NoMethodError - undefined method `source_tree' for <XCBuildConfiguration When syncing @capacitor/core on mac

[morsagmon]

I am receiving this error when running npx cap sync on my Angular + ionic project.
I tried installing @capacitor/core 4.8.1 all the way down to 3.9.0 - to no avail.
Between every attempt, I did:

• deleted node_modules
• deleted package-lock.json
• npm cache clean --force
• Updated in package.json the install version to match for @capacitor/ios, @capacitor/android, @capacitor/cli, @capacitor/core
• npm i @capacitor/[email protected]
• npx cap sync

I tried in the beginning to just run it all at once:

• npm i
• npx cap sync

And I got the same error, so, I started only with @capacitor/core to see if it is the issue.

I also deleted ios/App/Pods folder and tried to install pods from start.

Every time, I get this long error:

✔ Copying web assets from www to android/app/src/main/assets/public in 384.16ms
✔ Creating capacitor.config.json in android/app/src/main/assets in 654.00μs
⠇ copy android [info] Found 2 Cordova plugins for android:
       [email protected]
       [email protected]
✔ copy android in 417.04ms
✔ Updating Android plugins in 5.23ms
[info] Found 13 Capacitor plugins for android:
       @capacitor-community/[email protected]
       @capacitor-community/[email protected]
       @capacitor/[email protected]
       @capacitor/[email protected]
       @capacitor/[email protected]
       @capacitor/[email protected]
       @capacitor/[email protected]
       @capacitor/[email protected]
       @capacitor/[email protected]
       @capacitor/[email protected]
       @capacitor/[email protected]
       @capacitor/[email protected]
       [email protected]
[info] Found 2 Cordova plugins for android:
       [email protected]
       [email protected]
✔ update android in 34.34ms
✔ Copying web assets from www to ios/App/App/public in 301.66ms
✔ Creating capacitor.config.json in ios/App/App in 395.04μs
[info] Found 2 Cordova plugins for ios:
       [email protected]
       [email protected]
✔ copy ios in 312.81ms
✔ Updating iOS plugins in 4.21ms
[info] Found 13 Capacitor plugins for ios:
       @capacitor-community/[email protected]
       @capacitor-community/[email protected]
       @capacitor/[email protected]
       @capacitor/[email protected]
       @capacitor/[email protected]
       @capacitor/[email protected]
       @capacitor/[email protected]
       @capacitor/[email protected]
       @capacitor/[email protected]
       @capacitor/[email protected]
       @capacitor/[email protected]
       @capacitor/[email protected]
       [email protected]
[info] Found 2 Cordova plugins for ios:
       [email protected]
       [email protected]
✖ Updating iOS native dependencies with pod install - failed!
✖ update ios - failed!
[error] Analyzing dependencies

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    ### Command
    
    ```
    /opt/homebrew/Cellar/cocoapods/1.12.1/libexec/bin/pod install
    ```
    
    ### Report
    
    * What did you do?
    
    * What did you expect to happen?
    
    * What happened instead?
    
    
    ### Stack
    
    ```
    CocoaPods : 1.12.1
    Ruby : ruby 3.2.2 (2023-03-30 revision e51014f9c0) [arm64-darwin22]
    RubyGems : 3.4.10
    Host : macOS 13.2.1 (22D68)
    Xcode : 14.3.1 (14E300c)
    Git : git version 2.39.2 (Apple Git-143)
    Ruby lib dir : /opt/homebrew/Cellar/ruby/3.2.2_1/lib
    Repositories : trunk - CDN - https://cdn.cocoapods.org/
    ```
    
    ### Plugins
    
    ```
    cocoapods-deintegrate : 1.0.5
    cocoapods-plugins     : 1.0.0
    cocoapods-search      : 1.0.1
    cocoapods-trunk       : 1.6.0
    cocoapods-try         : 1.2.0
    ```
    
    ### Podfile
    
    ```ruby
    require_relative '../../node_modules/@capacitor/ios/scripts/pods_helpers'
    
    platform :ios, '13.0'
    use_frameworks!
    
