error: module file's minimum deployment target is ios8.3 v8.3

Question

All attempts to import a dynamic framework in an Xcode playground yield the following error:

error: module file's minimum deployment target is ios8.3 v8.3

Solution 1

You might have created a target after updating Xcode, which made 8.3 the iOS Deployment Target in Build Settings for that target.

I fixed this by:

1. Setting the iOS Deployment Target to 8.0 (Which is the same as the rest of the project)

Note iOS version mismatch in this screenshot (one is 10.0, other is 9.3)

Note iOS versions now match (make sure they all match)

2. Doing a clean (Command+Shift+k) and build

If a clean+build doesn't fix it, switching the device/simulator that you are deploying to from the scheme menu and building again should help.

Solution 2

This error might also crop up if you're unit testing. So in addition to what @Tony and @Allreadyhome has suggested, do the following:

• With your test target selected, go to 'Build Settings'
• Search for 'iOS Deployment target' at the top search bar.
• Change the value for the iOS Deployment Target accordingly, (in the context of this question, you will change the deployment target to 8.0)

And you should be good.

Solution 3

As mentioned by Tony you have to

1. Set the iOS Deployment Target to 8.0

If using Pods the further step you may need to do:

2. Go into the Pods dependancies and change the deployment targets to 8.0 also.

In my case, I had to change the deployment target on each of my pods to 8.0 as they were all on 8.3.

Solution 4

In your Pod File, just delete the comment at this line:

platform :ios, '8.0'

It work for me.

Solution 5

I've encountered error:

Module file's minimum deployment target is ios9.2 v9.2

After I changed the iOS deployment target to 8.0 for my PROJECT. The project is created by Xcode 7.2, with 'Include Unit Tests' and 'Include UI Tests' checked.

Because of the XCUIApplication() requires iOS 9.0+, to fix the error, just change the deployment target of UI Tests to 9.0 or above, and leaves 8.0 for other targets.

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Comments

[Vatsal Manot]

Just a note: this issue has been resolved with the GM build of Xcode 6.3.

[Nate Uni]

Not for me .. just got the build and the issue is still applicable for me.

[Suz]

I had to try multiple times: When I changed the deployment target, it didn't seem to actually change until I switched to a different deployment device. Then it finally worked.

[King-Wizard]

Changing the deployment target of my Xcode project fixed the problem for me.

[William Entriken]

Same problem Version 7.2.1 (7C1002)

[jotaEsse]

I've been looking for a way to do this for weeks! Thanks a lot! Just a hint, maybe it won't show up if the tab "Basic" is selected. Choose "All" before searching and you'll be good to go.

[Yevhen Dubinin]

I wonder, how dynamic framework and the app would behave during runtime on iOS 8, if the app deployment target is set to iOS 8.0 and the framework's is iOS 9.0. ?

[Vatsal Manot]

@EugeneDubinin: It would crash upon usage of non-existent APIs. Developers attempting to support multiple iOS versions usually implement runtime checks for these sort of things.

[Jacob F. Davis C-CISO]

For case: "Module file's minimum deployment target is ios10.0 v10.0", My target was already 10.0. I cleaned and rebuilt: no joy I changed deployment target, cleaned rebuild: no joy I changed target to 10.1, clean rebuild, change back to 10.0, clean rebuild: no joy. Could not resolve issue with this solution.

[Jacob F. Davis C-CISO]

This answer explained in a different way led me to the answer: stackoverflow.com/questions/32692828/… I edited this answer by adding screenshots to show exactly where to change the iOS version data.

[Michael]

Got this error in xCode 9.4 with iOS 11.4 while working through Ray Wenderlich's Framework Tutorial (raywenderlich.com/126365/ios-frameworks-tutorial) . There was an old IOS 8.0 target buried deep in the test suite settings structure that @JacobDavis 's post help me find.

[u2Fan]

This also led me to check the "Project"s build settings, and they were old, too. Updated those, and now I'm golden! Thanks!

[David J]

You're a life saver. I would have never figured this out.

[gnarlybracket]

"With your test target selected..." was what I was missing from other answers.