Argument list too long: recursive header expansion failed

[nikolaigeorgie]

Which implementation are you using

I'm using RNCamera

Steps to reproduce

1. following documentation ( npm install react-native-camera --save)
2. react-native link
3. Manual link...

Expected behaviour

I get a build fail and see the following

Argument list too long: recursive header expansion failed at /Users/USER/APP/node_modules/react-native-camera/ios/../../../ios/build/Index/DataStore/v5/records/1G.

Actual behaviour

FAILED BUILD

Environment

• Node.js version: LATEST
• React Native version: LATEST
• React Native platform + platform version: iOS 9.0

react-native-camera

Version: "master"

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[jim-at-jibba]

I am getting the same issue.

Fingers crossed for a quick fix.

Thanks for all your stellar work on this project.

[jim-at-jibba]

@nikolas7892 I was able to get my project to build by removing the build folder (./ios/build). Hope that is some help.

[jgfidelis]

@jim-at-jibba did this solve permanently your problem?

[jgfidelis]

Try to clean the project, restart xcode and build.

[jim-at-jibba]

@jgfidelis I solved my problem enough to push a build to Testflight. That was the end of the day so we will see this morning 😄

[MaheshNandam]

@lwansbrough @jgfidelis,

I have added Pods at frame relative paths and also replace master repo at package.json

but still:
Argument list too long: recursive header expansion failed at ../node_modules/react-native-camera/ios/../../../ios/Pods/React/node_modules/fsevents/node_modules/path-is-absolute.

[MaheshNandam]

I solved by replacing "$(SRCROOT)/../../../ios" at both framework search and header search paths with "$(SRCROOT)/../../../ios/Pods/react-native-camera"

and added "React and Yoga" to my pod file, works for me.

pod 'React', :path => '../node_modules/react-native', :subspecs => ['Core']
pod 'yoga', :path => '../node_modules/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga'

[mypark]

that didn't do the fix for me - anyone have alternative suggestions on a fix using a manual install instructions?

[MaheshNandam]

@mypark,

Remove/Uninstall 'react-native-camera' from podfile,

and if Pod target file has 'react-native-camera', remove this as well and try.

[neogeno]

Deleting the DerivedData folder manually worked for me

[M1chaelChen]

Tried deleting build folder and rebuild, also tried deleting DerivedData. Still got this error when building.
Anyone got other solutions to this?

[cihadturhan]

Same here, it was working fine before I integrated firebase.
Is there anyone using react-native-firebase with react-native-camera here?

[JJMoon]

I got the same error, after install Carthage module for the first time.
Header expansion failed on Carthage module.

Argument list too long: recursive header expansion failed at /Volumes/Data/Repo/mymodule/node_modules/react-native-camera/ios/../../../ios/Carthage/Checkouts/channel-plugin-ios/Carthage/Checkouts/ReSwift/BuildPhases.

[JJMoon]

I solved with deleting framework / header search path in camera project.
It works without these paths included. I guess they are necessary during development phase.

[hkxicor]

Getting the same issue, nothing works for me tried all solutions

[romk1n]

have the same issue, deleting derived directory doesn't help

[chancehudson]

Hi everyone, I was experiencing this issue on my companies react native project due to recursive search in the Pods directory here: $(SRCROOT)/../../../ios/**

This causes xcode to look through literally every directory in your projects ios directory.

As a temporary fix I've added a postinstall script that executes the following command:

#!/bin/bash
set -e

# Make RNCamera search paths non-recursive for ios to avoid recursion overflow in build
sed -i -e 's/ios\/\*\*/ios\/\*/g' ./node_modules/react-native-camera/ios/RNCamera.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj

[ccwukong]

I got it fixed after adding $(SRCROOT)/../node_modules/react-native/React in the Header Search Paths in RNCamera project.

[vgeorge]

I had version 0.12.0, then I tried to upgrade to 1.1.4 and got the "Argument list..." error. Tried all solutions in this issue, but only suceeded when I removed all references to RNCamera and RCTCamera in ios/<project_name/project.pbxproj, cleaned up the project and installed using CocoaPods. The related commit is here:

https://github.com/aetrapp/mobile/commit/517716c53ca1dc3a621d038fe94cc013e435a9ff#diff-3ec47061a629b55cd10c7e19ced7f003.

Manual install didn't worked for me, even when I removed Face Dectector reference.

[divsbhalala]

I had version 0.12.0, then I tried to upgrade to 1.1.4 and got the "Argument list..." error.
i just try ALL above solution but not able to fix it

[sturmenta]

I deleted the "ios/build" folder and executed "react-native run-ios" and it worked!

[Irrelon]

This happened to me after following the cocoapods based install instructions.

Fixed it by:

1. Removing all mention of "react-native-camera" from the ./ios/Podfile
2. Manually adding the RNCamera project to my main project's Libraries folder (in xcode right click on Libraries in the project tree left side, select "Add files to ..." then navigate to your project's node_modules/react-native-camera/ios/ and select the RNCamera project
3. Go to your project at the top of the project tree and select it, then go to build phases tab and expand the Link Binary With Libraries section, then click the plus and type "cam" the RNCamera.a will show on the list, add that.

