Skip building SwiftPM plugins when building Pods for SwiftPM Add2App

When building the CocoaPods frameworks in SwiftPM Add2App for a module, it also builds the SwiftPM plugins that also support CocoaPods. We don't need to build them, though, since they will be added as SwiftPM dependencies.

In addition, modules build a FlutterPluginRegistrant framework, which is also not needed for SwiftPM.

This is because modules use a custom podhelper.rb, which explicitly adds a FlutterPluginRegistrant pod.

Also, in the plugin install podhelper function, it does not skip SwiftPM plugins because it's disabled for modules:

flutter/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/build_swift_package.dart

Lines 1527 to 1551 in b49f9e9

    
             Future<Map<String, List<Directory>>> _buildCocoaPodsForSdk({ 
        
               required XcodeSdk sdk, 
        
               required FlutterDarwinPlatform platform, 
        
               required String xcodeBuildConfiguration, 
        
               required bool buildStatic, 
        
               required Directory outputBuildDirectory, 
        
               required Directory podsDirectory, 
        
             }) async { 
        
               final String configuration = _configurationForSdkType(sdk, xcodeBuildConfiguration); 
        
               final ProcessResult buildPluginsResult = await _utils.processManager.run(<String>[ 
        
                 ..._utils.xcode.xcrunCommand(), 
        
                 'xcodebuild', 
        
                 '-alltargets', 
        
                 '-sdk', 
        
                 sdk.platformName, 
        
                 '-configuration', 
        
                 configuration, 
        
                 'SYMROOT=${outputBuildDirectory.path}', 
        
                 'ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH=NO', // No device targeted, so build all valid architectures. 
        
                 'BUILD_LIBRARY_FOR_DISTRIBUTION=YES', 
        
                 if (buildStatic) 'MACH_O_TYPE=staticlib', 
        
               ], workingDirectory: podsDirectory.path); 
        
               if (buildPluginsResult.exitCode != 0) { 
        
                 throwToolExit('Unable to build CocoaPod plugin frameworks: ${buildPluginsResult.stderr}'); 
        
               }

flutter/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/xcode_project.dart

Lines 206 to 208 in b49f9e9

    
           if (parent.isModule) { 
        
             return false; 
        
           }

@vashworth

@vashworth Thanks for filling this. Labelling for team-tool to investigate further.

Migrate Adapty SDK to 4.0 (Paywall → Flow) + iOS Swift-package pipeli…

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	Future<Map<String, List<Directory>>> _buildCocoaPodsForSdk({
	required XcodeSdk sdk,
	required FlutterDarwinPlatform platform,
	required String xcodeBuildConfiguration,
	required bool buildStatic,
	required Directory outputBuildDirectory,
	required Directory podsDirectory,
	}) async {
	final String configuration = _configurationForSdkType(sdk, xcodeBuildConfiguration);
	final ProcessResult buildPluginsResult = await _utils.processManager.run(<String>[
	..._utils.xcode.xcrunCommand(),
	'xcodebuild',
	'-alltargets',
	'-sdk',
	sdk.platformName,
	'-configuration',
	configuration,
	'SYMROOT=${outputBuildDirectory.path}',
	'ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH=NO', // No device targeted, so build all valid architectures.
	'BUILD_LIBRARY_FOR_DISTRIBUTION=YES',
	if (buildStatic) 'MACH_O_TYPE=staticlib',
	], workingDirectory: podsDirectory.path);
	if (buildPluginsResult.exitCode != 0) {
	throwToolExit('Unable to build CocoaPod plugin frameworks: ${buildPluginsResult.stderr}');
	}

Skip building SwiftPM plugins when building Pods for SwiftPM Add2App #184590

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saurabh-mirajkar commented on Apr 6, 2026

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