Build fails with: library not found for -lRNSVG-tvOS

[jd20]

This looks like the same issue as #387, and was fixed in 5.3.1, but I'm seeing this build error even with newer versions of react-native-svg. Repo steps:

1. Create a new project with react-native init
2. Run yarn add react-native-svg
3. Run react-native link react-native-svg
4. Run react-native run-ios and observe the build error: ld: library not found for -lRNSVG-tvOS

My dependency versions from package.json are:

  "dependencies": {
    "react": "16.0.0",
    "react-native": "0.51.0",
    "react-native-svg": "^6.0.1-rc.1"
  },

If I open the XCode project and remove the RNSVG-tvOS.a library under "Recovered References" folder, then build succeeds.

[dusave]

@jd20 did you run react-native link react-native-svg?

[jd20]

Sorry, forgot to include that in the instructions above, yes I ran react-native link after adding the package. Actually, pretty sure it's the link command command which is adding the problematic RNSVG-tvOS.a reference to the XCode project. Just edited to include that step.

[aaronklaser]

+1 ... I am also having this issue -_-

[dhamdani666]

i think not support with react-native version 0.51.0

[jd20]

The library seems to work fine with 0.51.0, just have to remove the RNSVG-tvOS.a reference. Maybe it'd make sense to make a note of this in the installation instructions, unless a fix is coming soon.

[vladinator1000]

Noob here, @jd20 how do you remove the reference?

[jd20]

Open the XCode project form your project's ios folder, hit the Project Navigator button top left, and look for the folder "Recovered References". Select the item RNSVG-tvOS.a, and hit delete, it will be removed from the project. Then you can try to build again (either Cmd+B from XCode or react-native run-ios from command line), you might need to do a Build > Clean first if it's still not working (Cmd+K in XCode).

I don't have an exact screenshot, but here's something close:

If you don't see the item under Recovered References, make sure you ran react-native link, that's what creates it.

[vladinator1000]

Removing it from here did the trick

[msand]

This is caused by a bug in react-native link, fix will be merged soon: facebook/react-native#13783

[phunkren]

@savovs 👋