Steps to Reproduce
- Install camerawesome (latest version) in a Flutter app
- Build the iOS app with recent Xcode (Xcode 15 or 16)
- Run the app on an affected real iOS device
- App crashes immediately before showing any UI
- Xcode logs show dyld failure referencing _LocationEssentials.framework
- This occurs even without using the camera, as long as the plugin is included.
Expected results
- The app should launch normally on all supported iOS devices
- The camerawesome.framework should not weak-link or depend on private Apple frameworks
- The plugin should be compiled against public SDKs and not cause dyld loader failures
- No crash due to missing system frameworks
Actual results
- The app crashes instantly on affected iOS devices
- Flutter does not start; crash happens before main()
- Crash trace from dyld indicates missing private framework:
Library not loaded: /System/Library/Frameworks/_LocationEssentials.framework/_LocationEssentials
Referenced from: .../Frameworks/camerawesome.framework/camerawesome
Reason: no such file, not in dyld cache
About your device
| Brand |
Model |
OS |
| Apple |
iPhone 14 Pro Max |
18.6.2 |
Also tested on:
- iPhone 13 (iOS 26.1) – works
- iPhone 15 (iOS 26.0) – works
Your flutter version
Flutter: 3.38.1
Dart: 3.10.0
Additional Logs
dyld[915]: Library not loaded: /System/Library/Frameworks/_LocationEssentials.framework/_LocationEssentials
Referenced from: .../Frameworks/camerawesome.framework/camerawesome (built for iOS 26.0 which is newer than running OS)
Reason: tried: '/System/Library/Frameworks/_LocationEssentials.framework/_LocationEssentials' (no such file)
'/private/preboot/Cryptexes/OS/System/Library/Frameworks/_LocationEssentials.framework/_LocationEssentials' (no such file)
'/System/Library/Frameworks/_LocationEssentials.framework/_LocationEssentials' (no such file, not in dyld cache)
* thread #1, stop reason = signal SIGABRT
frame #0: 0x00000001b61375e0 dyld`__abort_with_payload
Steps to Reproduce
Expected results
Actual results
About your device
Also tested on:
Your flutter version
Flutter: 3.38.1
Dart: 3.10.0
Additional Logs