Need Assistance with xCode Project - Linker Errors and Version Compatibility with Apple External Purchase Link

Hello Apple Developer Community, I am currently working on an xCode project that uses Objective-C and I am trying to integrate Apple's external purchase link APIs available in iOS 15.4. To use these APIs, I need to utilize async and completion handlers which are available from iOS 13 onwards. The issue I'm facing is that the current minimum deployment version for my project is iOS 12. I would like to ensure my code compiles properly for the correct iOS versions and I am also using #if available; to ensure this. However, I am unsure of how to guarantee my code builds effectively with the deployment version being set to either iOS 12 or 13. I am currently facing the following linker errors:

ld: warning: Could not find or use auto-linked library 'swiftCompatibility56': library 'swiftCompatibility56' not found
ld: warning: Could not find or use auto-linked library 'swiftCompatibilityConcurrency': library 'swiftCompatibilityConcurrency' not found
ld: warning: Could not find or use auto-linked library 'swiftCompatibilityPacks': library 'swiftCompatibilityPacks' not found
ld: Undefined symbols:
  __swift_FORCE_LOAD_$_swiftCompatibility51, referenced from:
      __swift_FORCE_LOAD_$_swiftCompatibility51_$_ProjectXYZ in ProjectXYZ.a[20](ExternalPurchaseLinkWrapper.o)
  __swift_FORCE_LOAD_$_swiftCompatibility56, referenced from:
      __swift_FORCE_LOAD_$_swiftCompatibility56_$_ProjectXYZ in ProjectXYZ.a[20](ExternalPurchaseLinkWrapper.o)
  __swift_FORCE_LOAD_$_swiftCompatibilityConcurrency, referenced from:
      __swift_FORCE_LOAD_$_swiftCompatibilityConcurrency_$_ProjectXYZ in ProjectXYZ.a[20](ExternalPurchaseLinkWrapper.o)
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)

I would appreciate any guidance or advice on this matter. How do I ensure my code compiles and works only for the correct versions and how do I resolve the linker errors? Thank you in advance for your assistance. Best, Sumanth

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Let me see if I understand this correctly:

  1. You have a mostly Objective-C project.

  2. Its deployment target is set to iOS 12.

  3. You want to use Swift concurrency in that project in order to call iOS APIs that are built using that feature.

  4. Those APIs was introduced in iOS 15.4.

Is that right?

If so:

  • What version of Xcode are you using?

  • Have you tried boiling this down to a minimal test project? For example, if you create a small test project that gets the canOpen property, does it reproduce your link-time problem?

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  • Yeah, you are right.

    I am currently using Xcode 15.4.

    I have tried creating a dummy project and everything is working as intended. I can build with the minimum deployment version set to 12 by using if #available(iOS 15.4, *), etc.

    I can't do the same in the main project as I am getting some swift linker issues.

    Thanks, Sumanth

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  • I resolved the errors, for some reason, my Swift file wasn't a part of compile sources. The build is successful after adding it in compile sources after adding it in build phases with min development version set to be iOS 12.

    Thank you :) Regards, Sumanth

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