feat(ios): migrate to SPM dependencies

[lorenc-tomasz]

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Summary

This PR modernizes the iOS dependency management by migrating external libraries to Swift Package Manager (SPM). This change addresses the recent announcement from Google Maps Platform that CocoaPods support is being phased out and will be discontinued starting with version 11.0.

Specific changes:

• Migrated to SPM: Replaced CocoaPods dependencies with spm_dependency for the following libraries, pinning them to the same exact versions:
  • GoogleMaps: 10.4.0
  • GoogleMapsUtils: 6.1.3
  • SVGKit: 3.0.0
• Fixed source_files configuration:
  • Consolidated the source_files definition into a single array to prevent overwrite issues.
  • Re-added ios/**/*.{h,m,mm} to ensure Objective-C header files are correctly included alongside Swift files.
• Removed apply_svgkit_patch as not needed when we use SPM

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Type of change

• Feature
• Fix
• Refactor
• Internal / CI
• Documentation

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Scope

• Android
• iOS
• JS
• Example App
• Docs

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Related

N/A

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Additional notes

Verification:

• Verified pod install successfully resolves all SPM dependencies.
• Verified that the generated Xcode project correctly references the Swift packages.
• Confirmed that all source files (Swift, Obj-C++, C++) are properly indexed in the Xcode workspace.
• Validated the integration by successfully building and running the example application, confirming that the Google Maps SDK loads correctly and that all Swift Package Manager dependencies are properly linked and functional.

[pinpong]

Thank's for the PR. Please consider the impact on breaking changes.

[pinpong]

I got this warning:
[SPM] WARNING!!! Pod RNGoogleMapsPlus is using swift package(s) GoogleMaps, GoogleMapsUtils, SVGKit with static linking, this might cause linker errors. Consider using USE_FRAMEWORKS=dynamic, see https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/44627#issuecomment-2123119711 for more information

[lorenc-tomasz]

Hi @pinpong :)
Happy New Year :)

I didn't see such warning. Will check it :) At the moment, I guess, we can consider this PR like a draft. As long we will not be be forced to use SDK 11.x we are good with Pods :)

In theory there shouldn't be any breaking changes as the script is from RN team directly.

[lorenc-tomasz]

Hi,
I checked this. In general, Google Maps can work with USE_FRAMEWORKS=static, so this warning does not matter in this case.
When it comes to USE_FRAMEWORKS=dynamic, unfortunately some React Native dependencies fail to build. It looks like the RN team does not put much effort into maintaining this helper.
For now, I consider this just a curiosity, at least until we are forced to migrate to SDK 11 or the React Native team comes up with a better approach to using SPM.

Thanks again for pointing out this warning - I definitely wouldn’t want to keep something that could potentially be unstable.

I think we can close this PR for now :) I see that you pushed correct source_files patterns in dev :)