**Remember to use the `ios/[YOUR APP NAME].xcworkspace` instead of the `ios/[YOUR APP NAME].xcproj` file from now on**.
We need to link the package with our development packaging. We have two options to handle linking:
#### Automatically with react-native-cli
React native ships with a `link` command that can be used to link the projects together, which can help automate the process of linking our package environments.
```bash
react-native link react-native-firebase
```
Update the newly installed pods once the linking is done:
```bash
cd ios && pod update --verbose
```
#### Manually
If you prefer not to use `react-native link`, we can manually link the package together with the following steps, after `npm install`:
**A.** In XCode, right click on `Libraries` and find the `Add Files to [project name]`.
**C.** Ensure that the `Build Settings` of the `RNFirebase.xcodeproj` project is ticked to _All_ and it's `Header Search Paths` include both of the following paths _and_ are set to _recursive_:
Since we're dependent upon cocoapods (or at least the Firebase libraries being available at the root project -- i.e. your application), we have to make them available for RNFirebase to find them.
Using cocoapods is the easiest way to get started with this linking. Add or update a `Podfile` at `ios/Podfile` in your app with the following:
```ruby
source 'https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs.git'
[
'Firebase/Core',
'Firebase/Auth',
'Firebase/Storage',
'Firebase/Database',
'Firebase/RemoteConfig',
'Firebase/Messaging'
].each do |lib|
pod lib
end
```
Then you can run `(cd ios && pod install)` to get the pods opened. If you do use this route, remember to use the `.xcworkspace` file.
