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Plugin example app fails to build when plugin has dependency on another plugin #188646
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flutter create --template plugin --platform ios my_plugin && cd my_pluginflutter pub add image_picker_iosopen ios/my_plugin/Package.swiftand add.package(name: "image_picker_ios", path: "../image_picker_ios")as a dependencycd exampleflutter build ios
This results in an error:
Xcode failed to resolve Swift Package Manager dependencies:
2026-06-26 15:17:18.437 xcodebuild[38508:11502142] DVTDeviceOperation: Encountered a build number "" that is incompatible with
DVTBuildVersion.
2026-06-26 15:17:18.438 xcodebuild[38508:11502032] [MT] DVTDeviceOperation: Encountered a build number "" that is incompatible with
DVTBuildVersion.
2026-06-26 15:17:18.828 xcodebuild[38508:11502032] [MT] DVTDeviceOperation: Encountered a build number "" that is incompatible with
DVTBuildVersion.
2026-06-26 15:17:19.168 xcodebuild[38508:11502032] Writing error result bundle to
/var/folders/xw/ky8z400d5ys67zy99pr42lyw011smf/T/ResultBundle_2026-26-06_15-17-0019.xcresult
xcodebuild: error: Could not resolve package dependencies:
the package at '/Users/vashworth/Development/experiment/my_plugin/ios/image_picker_ios' cannot be accessed
(/Users/vashworth/Development/experiment/my_plugin/ios/image_picker_ios doesn't exist in file system)
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vashworth commentedon Jun 26, 2026
To fix this, you need to add the dependency (image_picker_ios) in this example as a local package override. However, that doesn't work because image_picker_ios is linked with the plugin version in the symlink name
Refactor SwiftPM symlink path logic (flutter#188647)
github-actions commentedon Aug 28, 2026
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