    # workaround to avoid Xcode caching of Pods that requires
    # Product -> Clean Build Folder after new Cordova plugins installed
    # Requires CocoaPods 1.6 or newer
    install! 'cocoapods', :disable_input_output_paths => true
    
    def capacitor_pods
    pod 'Capacitor', :path => '../../node_modules/@capacitor/ios'
    pod 'CapacitorCordova', :path => '../../node_modules/@capacitor/ios'
    pod 'CapacitorCommunityCameraPreview', :path => '../../node_modules/@capacitor-community/camera-preview'
    pod 'CapacitorCommunityContacts', :path => '../../node_modules/@capacitor-community/contacts'
    pod 'CapacitorApp', :path => '../../node_modules/@capacitor/app'
    pod 'CapacitorCamera', :path => '../../node_modules/@capacitor/camera'
    pod 'CapacitorDevice', :path => '../../node_modules/@capacitor/device'
    pod 'CapacitorHaptics', :path => '../../node_modules/@capacitor/haptics'
    pod 'CapacitorKeyboard', :path => '../../node_modules/@capacitor/keyboard'
    pod 'CapacitorNetwork', :path => '../../node_modules/@capacitor/network'
    pod 'CapacitorPreferences', :path => '../../node_modules/@capacitor/preferences'
    pod 'CapacitorPushNotifications', :path => '../../node_modules/@capacitor/push-notifications'
    pod 'CapacitorSplashScreen', :path => '../../node_modules/@capacitor/splash-screen'
    pod 'CapacitorStatusBar', :path => '../../node_modules/@capacitor/status-bar'
    pod 'CapacitorVoiceRecorder', :path => '../../node_modules/capacitor-voice-recorder'
    pod 'CordovaPlugins', :path => '../capacitor-cordova-ios-plugins'
    end
    
    target 'App' do
    capacitor_pods
    # Add your Pods here
    pod 'Firebase/Messaging'
    end
    
    post_install do |installer|
    assertDeploymentTarget(installer)
    end
    ```
    
