Bug: Exception during building rules_ios in ./examples

[jeffhodsdon]

Description

Hello! Thank you everyone involved in this project, you are amazing!

I am trying to build the ./examples/rules_ios project, but getting an internal exception. Running on macOS 15.5 (24F74) Looking for any help or if this issue looks to be on my end.

Error —

ERROR: /Users/j/git/rules_xcodeproj/examples/rules_ios/iOSApp/Test/UITests/BUILD:37:22: in dep_middleman rule //iOSApp/Test/UITests:iOSAppUITestSuite.dep_middleman:
Traceback (most recent call last):
	File "/Users/j/git/rules_xcodeproj/examples/rules_ios/bazel-output-base/rules_xcodeproj.noindex/build_output_base/external/rules_ios+/rules/internal/framework_middleman.bzl", line 267, column 73, in _dep_middleman
		objc_provider_fields = objc_provider_utils.merge_objc_providers_dict(providers = objc_providers, merge_keys = [
	File "/Users/j/git/rules_xcodeproj/examples/rules_ios/bazel-output-base/rules_xcodeproj.noindex/build_output_base/external/rules_ios+/rules/internal/objc_provider_utils.bzl", line 28, column 34, in _merge_objc_providers_dict
		transitive = [getattr(provider, key) for provider in providers],
Error in getattr: 'ObjcInfo' value has no field or method 'force_load_library'

Full output —

[rules_ios] > bazel run //:xcodeproj-incremental
Building expanded release.tar.gz
INFO: Analyzed target //distribution:release_expanded_release (0 packages loaded, 0 targets configured).
INFO: Found 1 target...
Target //distribution:release_expanded_release up-to-date:
  /Users/j/git/rules_xcodeproj/examples/rules_ios/bazel-output-base/release_archive/execroot/_main/bazel-out/darwin_arm64-opt-ST-f7c40a6352be/bin/distribution/expanded_release
INFO: Elapsed time: 0.078s, Critical Path: 0.00s
INFO: 1 process: 1 internal.
INFO: Build completed successfully, 1 total action

Executing bazel command
WARNING: For repository 'build_bazel_rules_swift', the root module requires module version rules_swift@2.0.0, but got rules_swift@2.8.2 in the resolved dependency graph. Please update the version in your MODULE.bazel or set --check_direct_dependencies=off
INFO: Analyzed target //:xcodeproj-incremental (0 packages loaded, 0 targets configured).
INFO: Found 1 target...
Target //:xcodeproj-incremental up-to-date:
  /Users/j/git/rules_xcodeproj/examples/rules_ios/bazel-output-base/execroot/_main/bazel-out/darwin_arm64-fastbuild/bin/xcodeproj-incremental-runner.sh
INFO: Elapsed time: 0.094s, Critical Path: 0.00s
INFO: 1 process: 1 internal.
INFO: Build completed successfully, 1 total action
INFO: Running command line: /Users/j/git/rules_xcodeproj/examples/rules_ios/bazel-output-base/execroot/_main/bazel-out/darwin_arm64-fastbuild/bin/xcodeproj-incremental-runner.sh

Generating "rules_ios.xcodeproj"
WARNING: Option 'experimental_action_cache_store_output_metadata' is deprecated: Use --action_cache_store_output_metadata instead
WARNING: Option 'experimental_action_cache_store_output_metadata' is deprecated: Use --action_cache_store_output_metadata instead
ERROR: /Users/j/git/rules_xcodeproj/examples/rules_ios/iOSApp/Test/UITests/BUILD:37:22: in dep_middleman rule //iOSApp/Test/UITests:iOSAppUITestSuite.dep_middleman:
Traceback (most recent call last):
	File "/Users/j/git/rules_xcodeproj/examples/rules_ios/bazel-output-base/rules_xcodeproj.noindex/build_output_base/external/rules_ios+/rules/internal/framework_middleman.bzl", line 267, column 73, in _dep_middleman
		objc_provider_fields = objc_provider_utils.merge_objc_providers_dict(providers = objc_providers, merge_keys = [
	File "/Users/j/git/rules_xcodeproj/examples/rules_ios/bazel-output-base/rules_xcodeproj.noindex/build_output_base/external/rules_ios+/rules/internal/objc_provider_utils.bzl", line 28, column 34, in _merge_objc_providers_dict
		transitive = [getattr(provider, key) for provider in providers],
Error in getattr: 'ObjcInfo' value has no field or method 'force_load_library'
Available attributes: direct_module_maps, direct_sources, j2objc_library, module_map, source, strict_include, umbrella_header
ERROR: /Users/j/git/rules_xcodeproj/examples/rules_ios/iOSApp/Test/UITests/BUILD:37:22: Analysis of target '//iOSApp/Test/UITests:iOSAppUITestSuite.dep_middleman' failed
ERROR: Analysis of target '@@rules_xcodeproj++internal+rules_xcodeproj_generated//generator/xcodeproj-incremental:xcodeproj-incremental' failed; build aborted: Analysis failed
INFO: Elapsed time: 0.209s, Critical Path: 0.00s
INFO: 1 process: 1 internal.
ERROR: Build did NOT complete successfully
ERROR: Build failed. Not running target
[rules_ios] > pwd
/Users/j/git/rules_xcodeproj/examples/rules_ios
[rules_ios] >

Reproduction steps

• Check out the project
• Ensure on xcode version 16.0 e.g. xcodes select 16.0
• Run bazel run //:xcodeproj-incremental

Expected behavior

Project to be built

rules_xcodeproj version

defined in repo

Xcode version

16.0

Bazel version

defined in repo

rules_apple version

defined in repo

rules_swift version

defined in repo

Additional information

No response

[adincebic]

@jeffhodsdon if possible, I would suggest to use rules_apple, rules_swift and apple_support instead of rules_ios since that one is kinda deprecated. This article by @brentleyjones explains everything.

[jeffhodsdon]

@adincebic Ah! Got it. I am in love in this project and would love to help improve. Should I create a PR to remove this from the projects /examples if this route of implementation is deprecated?

[brentleyjones]

@luispadron / @thiagohmcruz are the "owners" of that example. They can weigh in.

[jschear]

The version of rules_ios the example uses isn't compatible with more recent releases of rules_swift & rules_apple. I'll get that building again, sorry for the trouble.