Clean project and rebuild.

[abury]

Thanks @dmitry-salnikov for that super handy script!!! That allowed us to build, however we use wixs detox and the detox build was still showing this error. We just updated the script to set the Library Search Paths as well, and all was solved. 🙌

cat "${SRC_FILE}" | grep -A 4 FRAMEWORK_SEARCH_PATHS
cat "${SRC_FILE}" | grep -A 3 HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS
cat "${SRC_FILE}" | grep -A 4 LIBRARY_SEARCH_PATHS

perl -i -p0e 's/FRAMEWORK_SEARCH_PATHS = (.*?);/FRAMEWORK_SEARCH_PATHS = "\$(SRCROOT)\/..\/..\/..\/ios\/Pods\/Headers\/**\/**";/gs' ${SRC_FILE}

perl -i -p0e 's/HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS = (.*?);/HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS = "\$(SRCROOT)\/..\/..\/react-native\/React\/**";/gs' ${SRC_FILE}

perl -i -p0e 's/LIBRARY_SEARCH_PATHS = (.*?);/LIBRARY_SEARCH_PATHS = "\$(SRCROOT)\/..\/..\/..\/ios\/Pods\/Headers\/**\/**";/gs' ${SRC_FILE}

echo "Check after fix:"
cat "${SRC_FILE}" | grep FRAMEWORK_SEARCH_PATHS
cat "${SRC_FILE}" | grep HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS
cat "${SRC_FILE}" | grep LIBRARY_SEARCH_PATHS

[sommesh]

@cihadturhan Please let me know have you fixed this issue ..

I'm facing the same issue when integrating firebase ..

[jayb967]

I am also having issue, have firebase installed as well!

[prakhar-goel]

Try react-native link

[n1ru4l]

@sibelius Can this by fixed by adjusting the RNCamera.xcodeproj in this repository or is there a reason why the search paths are recursive?

[sibelius]

Maybe we can fix here, but it should work on both normal projects and podfile projects

[isaaclem]

I tried removed ./ios/Build folder and running command react-native run-ios, it's working fine, build successfully and running on simulator.

Now I switched over to XCODE and build it, I'm hitting the same problem again. Anyone have idea how to deal with it?

[zq513705971]

I remove the framework search paths values and add header search paths with the path $(SRCROOT)/../../react-native/React & $(SRCROOT)/../../React in the RNCamera.xcodeproj to fix it

[Mohammad-Khalid23]

This worked for me.
You have to edit your Framework Search Paths of RNCamera.xcodeproj. Go to,

Xcode -> Your Project -> Libraries -> RNCamera.xcodeproj -> Build Settings -> Framework Search Paths
Double click to edit and update value from $(SRCROOT)/../../../ios to $(SRCROOT)/../../ios
If there is both $(SRCROOT)/../../../ios and $(SRCROOT)/../../ios present then remove the first one.

[krewllobster]

@Mohammad-Khalid23 Thank you for the detailed instructions! This worked for me after manual ios installation (no pods). For anyone browsing this issue for a solution, try Mohammad's solution first as it is dead simple and well explained.

[johanarnor]

Had a similar issue which was solved by opening (and building) the .xcworkspace file in Xcode (instead of .xcodeproj).

[hansol775]

@Mohammad-Khalid23 Thank you. this solution is the answer. Don't reset the git often.

[fouad1994]

I solved by replacing "$(SRCROOT)/../../../ios" at both framework search and header search paths with "$(SRCROOT)/../../../ios/Pods/react-native-camera"

and added "React and Yoga" to my pod file, works for me.

pod 'React', :path => '../node_modules/react-native', :subspecs => ['Core']
pod 'yoga', :path => '../node_modules/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga'

Where did you do these changes please?

[sibelius]

use autolinking with v3

[fabOnReact]

Where did you do these changes please?

under Search Paths

@sibelius autolinking did not work and I am using cocoapods

after using the above solution, I had to solve Apple Mach-O Linker error

[gongmingqm10]

This worked for me.
You have to edit your Framework Search Paths of RNCamera.xcodeproj. Go to,

Xcode -> Your Project -> Libraries -> RNCamera.xcodeproj -> Build Settings -> Framework Search Paths
Double click to edit and update value from $(SRCROOT)/../../../ios to $(SRCROOT)/../../ios
If there is both $(SRCROOT)/../../../ios and $(SRCROOT)/../../ios present then remove the first one.

Works for me. Saved my day. Thanks.

[jamonholmgren]

Just noting that there's a mention of this issue in the official documentation:

https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/0.60/troubleshooting#argument-list-too-long-recursive-header-expansion-failed

[moxspoy]

This worked for me.
You have to edit your Framework Search Paths of RNCamera.xcodeproj. Go to,

Xcode -> Your Project -> Libraries -> RNCamera.xcodeproj -> Build Settings -> Framework Search Paths
Double click to edit and update value from $(SRCROOT)/../../../ios to $(SRCROOT)/../../ios
If there is both $(SRCROOT)/../../../ios and $(SRCROOT)/../../ios present then remove the first one.

in my case, this way works for me. thank you