From f486fc1d767e95f7695d4c00131db0739efd70b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jakub Kasprzyk <kasprzykjakub@proton.me>
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2026 14:40:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix(ios): make podspec helpers visible inside the spec
 block

CocoaPods loads a podspec with `eval` from `Pod._eval_podspec`, so a
top-level `def` in the file becomes an instance method of the `Pod`
module and is not callable from the `Pod::Spec.new` block, where `self`
is that module. Since #51 every `pod install` of this package failed with
`undefined method 'better_maps_ios_google_provider_enabled?' for module Pod`
on every Ruby and CocoaPods version, so a release cut from main could not
be installed on iOS.

Define the Podfile.properties helpers as local lambdas instead. This is the
podspec hunk from #67, applied byte-identically so that branch rebases
cleanly.
---
 package/react-native-better-maps.podspec | 19 +++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/package/react-native-better-maps.podspec b/package/react-native-better-maps.podspec
index a0dfe50..357b462 100644
--- a/package/react-native-better-maps.podspec
+++ b/package/react-native-better-maps.podspec
@@ -2,12 +2,16 @@ require 'json'
 
 package = JSON.parse(File.read(File.join(__dir__, 'package.json')))
 
-def better_maps_podfile_properties
+# Helpers are lambdas in local variables rather than top-level `def`s: CocoaPods
+# evaluates a podspec with `eval`, and a method defined that way is not visible
+# from inside the `Pod::Spec.new` block on every Ruby / CocoaPods combination
+# (Ruby 4.0 + CocoaPods 1.17 raises `undefined method ... for module Pod`).
+better_maps_podfile_properties = lambda do
   installation_root = Pod::Config.instance.installation_root
-  return {} if installation_root.nil?
+  next {} if installation_root.nil?
 
   podfile_properties_path = File.join(installation_root, 'Podfile.properties.json')
-  return {} unless File.exist?(podfile_properties_path)
+  next {} unless File.exist?(podfile_properties_path)
 
   JSON.parse(File.read(podfile_properties_path))
 rescue StandardError => e
@@ -15,10 +19,9 @@ rescue StandardError => e
   {}
 end
 
-def better_maps_ios_google_provider_enabled?
-  # Must match IOS_GOOGLE_PROVIDER_PODFILE_PROPERTY in plugin/src/ios.ts
-  better_maps_podfile_properties['betterMaps.iosGoogleProvider'] == 'true'
-end
+# Must match IOS_GOOGLE_PROVIDER_PODFILE_PROPERTY in plugin/src/ios.ts
+better_maps_ios_google_provider_enabled =
+  better_maps_podfile_properties.call['betterMaps.iosGoogleProvider'] == 'true'
 
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.name         = 'react-native-better-maps'
@@ -48,7 +51,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
 
   s.dependency 'React-jsi'
   s.dependency 'React-callinvoker'
-  if better_maps_ios_google_provider_enabled?
+  if better_maps_ios_google_provider_enabled
     s.dependency 'GoogleMaps'
   end
 

From df1f5a97050e9e52e8cb85cd1dc4997d2f62cea5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jakub Kasprzyk <kasprzykjakub@proton.me>
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2026 14:50:37 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fix(ios): rescue ::StandardError and ignore non-object
 Podfile.properties.json

The podspec runs with module `Pod` as its lexical scope, so a bare
`rescue StandardError` resolved to `Pod::StandardError` and never caught
`JSON::ParserError`; a malformed Podfile.properties.json still broke
`pod install`. Qualify the constant, and treat a valid JSON document that
is not an object (`null`, an array, a scalar) as no properties instead of
raising on the key lookup.
---
 package/react-native-better-maps.podspec | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/package/react-native-better-maps.podspec b/package/react-native-better-maps.podspec
index 357b462..fdb0dd2 100644
--- a/package/react-native-better-maps.podspec
+++ b/package/react-native-better-maps.podspec
@@ -13,8 +13,14 @@ better_maps_podfile_properties = lambda do
   podfile_properties_path = File.join(installation_root, 'Podfile.properties.json')
   next {} unless File.exist?(podfile_properties_path)
 
-  JSON.parse(File.read(podfile_properties_path))
-rescue StandardError => e
+  properties = JSON.parse(File.read(podfile_properties_path))
+  next properties if properties.is_a?(Hash)
+
+  Pod::UI.warn "[react-native-better-maps] Podfile.properties.json is not a JSON object. iOS Google Maps provider will be disabled."
+  {}
+# `::` is required: this file is evaluated inside module `Pod`, where a bare
+# `StandardError` resolves to `Pod::StandardError` and would not catch JSON errors.
+rescue ::StandardError => e
   Pod::UI.warn "[react-native-better-maps] Failed to read Podfile.properties.json: #{e.message}. iOS Google Maps provider will be disabled."
   {}
 end