What's ALWAYS_EMBED_SWIFT_STANDARD_LIBRARIES with CocoaPods, Swift 3 and Xcode 8

Go here in your build settings...

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And then highlight the "Always embed..." row and hit delete. This will change it to use the inherited property.

Even after you make this change it will remain there but it will probably change from bold to normal text. If that change happens then it is inherited.

Normal text = inherited.

Bold text = overridden.


I was able to fix this problem by doing the following (step by step):

  1. Go to Build Settings
  2. At the top select All and Combined
  3. Under Build Options you should see Always Embed Swift Standard Libraries and it is bold.
  4. Click on it and click delete (<-). It should now be unbolded. (Normal text = inherit)
  5. Pod install and the error/errors should go away!

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  1. Go to Build Settings
  2. At the top select All and Combined
  3. Under Build Options search "Always Embed Swift Standard Libraries"
  4. Update its value with $(inherited)
  5. Now install pod and all the error should go.

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