    ### Error
    
    ```
    NoMethodError - undefined method `source_tree' for <XCBuildConfiguration name=`Debug`
    UUID=`504EC3171FED79650016851F`>:Xcodeproj::Project::Object::XCBuildConfiguration
    /opt/homebrew/Cellar/cocoapods/1.12.1/libexec/gems/xcodeproj-1.22.0/lib/xcodeproj/project/object/helpers/groupable_helper.rb:147:in
    `source_tree_real_path'
    /opt/homebrew/Cellar/cocoapods/1.12.1/libexec/gems/xcodeproj-1.22.0/lib/xcodeproj/project/object/helpers/groupable_helper.rb:101:in
    `real_path'
    /opt/homebrew/Cellar/cocoapods/1.12.1/libexec/gems/xcodeproj-1.22.0/lib/xcodeproj/project/object/helpers/groupable_helper.rb:153:in
    `source_tree_real_path'
    /opt/homebrew/Cellar/cocoapods/1.12.1/libexec/gems/xcodeproj-1.22.0/lib/xcodeproj/project/object/helpers/groupable_helper.rb:101:in
    `real_path'
    /opt/homebrew/Cellar/cocoapods/1.12.1/libexec/gems/xcodeproj-1.22.0/lib/xcodeproj/project/object/file_reference.rb:169:in
    `real_path'
    /opt/homebrew/Cellar/cocoapods/1.12.1/libexec/gems/xcodeproj-1.22.0/lib/xcodeproj/project/object/build_configuration.rb:240:in
    `config'
    /opt/homebrew/Cellar/cocoapods/1.12.1/libexec/gems/xcodeproj-1.22.0/lib/xcodeproj/project/object/build_configuration.rb:97:in
    `resolve_build_setting'
    /opt/homebrew/Cellar/cocoapods/1.12.1/libexec/gems/xcodeproj-1.22.0/lib/xcodeproj/project/object/configuration_list.rb:78:in
    `block in get_setting'
    /opt/homebrew/Cellar/cocoapods/1.12.1/libexec/gems/xcodeproj-1.22.0/lib/xcodeproj/project/object/configuration_list.rb:77:in
    `each'
    /opt/homebrew/Cellar/cocoapods/1.12.1/libexec/gems/xcodeproj-1.22.0/lib/xcodeproj/project/object/configuration_list.rb:77:in
    `get_setting'
    /opt/homebrew/Cellar/cocoapods/1.12.1/libexec/gems/xcodeproj-1.22.0/lib/xcodeproj/project/object/native_target.rb:55:in
    `resolved_build_setting'
    /opt/homebrew/Cellar/cocoapods/1.12.1/libexec/gems/cocoapods-1.12.1/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer/target_inspector.rb:226:in
    `block in compute_swift_version_from_targets'
    /opt/homebrew/Cellar/cocoapods/1.12.1/libexec/gems/cocoapods-1.12.1/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer/target_inspector.rb:220:in
    `each'
    /opt/homebrew/Cellar/cocoapods/1.12.1/libexec/gems/cocoapods-1.12.1/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer/target_inspector.rb:220:in
    `inject'
    /opt/homebrew/Cellar/cocoapods/1.12.1/libexec/gems/cocoapods-1.12.1/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer/target_inspector.rb:220:in
    `compute_swift_version_from_targets'
    /opt/homebrew/Cellar/cocoapods/1.12.1/libexec/gems/cocoapods-1.12.1/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer/target_inspector.rb:45:in
    `compute_results'
    /opt/homebrew/Cellar/cocoapods/1.12.1/libexec/gems/cocoapods-1.12.1/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:1197:in
    `block (3 levels) in inspect_targets_to_integrate'
    /opt/homebrew/Cellar/cocoapods/1.12.1/libexec/gems/cocoapods-1.12.1/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:1195:in
    `each'
    /opt/homebrew/Cellar/cocoapods/1.12.1/libexec/gems/cocoapods-1.12.1/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:1195:in
    `block (2 levels) in inspect_targets_to_integrate'
    /opt/homebrew/Cellar/cocoapods/1.12.1/libexec/gems/cocoapods-1.12.1/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:1193:in
    `each'
    /opt/homebrew/Cellar/cocoapods/1.12.1/libexec/gems/cocoapods-1.12.1/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:1193:in
    `block in inspect_targets_to_integrate'
    /opt/homebrew/Cellar/cocoapods/1.12.1/libexec/gems/cocoapods-1.12.1/lib/cocoapods/user_interface.rb:64:in
    `section'
    /opt/homebrew/Cellar/cocoapods/1.12.1/libexec/gems/cocoapods-1.12.1/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:1188:in
    `inspect_targets_to_integrate'
    /opt/homebrew/Cellar/cocoapods/1.12.1/libexec/gems/cocoapods-1.12.1/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:107:in
    `analyze'
    /opt/homebrew/Cellar/cocoapods/1.12.1/libexec/gems/cocoapods-1.12.1/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:422:in `analyze'
    /opt/homebrew/Cellar/cocoapods/1.12.1/libexec/gems/cocoapods-1.12.1/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:244:in `block in
    resolve_dependencies'
    /opt/homebrew/Cellar/cocoapods/1.12.1/libexec/gems/cocoapods-1.12.1/lib/cocoapods/user_interface.rb:64:in
    `section'
    /opt/homebrew/Cellar/cocoapods/1.12.1/libexec/gems/cocoapods-1.12.1/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:243:in
    `resolve_dependencies'
    /opt/homebrew/Cellar/cocoapods/1.12.1/libexec/gems/cocoapods-1.12.1/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:162:in `install!'
    /opt/homebrew/Cellar/cocoapods/1.12.1/libexec/gems/cocoapods-1.12.1/lib/cocoapods/command/install.rb:52:in `run'
    /opt/homebrew/Cellar/cocoapods/1.12.1/libexec/gems/claide-1.1.0/lib/claide/command.rb:334:in `run'
    /opt/homebrew/Cellar/cocoapods/1.12.1/libexec/gems/cocoapods-1.12.1/lib/cocoapods/command.rb:52:in `run'
    /opt/homebrew/Cellar/cocoapods/1.12.1/libexec/gems/cocoapods-1.12.1/bin/pod:55:in `<top (required)>'
    /opt/homebrew/Cellar/cocoapods/1.12.1/libexec/bin/pod:25:in `load'
    /opt/homebrew/Cellar/cocoapods/1.12.1/libexec/bin/pod:25:in `<main>'
    ```

