Could not load asset catalog from bundle (Swift package)

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Context

We made a simple swift package containing resources (images only).

The structure is as follows:
(App) -> (Swift Package A) -> (ImageProvider - package that contains images)

Everything runs fine during development, and even archiving and exporting the app via Xcode works. The .ipa contains all the bundles and they contain Assets.car, and everything just works.

Problem

The issue comes up when the app is archived on our CI/CD pipeline, via xcodebuild.

The code is simple, we have:

// Inside our package with images
open class ImageProvider {
    private static func getImage(named: String) -> Image {
        let uiImage = UIImage(named: named) ?? UIImage(named: named, in: .module, compatibleWith: nil)!
        return Image(uiImage: uiImage)
    }

   open class var logo: Image { getImage(named: "logo") }
   // etc..

Here are the commands we issue when archiving our app:

xcodebuild -sdk iphoneos -configuration release -project ./Apps/TheApp/TheApp.xcodeproj -scheme TheApp clean archive -archivePath ./TheApp.xcarchive PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER=com.the.app MARKETING_VERSION=1.0 CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION=1234 CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY= CODE_SIGNING_REQUIRED=NO CODE_SIGNING_ALLOWED=NO

xcodebuild -exportArchive -archivePath ./TheApp.xcarchive -exportPath ./ -exportOptionsPlist ./exportOptions.plist -allowProvisioningUpdates

When I try to run the .ipa file on a device I get the following errors:

Could not load asset catalog from bundle NSBundle </private/var/containers/Bundle/Application/F8CABB60-16FD-4096-88D5-8ECD8E73AD6E/TheApp.app> (loaded): Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=260 "RunTimeThemeRefForBundleIdentifierAndName() couldn't find Assets.car in bundle with identifier: com.the.app" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=RunTimeThemeRefForBundleIdentifierAndName() couldn't find Assets.car in bundle with identifier: com.the.app}

Could not load asset catalog from bundle NSBundle </var/containers/Bundle/Application/F8CABB60-16FD-4096-88D5-8ECD8E73AD6E/TheApp.app/ImageProvider_ImageProvider.bundle> (not yet loaded): Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=260 "RunTimeThemeRefForBundleIdentifierAndName() couldn't find Assets.car in bundle with identifier: com.the.app" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=RunTimeThemeRefForBundleIdentifierAndName() couldn't find Assets.car in bundle with identifier: com.the.app}

But the Assets.car is there:

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Questions

  • Is everything fine with the structure/code or am I doing something wrong?
  • Is this a bug or am I missing a step when archiving my library?

Thanks! :blush: