel stable
Dart 3.9.2
DevTools 2.48.0
CocoaPods 1.16.2
Xcode 26.0.1 Build 17A400
Since updating Flutter from 3.24 → 3.35, iOS builds consistently fail with the following errors (not matter if simulation or real device, also ios version no matter):
fatal error: 'Flutter/Flutter.h' file not found
Error logs:
/Users/myuser/.pub-cache/hosted/pub.dev/app_links-6.4.1/ios/app_links/Sources/app_links/AppLinksIosPlugin.swift
/Users/myuser/.pub-cache/hosted/pub.dev/app_links-6.4.1/ios/app_links/Sources/app_links/AppLinksIosPlugin.swift:1:8 Unable to find module dependency: 'Flutter'
import Flutter
^
flutter_native_splash
/Users/myuser/.pub-cache/hosted/pub.dev/flutter_native_splash-2.4.6/ios/flutter_native_splash/Sources/flutter_native_splash/include/flutter_native_splash/FlutterNativeSplashPlugin.h
/Users/myuser/.pub-cache/hosted/pub.dev/flutter_native_splash-2.4.6/ios/flutter_native_splash/Sources/flutter_native_splash/include/flutter_native_splash/FlutterNativeSplashPlugin.h:1:9 'Flutter/Flutter.h' file not found
flutter_secure_storage
Clang dependency scanner failure: While building module 'flutter_secure_storage' imported from flutter_secure_storage-7125a5c1.input:1:
In file included from <module-includes>:1:
In file included from /Users/myuser/Documents/mycompany/auftrag/AppName/name-app/ios/Pods/Headers/Public/flutter_secure_storage/flutter_secure_storage-umbrella.h:13:
/Users/myuser/Documents/mycompany/auftrag/AppName/name-app/ios/Pods/Headers/Public/flutter_secure_storage/FlutterSecureStoragePlugin.h:11:9: fatal error: 'Flutter/Flutter.h' file not found
flutter_secure_storage-7125a5c1.input:1:1: fatal error: could not build module 'flutter_secure_storage'
Unable to find module dependency: 'flutter_secure_storage'
/Users/myuser/.pub-cache/hosted/pub.dev/flutter_secure_storage-9.2.4/ios/Classes/SwiftFlutterSecureStoragePlugin.swift
/Users/myuser/.pub-cache/hosted/pub.dev/flutter_secure_storage-9.2.4/ios/Classes/SwiftFlutterSecureStoragePlugin.swift:8:8 Unable to find module dependency: 'Flutter'
import Flutter
^
path_provider_foundation
/Users/myuser/.pub-cache/hosted/pub.dev/path_provider_foundation-2.4.2/darwin/path_provider_foundation/Sources/path_provider_foundation/messages.g.swift
/Users/myuser/.pub-cache/hosted/pub.dev/path_provider_foundation-2.4.2/darwin/path_provider_foundation/Sources/path_provider_foundation/messages.g.swift:10:10 Unable to find module dependency: 'Flutter'
import Flutter
^
sign_in_with_apple
Clang dependency scanner failure: While building module 'sign_in_with_apple' imported from sign_in_with_apple-b77ac708.input:1:
In file included from <module-includes>:1:
In file included from /Users/myuser/Documents/mycompany/auftrag/AppName/name-app/ios/Pods/Headers/Public/sign_in_with_apple/sign_in_with_apple-umbrella.h:13:
/Users/myuser/Documents/mycompany/auftrag/AppName/name-app/ios/Pods/Headers/Public/sign_in_with_apple/SignInWithApplePlugin.h:1:9: fatal error: 'Flutter/Flutter.h' file not found
sign_in_with_apple-b77ac708.input:1:1: fatal error: could not build module 'sign_in_with_apple'
Unable to find module dependency: 'sign_in_with_apple'
/Users/myuser/.pub-cache/hosted/pub.dev/sign_in_with_apple-7.0.1/ios/Classes/SignInWithAppleAvailablePlugin.swift
/Users/myuser/.pub-cache/hosted/pub.dev/sign_in_with_apple-7.0.1/ios/Classes/SignInWithAppleAvailablePlugin.swift:6:8 Unable to find module dependency: 'Flutter'
import Flutter
^
What I’ve verified
flutter clean + flutter pub get
pod install --repo-update
Deleted DerivedData
Verified Generated.xcconfig exists
Verified FLUTTER_ROOT path is correct
Tried both in Podfile use_frameworks! :linkage => :static and modular headers
Tried flutter build ios --no-codesign
Still, the same errors appear.
Observations
I couldn't find a solution with ChatGPT or searching in the Internet like on Stackoverflow
Since Flutter 3.35, Flutter.framework is no longer under .../engine/ios/Flutter.framework, but instead part of .../engine/ios/Flutter.xcframework/ios-arm64/Flutter.framework
After pod install, there is no Pods/Flutter/Flutter.xcframework folder at all.
Running flutter build ios does not generate the framework either — Flutter seems to depend on dynamic build-time injection, but the plugins expect static headers at build time.
On my Windows machine, the exact same project and plugin versions build perfectly (obviously without actual iOS compilation).
Podfile
ENV['COCOAPODS_DISABLE_STATS'] = 'true'
project 'Runner', {
'Debug' => :debug,
'Profile' => :release,
'Release' => :release,
}
def flutter_root
generated_xcode_build_settings_path = File.expand_path(File.join('..', 'Flutter', 'Generated.xcconfig'), __FILE__)
unless File.exist?(generated_xcode_build_settings_path)
raise "#{generated_xcode_build_settings_path} must exist. Run flutter pub get first."
end
File.foreach(generated_xcode_build_settings_path) do |line|
matches = line.match(/FLUTTER_ROOT\=(.*)/)
return matches[1].strip if matches
end
raise "FLUTTER_ROOT not found in #{generated_xcode_build_settings_path}"
end
require File.expand_path(File.join('packages', 'flutter_tools', 'bin', 'podhelper'), flutter_root)
flutter_ios_podfile_setup
target 'Runner' do
use_frameworks! :linkage => :static
use_modular_headers!
flutter_install_all_ios_pods File.dirname(File.realpath(__FILE__))
end
post_install do |installer|
installer.pods_project.targets.each do |target|
target.build_configurations.each do |config|
config.build_settings['IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET'] = '15.0'
config.build_settings['HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS'] ||= ['$(inherited)', '${PODS_ROOT}/../Flutter/Flutter.framework/Headers']
config.build_settings['FRAMEWORK_SEARCH_PATHS'] ||= ['$(inherited)', '${PODS_ROOT}/../Flutter']
config.build_settings['DEFINES_MODULE'] = 'YES'
end
end
end
