How to add pod dependencies in a flutter project manually

Question

I created a flutter project and a Podfile was generated automatically. I need to add the following dependencies into my project,

pod 'GMGdtAdapter-Beta', '4.15.40.1'
pod 'GMKsAdapter-Beta', '3.3.76.1'

May I ask if I should add these two lines at the end of the auto-generated Profile? like

... ...

post_install do |installer|
  installer.pods_project.targets.each do |target|
    flutter_additional_ios_build_settings(target)
  end
end

pod 'GMGdtAdapter-Beta', '4.15.40.1'
pod 'GMKsAdapter-Beta', '3.3.76.1'

Or if I should add them in the Runner target like,

... ...

target 'Runner' do
  use_frameworks!
  use_modular_headers!

  pod 'GMGdtAdapter-Beta', '4.15.40.1'
  pod 'GMKsAdapter-Beta', '3.3.76.1'

  flutter_install_all_ios_pods File.dirname(File.realpath(__FILE__))
  target 'RunnerTests' do
    inherit! :search_paths
  end
end

... ...

Thanks in advance!

siega · Accepted Answer · 2025-06-20 14:23:50Z

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The short answer is: You should add it inside Runner target.

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To manually add a CocoaPods dependency to an iOS Flutter project, follow these steps:

✅ 1. Open your iOS Podfile

In your Flutter project, navigate to:

your_flutter_project/ios/Podfile

✅ 2. Add your Pod inside the `target 'Runner' do` block

For example, to add SDWebImage:

target 'Runner' do
  use_frameworks!
  use_modular_headers!

  flutter_install_all_ios_pods File.dirname(File.realpath(__FILE__))

  # Add your pod here
  pod 'SDWebImage', '~> 5.0'
end

✅ 3. Run `pod install`

After saving the Podfile:

cd ios
pod install

✅ 4. (Optional) Clean and rebuild

Sometimes it's useful to clean and rebuild your Flutter project:

flutter clean
flutter pub get
flutter run

⚠️ Notes

Flutter uses CocoaPods internally, so you must not remove or modify flutter_install_all_ios_pods.
If your pod uses use_frameworks!, you may need to resolve conflicts if some Flutter plugins are incompatible. You can use workarounds like :modular_headers => true or convert to static frameworks depending on the case.

answered Jun 20 at 14:23

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Hugues Hou Jun 23 at 5:13

Thank you so much, siega!

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