[iOS] - Framework 'Pods_Runner' not found when targeting simulator with dependency that does not support arm64 simulators #182748
Description
Steps to reproduce
Hi, I've just updated flutter to 3.41.1 but an error is showing now when launching on IOS.
It was running fine before the update
Actual results
It should work as before
Logs
Error (Xcode): Framework 'Pods_Runner' not found
Error (Xcode): Linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
Could not build the application for the simulator.
Error launching application on iPhone 16.
Flutter Doctor output
Doctor output
[✓] Flutter (Channel stable, 3.41.1, on macOS 26.2 25C56 darwin-arm64, locale it-IT) [238ms]
• Flutter version 3.41.1 on channel stable at /Users/sasoftware/development/flutter
• Upstream repository https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git
• Framework revision 582a0e7c55 (10 days ago), 2026-02-12 17:12:32 -0800
• Engine revision 3452d735bd
• Dart version 3.11.0
• DevTools version 2.54.1
• Feature flags: enable-web, enable-linux-desktop, enable-macos-desktop, enable-windows-desktop, enable-android, enable-ios, cli-animations, enable-native-assets, omit-legacy-version-file, enable-lldb-debugging, enable-uiscene-migration
[✓] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 35.0.0) [2,8s]
• Android SDK at /Users/sasoftware/Library/Android/sdk
• Emulator version 36.1.9.0 (build_id 13823996) (CL:N/A)
• Platform android-36, build-tools 35.0.0
• ANDROID_HOME = /Users/sasoftware/Library/Android/sdk
• Java binary at: /Users/sasoftware/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jbr-17.0.12/Contents/Home/bin/java
This JDK is specified in your Flutter configuration.
To change the current JDK, run: `flutter config --jdk-dir="path/to/jdk"`.
• Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment JBR-17.0.12+1-1207.37-nomod (build 17.0.12+1-b1207.37)
• All Android licenses accepted.
[✓] Xcode - develop for iOS and macOS (Xcode 26.2) [959ms]
• Xcode at /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
• Build 17C52
• CocoaPods version 1.16.2
[✓] Chrome - develop for the web [4ms]
• Chrome at /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome
[✓] Connected device (3 available) [9,1s]
• iPhone 16 (mobile) • 0845E509-267D-4F1B-A233-20E3DC802914 • ios • com.apple.CoreSimulator.SimRuntime.iOS-18-1 (simulator)
• macOS (desktop) • macos • darwin-arm64 • macOS 26.2 25C56 darwin-arm64
• Chrome (web) • chrome • web-javascript • Google Chrome 145.0.7632.109
[✓] Network resources [239ms]
• All expected network resources are available.
• No issues found!