Using flutter with native resources on apple silicon processors

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Learn to use Flutter with native resources on Apple Silicon processors and resolve common errors

intermediate Published 20 Dec 2024
Action Steps
  1. Install the latest version of Flutter using the command 'flutter pub upgrade' to ensure compatibility with Apple Silicon processors
  2. Use the 'arch -x86_64' command to specify the architecture for CocoaPods, resolving the 'cannot load such file -- ffi_c' error
  3. Configure your project to use native resources by adding the necessary dependencies to your pubspec.yaml file
  4. Run 'pod install' in your project's ios directory to install the required pods
  5. Test your application on an Apple Silicon processor to ensure that native resources are working correctly
Who Needs to Know This

Mobile developers and engineers working with Flutter on Apple Silicon processors will benefit from this lesson, as it provides a solution to a common error encountered when using native packages

Key Insight

💡 Specifying the architecture for CocoaPods using 'arch -x86_64' resolves the 'cannot load such file -- ffi_c' error

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Learn to use Flutter with native resources on Apple Silicon processors and resolve common errors

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# Using flutter with native resources on apple silicon processors

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If you are building a flutter application for apple processors using Silicon processors (M1+) and dealing with native packages for things such as playing a sound, you maybe encountered this error:

```
Error output from CocoaPods:
↳
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require': cannot load such file --
ffi_c (LoadError)
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
from /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/ffi-1.17.0-x86_64-darwin/lib/ffi.rb:5:in `rescue in <top (required)>'
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