Failed build iOS with Codemagic about free-rasp-flutter

[yardexx]

Hello everyone!

After deep analysis and bug hunting, I was finally able to replicate and track down the issue. To resolve this issue, you have to adjust Codemagic pipeline. Notice that the instructions below apply to the workflow editor (not yaml one).

1. Go to Applications page where you can see an overview of all of your apps
2. Click the "⚙️" (Settings) button on the project where you use freeRASP
3. You are now in the workflow editor. You should see different settings such as "Build for platforms", "Run build on" and also build stages (Build triggers, Environment variables, Dependency caching, etc.). Now find Build stage.
4. Between Build and Tests stages there is a big "➕"(Add) button (if you haven't changed the pipeline till now). Click on it.
5. Now you'll see two windows: Post-test script and Pre-build script. We are going to focus on Pre-build one. Copy this script into the Pre-build script window.

#!/bin/sh
flutter pub get
cd ios
pod install
cd .symlinks/plugins/freerasp/iOS
ln -s Debug/TalsecRuntime.xcframework
cd ../../../../
pod install

6. If you already have some content there, just append the script. Please bear in mind your current working directory.
7. Don't forget to save changes using the save icon in the right top corner.
8. And that's all. Now, if you run the pipeline, it should pass without any problem.

Please let us know, if this solution worked for you.

Jaroslav from Talsec Team.

[tusharanchliyajain]

@yardexx i used the same script in our code magic flow. I forgot to mention here .. anyways thanks for the reply

[yardexx]

@tusharanchliyajain Thank you for your response.

Since solution works for you as well, I am closing this issue. Information about possible issues with Codemagic and how to resolve them will be added into README.md here on GitHub and on next release on pub.dev README as well.

If issue reoccurs, don't hesitate to reopen this issue.

Kind regards,
Jaroslav from Talsec Team

[yardexx]

Hello @peer-f

Apologies for the delay. I'll take look into it ASAP.

Jaroslav from Talsec

(Reopening issue)

[msikyna]

Hello @peer-f ,
try it with version 5.0.2 please.

Kind regards,
Talsec team

[peer-f]

@msikyna it works fine now.
The pipeline runs through flawlessly and we receive reports via email (we used 5.0.0-dev.1 for testing purposes). I've removed the old iOS implementation as described by @yardexx.
Thanks for your help guys!

[talsec-app]

Hello @santomalau03 , please try the following:

1. Check if the ios/.symlinks/plugins/freerasp/ios contains TalsecRuntime.xcframework symbolic link. If not, create it manually in that folder using the following command:
   ln -s ./Debug/TalsecRuntime.xcframework/ TalsecRuntime.xcframework
   The folder might not be visible. If there is no .symlinks folder at all, create the symlink in the freerasp-3.0.1/ios folder.
2. Run pod install in the application ios folder.

Kind regards,
Talsec team

[talsec-app]

Hello @santomalau03 ,

have you managed to solve the issue, or does it still persist? Thank you.

Kind regards,
Talsec team

[acdwisu]

Hello @talsec-app ,

I have similar issue when build ios. In ios directory it has contained the ios/.symlinks/plugins/freerasp/ios/TalsecRuntime.xcframework symlink.

Thank you

[acdwisu]

after some search,

in my case, it turn out because i targeted build for arm64 and armv7, while the latest freerasp-ios support arm64 and simulator arm64 & x86_x64, therefore define arm64 as build target could resolve my issue.

thx, cmiiw.

[talsec-app]

Thank you @acdwisu , we will investigate this further and add the information into the manual.

[acdwisu]

thank you @talsec-app

[tusharanchliyajain]

@talsec-app Any update on this, @acdwisu any solution how can I fix this ?

[msikyna]

Hello @tusharanchliyajain ,
the definition of arm64 as build target did not help?

[tusharanchliyajain]

Hey @msikyna,
Not it's not working with arm64 as build target still failing on codemagic build

[peer-f]

Hi @yardexx, we are using codemagic.yaml since the workflow editor doesn't support all of the features that we need for our pipelines. I've added the script that you provided before the flutter build ipa gets called and I still receive the No such module 'TalsecRuntime' error.

Our script looks like this:

      - flutter packages pub get
      - find . -name "Podfile" -execdir pod install \;
      ...
      - flutter build ipa --export-options-plist ~/export_options.plist --flavor=dev
        --build-name=0.1.0 --build-number=$PROJECT_BUILD_NUMBER

What I've tried so far:

• put the script before flutter packages pub get
• converted the script to a find command that I put after pod install
  - find . -type d -name "iOS" -execdir sh -c 'ln -s Debug/TalsecRuntime.xcframework "$0" && cd ../../../../' {} \;

[yardexx]

After long research, I cannot find a solution for the current version.

However, we will test a new version of freeRASP which will contain only a single iOS framework. That will resolve this issue once and for all.

Once released, I'll let you know here.

[peer-f]

Hi @yardexx,

thank you for looking into the issue!
What is the difference in version 5.0.0-dev.1 compared to 4.0.0? Using version 5.0.0-dev.1 our pipeline actually ran through.

[yardexx]

Since its inception, freeRASP has had a crucial feature of distinguishing between dev and release versions. This allows for testing checks without including them in the weekly report, ensuring accurate data. Until freeRASP 4.0.0, this was achieved by using two native SDKs, one for dev and one for release, which were switched based on the type of build (debug/profile/release).

While this approach worked well for Android, it caused a lot of headaches for iOS. Additionally, since Flutter does not directly support Swift Package Manager, it made the situation even more complicated. To resolve this issue, a symlink for the specific SDK is created on build time (using an integration script provided by the integrator), but as you can see, this workaround works sometimes and causes many issues.

To simplify things, the native SDKs were modified so that a single SDK could be used, and a flag would determine whether Talsec SDK operates in dev (false) or release (true - default for security reasons) mode. No changes occur during build time, avoiding any issues with imports.

The new API includes an isProd flag in TalsecConfig, which is not a breaking change since it has a default value (true).

final config = TalsecConfig(
    androidConfig: ...,
    // Defaults to true
    // true - release (no need to write explicitly)
    // false - dev
    isProd: false,
)

The checks have also been improved.

If you're testing freeRASP 5.0.0-dev.1 (we're glad to hear that!), don't forget to remove the old iOS integration script and use isProd instead. If you spot any issues, please report them by opening an issue. The team is currently testing freeRASP on different environments and with various tooling, including Codemagic, to resolve any issues.

However, it's important to note that freeRASP 5.0.0-dev.1 should not be considered stable. We plan to update the API to provide clearer integration. We also plan to merge iOS and Android callbacks into a single callback (e.g. onSimulatorDetected and onEmulatorDetected will be merged) for clearer and less cluttered code.

[msikyna]

Hello @peer-f ,
could you try it with the new version? The version is 5.0.0.

Kind regards,
Talsec team

[peer-f]

Hi @msikyna ,

I will check it asap.

Best Regards,
Peer