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Flutter couldn't be found in share extension #12834
Description
Steps to reproduce
I create share extension do what exactly this link said and I get error
Expected results
IOS app should be build without any errors and flutter embedded into share extension
Actual results
Could not build the precompiled application for the device.
Swift Compiler Error (Xcode): Unable to find module dependency: 'Flutter'
import Flutter
^
/Users/mohammad/Projects/MyReels/mobile/ios/ShareExtension/ShareViewController.s
wift:1:7
Code sample
Code sample
import UIKit
import Flutter
class ShareViewController: UIViewController {
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
showFlutter()
}
func showFlutter() {
let flutterEngine = FlutterEngine(name: "my flutter engine")
flutterEngine.run()
let flutterViewController = FlutterViewController(engine: flutterEngine, nibName: nil, bundle: nil)
addChild(flutterViewController)
view.addSubview(flutterViewController.view)
flutterViewController.view.frame = view.bounds
}
override func viewDidDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
super.viewDidDisappear(animated)
self.extensionContext?.cancelRequest(
withError: NSError(domain: Bundle.main.bundleIdentifier!, code: 0))
}
}Screenshots or Video
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Logs
Logs
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Doctor output
[✓] Flutter (Channel stable, 3.35.7, on macOS 15.7.1 24G231 darwin-x64, locale
en-US) [745ms]
• Flutter version 3.35.7 on channel stable at /Users/mohammad/flutter
• Upstream repository https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git
• Framework revision adc9010625 (8 weeks ago), 2025-10-21 14:16:03 -0400
• Engine revision 035316565a
• Dart version 3.9.2
• DevTools version 2.48.0
• Feature flags: enable-web, enable-linux-desktop, enable-macos-desktop,
enable-windows-desktop, enable-android, enable-ios, cli-animations,
no-enable-lldb-debugging
[✗] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices [700ms]
✗ Unable to locate Android SDK.
Install Android Studio from:
https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html
On first launch it will assist you in installing the Android SDK
components.
(or visit https://flutter.dev/to/macos-android-setup for detailed
instructions).
If the Android SDK has been installed to a custom location, please use
`flutter config --android-sdk` to update to that location.
[✓] Xcode - develop for iOS and macOS (Xcode 26.0.1) [6.6s]
• Xcode at /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
• Build 17A400
• CocoaPods version 1.16.2
[✗] Chrome - develop for the web (Cannot find Chrome executable at
/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome) [19ms]
! Cannot find Chrome. Try setting CHROME_EXECUTABLE to a Chrome executable.
[!] Android Studio (not installed) [18ms]
• Android Studio not found; download from
https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html
(or visit https://flutter.dev/to/macos-android-setup for detailed
instructions).
[✓] VS Code (version 1.107.0) [18ms]
• VS Code at /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents
• Flutter extension version 3.124.0
[✓] Connected device (3 available) [9.9s]
• Mohammad (mobile) • 00008110-00180D993A06201E • ios •
iOS 26.1 23B85
• iPhone 16e (mobile) • A8F80FB5-BA94-4426-AED7-299D3EAB16CB • ios •
com.apple.CoreSimulator.SimRuntime.iOS-26-0 (simulator)
• macOS (desktop) • macos • darwin-x64 •
macOS 15.7.1 24G231 darwin-x64
[✓] Network resources [729ms]
• All expected network resources are available.
! Doctor found issues in 3 categories.
Activity
Fix(iOS): Add Podfile configuration for Share Extensions (fixes #12834)
sfshaza2 commentedon Jan 9, 2026
@vashworth pointed out that the attempted fix is wrong (PR listed above) and plans to give some thought to a better solution.
Final push for SwiftPM updates to website (flutter#13912)