[Bug]: App crashes on iOS devices having iOS version lower than 26.x

[vivek03codes]

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• I have searched the existing issues.
• I have carefully read the documentation and verified I have added the required platform specific configuration.

Please select affected platform(s)

• Android
• iOS

Steps to reproduce

• Install geocoding in a Flutter app
• Build the iOS app with recent Xcode (Xcode 26.0.1)
• Run the app on an affected real iOS device
• App crashes immediately before showing any UI
• Xcode logs show dyld failure referencing _LocationEssentials.framework

Expected results

• The app should launch normally on all supported iOS devices
• The geocoding_ios.framework should not link to 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

Code sample

Code sample

The app crashes on startup even before geocoding code execution.

Screenshots or video

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Version

4.0.0

Flutter Doctor output

Doctor output

[✓] Flutter (Channel stable, 3.38.1, on macOS 26.0.1 25A362 darwin-x64, locale en-IN) [1,954ms]
 • Flutter version 3.38.1 on channel stable at /Users/vivekyadav/fvm/versions/3.38.1
 • Upstream repository https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git
 • Framework revision b45fa18946 (2 weeks ago), 2025-11-12 22:09:06 -0600
 • Engine revision b5990e5ccc
 • Dart version 3.10.0
 • DevTools version 2.51.1
 • Feature flags: enable-web, enable-linux-desktop, enable-macos-desktop, enable-windows-desktop, enable-android, enable-ios, cli-animations, enable-native-assets,
 omit-legacy-version-file, enable-lldb-debugging

[✓] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 36.1.0) [4.0s]
 • Android SDK at /Users/vivekyadav/Library/Android/sdk
 • Emulator version 36.2.12.0 (build_id 14214601) (CL:N/A)
 • Platform android-36, build-tools 36.1.0
 • Java binary at: /Users/vivekyadav/Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents/jbr/Contents/Home/bin/java
 This is the JDK bundled with the latest Android Studio installation on this machine.
 To manually set the JDK path, use: `flutter config --jdk-dir="path/to/jdk"`.
 • Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 21.0.8+-14018985-b1038.68)
 • All Android licenses accepted.

[✓] Xcode - develop for iOS and macOS (Xcode 26.0.1) [3.7s]
 • Xcode at /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
 • Build 17A400
 • CocoaPods version 1.16.2

[✓] Chrome - develop for the web [17ms]
 • Chrome at /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome

[✓] Connected device (2 available) [7.2s]
 • macOS (desktop) • macos • darwin-x64 • macOS 26.0.1 25A362 darwin-x64
 • Chrome (web) • chrome • web-javascript • Google Chrome 142.0.7444.176
 ! Error: Browsing on the local area network for Suraj’s iPhone. Ensure the device is unlocked and attached with a cable or associated with the same local area network
 as this Mac.
 The device must be opted into Developer Mode to connect wirelessly. (code -27)

[✓] Network resources [1,294ms]
 • All expected network resources are available.

• No issues found

[vrvv]

post_install do |installer|
installer.pods_project.targets.each do |target|
flutter_additional_ios_build_settings(target)
target.build_configurations.each do |config|
# Force every plugin to use a stable iOS version (e.g., 13.0 or 14.0)
config.build_settings['IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET'] = '13.0'
end
end
end

then

flutter clean
rm -rf ios/Pods
rm -rf ios/Podfile.lock
rm -rf ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/*
flutter pub get
cd ios
pod install