I was not able to build my ios app with
sudo ionic cordova build ios --release --minifyjs --optimizejs --minifycss
Also only using --release for example does not work. I get this error:
Running command - failed!
[ERROR] An error occurred while running cordova build ios --release (exit code1): (truncated) ... d/emulator/libCordova.a(CDVLogger.o) duplicate symbol _OBJC_METACLASS_$_CDVLogger in: /var/root/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/Sitech_Support-ciaapkfmwnuajwfhlpxsmqnblovk/Build/Intermediates/Sitech Support.build/Release-iphonesimulator/Sitech Support.build/Objects-normal/x86_64/CDVLogger.o /Users/cas/Documents/sitechappV2/sitechApp/platforms/ios/build/emulator/libCordova.a(CDVLogger.o) ld: 2 duplicate symbols for architecture x86_64 clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation) Ld /var/root/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/Sitech_Support-ciaapkfmwnuajwfhlpxsmqnblovk/Build/Intermediates/Sitech\ Support.build/Release-iphonesimulator/Sitech\ Support.build/Objects-normal/i386/Sitech\ Support normal i386 cd /Users/cas/Documents/sitechappV2/sitechApp/platforms/ios export IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=9.0 export PATH="/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/usr/bin:/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin" /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/clang -arch i386 -isysroot /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneSimulator10.3.sdk -L/Users/cas/Documents/sitechappV2/sitechApp/platforms/ios/build/emulator -F/Users/cas/Documents/sitechappV2/sitechApp/platforms/ios/build/emulator -filelist /var/root/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/Sitech_Support-ciaapkfmwnuajwfhlpxsmqnblovk/Build/Intermediates/Sitech\ Support.build/Release-iphonesimulator/Sitech\ Support.build/Objects-normal/i386/Sitech\ Support.LinkFileList -Xlinker -rpath -Xlinker @executable_path/Frameworks -mios-simulator-version-min=9.0 -dead_strip -Xlinker -object_path_lto -Xlinker /var/root/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/Sitech_Support-ciaapkfmwnuajwfhlpxsmqnblovk/Build/Intermediates/Sitech\ Support.build/Release-iphonesimulator/Sitech\ Support.build/Objects-normal/i386/Sitech\ Support_lto.o -Xlinker -objc_abi_version -Xlinker 2 -fobjc-arc -fobjc-link-runtime -L/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/lib/swift/iphonesimulator -Xlinker -add_ast_path -Xlinker /var/root/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/Sitech_Support-ciaapkfmwnuajwfhlpxsmqnblovk/Build/Intermediates/Sitech\ Support.build/Release-iphonesimulator/Sitech\ Support.build/Objects-normal/i386/Sitech_Support.swiftmodule -ObjC -Xlinker -sectcreate -Xlinker __TEXT -Xlinker __entitlements -Xlinker /var/root/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/Sitech_Support-ciaapkfmwnuajwfhlpxsmqnblovk/Build/Intermediates/Sitech\ Support.build/Release-iphonesimulator/Sitech\ Support.build/Sitech\ Support.app.xcent /Users/cas/Documents/sitechappV2/sitechApp/platforms/ios/build/emulator/libCordova.a -framework MediaPlayer -framework AVFoundation -framework JavaScriptCore -Xlinker -dependency_info -Xlinker /var/root/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/Sitech_Support-ciaapkfmwnuajwfhlpxsmqnblovk/Build/Intermediates/Sitech\ Support.build/Release-iphonesimulator/Sitech\ Support.build/Objects-normal/i386/Sitech\ Support_dependency_info.dat -o /var/root/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/Sitech_Support-ciaapkfmwnuajwfhlpxsmqnblovk/Build/Intermediates/Sitech\ Support.build/Release-iphonesimulator/Sitech\ Support.build/Objects-normal/i386/Sitech\ Support duplicate symbol _OBJC_CLASS_$_CDVLogger in: /var/root/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/Sitech_Support-ciaapkfmwnuajwfhlpxsmqnblovk/Build/Intermediates/Sitech Support.build/Release-iphonesimulator/Sitech Support.build/Objects-normal/i386/CDVLogger.o /Users/cas/Documents/sitechappV2/sitechApp/platforms/ios/build/emulator/libCordova.a(CDVLogger.o) duplicate symbol _OBJC_METACLASS_$_CDVLogger in: /var/root/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/Sitech_Support-ciaapkfmwnuajwfhlpxsmqnblovk/Build/Intermediates/Sitech Support.build/Release-iphonesimulator/Sitech Support.build/Objects-normal/i386/CDVLogger.o /Users/cas/Documents/sitechappV2/sitechApp/platforms/ios/build/emulator/libCordova.a(CDVLogger.o) ld: 2 duplicate symbols for architecture i386 ** BUILD FAILED ** The following build commands failed: Ld /var/root/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/Sitech_Support-ciaapkfmwnuajwfhlpxsmqnblovk/Build/Intermediates/Sitech\ Support.build/Release-iphonesimulator/Sitech\ Support.build/Objects-normal/x86_64/Sitech\ Support normal x86_64 (1 failure) Error: Error code 65 for command: xcodebuild with args: -xcconfig,/Users/cas/Documents/sitechappV2/sitechApp/platforms/ios/cordova/build-release.xcconfig,-workspace,Sitech Support.xcworkspace,-scheme,Sitech Support,-configuration,Release,-sdk,iphonesimulator,-destination,platform=iOS Simulator,name=iPhone SE,build,CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR=/Users/cas/Documents/sitechappV2/sitechApp/platforms/ios/build/emulator,SHARED_PRECOMPS_DIR=/Users/cas/Documents/sitechappV2/sitechApp/platforms/ios/build/sharedpch
Does someone know how to fix this? When using
ionic cordova platform remove ios
ionic cordova platform add ios
I will get an xcode project, but this one is not optimized for the build and thus slower.