error: Build input file cannot be found: GoogleService-Info.plist React Native - Expo eas build IOS

[opielapatryk]

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https://expo.dev/accounts/patrykopiela/projects/stickyinreactnative/builds/a730b9bb-c72d-4bc8-b620-a6b70b9d7f39

Summary

Since few days I am trying to fix this error:
❌ error: Build input file cannot be found: '/Users/expo/workingdir/build/GoogleService-Info.plist'. Did you forget to declare this file as an output of a script phase or custom build rule which produces it? (in target 'StickyInReactNative' from project 'StickyInReactNative')

I tried every solution found on internet but nothing helps!

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Bare

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Didn't find any issues with the project!

Error output

❌ error: Build input file cannot be found: '/Users/expo/workingdir/build/GoogleService-Info.plist'. Did you forget to declare this file as an output of a script phase or custom build rule which produces it? (in target 'StickyInReactNative' from project 'StickyInReactNative')

Reproducible demo or steps to reproduce from a blank project

After clone project from github I have to

comment firebase pods
cd ios && pod install
uncomment firebase pods
pod install

then I use for build:
eas build --profile development --platform ios

[szdziedzic]

Do you have it git ignored by any chance?

[karimessouabni]

I had the same issue. I did add it to my git ignore. I still can't get it why does the git ignore is used when running an eas build --local

[rinaldycodes]

i was facing this issue, if you want using GoogleService-Info.plist, you must not add GoogleService-Info.plist file in .gitignore . because in eas build need that file. you can check it https://docs.expo.dev/build-reference/variables/

[MariuzM]

Got into the same issue, wish there was another way to still have it in gitignore but able to build locally

[hisayan]

I faced the same issue and I solved by this script.

.gitignore

GoogleService-info.plist

package.json

"scripts": {
    ...
    "eas:preview": "EAS_PWD=$PWD npx eas build --profile preview --platform ios --local",
    "eas-build-pre-install": "cp $EAS_PWD/GoogleService-info.plist $EAS_BUILD_WORKINGDIR"
}

$ npm run eas:preview

and I also copy .env file.

"eas-build-pre-install": "cp $EAS_PWD/GoogleService-info.plist $EAS_BUILD_WORKINGDIR && cp $EAS_PWD/.env $EAS_BUILD_WORKINGDIR"

[ndav]

I had the same issue. I did add it to my git ignore. I still can't get it why does the git ignore is used when running an eas build --local

I would completely agree with this. I've just been banging my head against a wall for 2 days only realising that .gitignore is used for a local build! It makes no sense whatsoever, whatever is on the filesystem should be considered available

[fernandatoledo]

if your .env is in your gitignore that solution would not work, right? @hisayan

[renerpdev]

I had the same issue, either on Expo CI or locally. The problem I faced was that the EAS bundler omitted all GoogleService-info.plist files (at the root level or inside the ios folder) because I added that entry to .gitignore. Yeah a dummy dev issue xD

The fix was to force it only to exclude the one from my root ;)

# .gitignore (See I prepended it with a backslash)

\GoogleService-info.plist

I also needed to grab the env variables using dotenv-cli

Here is my command to build it locally

dotenv -- eas build -p ios --local

[dearlordylord]

does it mean we have to check GoogleService-info.plist into the repository?

[alexandrubeu]

Quick question, is there a way to have GoogleService-Info.plist uploaded to expo services in the secrets section? Currently I'm trying to that but when I'm trying to build directly on expo services says that I needed locally in order to trigger the build.
Using this command: eas build --profile dev:debug --platform=ios --non-interactive

[renerpdev]

does it mean we have to check GoogleService-info.plist into the repository?

Hi @dearlordylord I didn't need to add it to git, I just created env vars either on local or CI envs