when will GoogleMLKit support arm64 simulator

Question

We're using GoogleMLKit on iOS, and right now our team is switching to m1 Macbook. We have to set some conditions to make it work on ios-arm64-simulator like this

I'd like to know if google official has a plan to support ios-arm64-simulator such as providing an xcframework?

Legionary

Answer 1

Yes, we have a plan, but it can take some time to find a solution.

Slipcover

Is there any issue open we can track progress on this topic? – Bibliolatry

Yes, here is the open issue link: issuetracker.google.com/issues/178965151 – Slipcover

@DongChen it's been 2 years and we never heard back from Google, it's still missing the arm64... – Adrastus

Answer 2

Good news for everyone on this thread.

I have spent a week finding a solution/workaround for this issue (MLKit build on iOS Simulator). I have now finally been able to run MLKit (Translate) on the simulator. Please follow the steps below:

Disclaimer: Up until now, I haven't faced any issues after adding the below configurations. If I find any issues, I will post them here.

1. In "Excluded Architectures": For every target set "Any iOS Simulator SDK: i386 arm64".
2. MLKit does not allow running on 32-bit. We can configure it in Architectures, but it conflicts with iOS simulators. So, I configured it in Excluded Architectures: For every target set "Any iOS SDK: armv7".
3. Add "Required device capabilities" in Info.plist with only the item "arm64".

Now my project can auto-run on iOS simulators (x86_64) and real devices (arm64).

Using Xcode 15.3 on Macbook M1

You can confirm the final configurations from this ScreenShot .

Unseemly

Answer 3

I managed to run the app on simulator by switching to Rosetta:

Product > Destination > Show All Run Destinations

Then choose the simulator you need, but (Rosetta) version

Morrissey