Execution failed for task ':shared:podInstall'

Question

I am very new to KMM (Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile) and iOS development (including CocoaPods). I have come across the following build error in Android Studio.

Execution failed for task ':shared:podInstall'. java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "pod" (in directory "/Users/.../AndroidStudioProjects/.../iosApp"): error=2, No such file or directory

The directory definitely exists and I seem to be able to manually run pod commands from within the directory. I am not sure but it seems like this problem came about when I updated the Kotlin plugin from 1.5.0 to 1.5.10. This problem occurred even when starting a completely new KMM project.

I thought it might have something to do with Android Studio not being able to find the pod command so I added it to the path but that didn't seem to do anything. Any help with this would be appreciated.

Answer 1

Have you tried File > Invalidate Cache and Restart? I had exactly same issue, but It got fixed after invalidate cache and restart.

Answer 2

Check your Gradle JDK : Android Studio > Preferences > Build, Execution, Deployment > Build Tools > Gradle

Then select Gradle JDK -> Embedded JDK

Maybe you must execute in command line :

./gradlew :shared:podInstall