This is my package.json:

{
  "browser": {
    "fs": false,
    "path": false,
    "os": false
  },
  "name": "Simplify",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "author": "Simplify",
  "homepage": "https://simplify.study/",
  "scripts": {
    "ng": "ng",
    "start": "ng serve",
    "build": "ng build",
    "test": "ng test",
    "lint": "ng lint",
    "e2e": "ng e2e",
    "resources-android": "capacitor-resources android && node src/resources-android.js",
    "resources-ios": "capacitor-resources ios && node src/resources-ios.js"
  },
  "private": true,
  "dependencies": {
    "@angular/common": "^15.2.9",
    "@angular/core": "^15.2.9",
    "@angular/fire": "^7.6.1",
    "@angular/forms": "^15.2.9",
    "@angular/platform-browser": "^15.2.9",
    "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "^15.2.9",
    "@angular/router": "^15.2.9",
    "@awesome-cordova-plugins/android-permissions": "^6.4.0",
    "@awesome-cordova-plugins/core": "^6.4.0",
    "@awesome-cordova-plugins/native-audio": "^6.4.0",
    "@aws-sdk/client-lambda": "^3.382.0",
    "@aws-sdk/client-s3": "^3.382.0",
    "@capacitor-community/camera-preview": "^4.0.0",
    "@capacitor-community/contacts": "^4.0.4",
    "@capacitor/android": "^4.8.1",
    "@capacitor/app": "^4.1.1",
    "@capacitor/camera": "^4.1.5",
    "@capacitor/cli": "^4.8.1",
    "@capacitor/core": "^4.8.1",
    "@capacitor/device": "^4.1.0",
    "@capacitor/haptics": "^4.1.0",
    "@capacitor/ios": "^4.8.1",
    "@capacitor/keyboard": "^4.1.1",
    "@capacitor/network": "^4.1.0",
    "@capacitor/preferences": "^4.0.2",
    "@capacitor/push-notifications": "^4.1.2",
    "@capacitor/splash-screen": "^4.2.0",
    "@capacitor/status-bar": "^4.1.1",
    "@ionic/angular": "^7.2.1",
    "bcryptjs": "^2.4.3",
    "buffer": "^6.0.3",
    "capacitor-voice-recorder": "^4.0.2",
    "cordova-plugin-android-permissions": "1.1.5",
    "cordova-plugin-nativeaudio": "^3.0.9",
    "crypto-browserify": "^3.12.0",
    "firebase": "^10.1.0",
    "fs": "^0.0.1-security",
    "google-libphonenumber": "3.2.32",
    "mini-css-extract-plugin": "^2.7.6",
    "ng2-search-filter": "^0.5.1",
    "os-browserify": "^0.3.0",
    "path": "^0.12.7",
    "raw-loader": "^4.0.2",
    "rxjs": "^7.8.1",
    "stream-browserify": "^3.0.0",
    "stream-http": "^3.2.0",
    "tslib": "^2.6.1",
    "url": "^0.11.1",
    "util": "^0.12.5",
    "uuid": "^9.0.0",
    "zone.js": "^0.13.1"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@angular-devkit/build-angular": "^15.2.9",
    "@angular/cli": "^15.2.9",
    "@angular/compiler": "^15.2.9",
    "@angular/compiler-cli": "^15.2.9",
    "@angular/language-service": "^15.2.9",
    "@ionic/angular-toolkit": "^10.0.0",
    "@types/jasmine": "^4.3.5",
    "@types/jasminewd2": "^2.0.10",
    "@types/node": "^20.4.5",
    "jasmine-core": "3.99.1",
    "jasmine-spec-reporter": "~5.0.0",
    "karma": "6.4.1",
    "karma-chrome-launcher": "~3.1.0",
    "karma-coverage": "2.2.0",
    "karma-coverage-istanbul-reporter": "~3.0.2",
    "karma-jasmine": "~4.0.0",
    "karma-jasmine-html-reporter": "^1.5.0",
    "ts-node": "^10.9.1",
    "typescript": "^4.9.5",
    "webpack": "^5.88.2"
  },
  "description": "An Ionic project"
}

Please, any thought what am I missing here, please?