Getting Error in Xcode 26.0.1 of ALAssetsLibrary' is unavailable in iOS: Use PHPhotoLibrary from the Photos framework instead

[Hitesh0321]

Getting error of

/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS26.0.sdk/usr/lib/swift/AssetsLibrary.swiftmodule/arm64e-apple-ios.swiftinterface:1:1 failed to build module 'AssetsLibrary'; this SDK is not supported by the compiler (the SDK is built with 'Apple Swift version 6.2 effective-5.10 (swiftlang-6.2.0.17.14 clang-1700.3.17.1)', while this compiler is 'Apple Swift version 6.2 effective-5.10 (swiftlang-6.2.0.19.9 clang-1700.3.19.1)'). Please select a toolchain which matches the SDK.

/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS26.0.sdk/usr/lib/swift/AssetsLibrary.swift
module/arm64e-apple-ios.swiftinterface:10:25 'ALAssetsLibrary' is unavailable in iOS: Use PHPhotoLibrary from the Photos framework instead

[grigoqdev]

@Hitesh0321 Did u sort this?

@hummelslei Please help.

[grigoqdev]

No, I also got the same issue, please help

[hermiteer]

I've been trying to solve this for a few days. What I've learned:

• DJIWidget/DJIAlbumHandler.h imports AssetsLibrary
• ALAssetsLibrary has been obsoleted from iOS 26 (symbols are not in the SDK anymore)
• only 3 symbols from AssetsLibrary are used

_OBJC_CLASS_$_ALAssetsLibrary"]),
_ALAssetsGroupPropertyName"]),
_ALAssetsGroupPropertyURL"]),

I made a stub framework with these symbols, but haven't been able to convince Xcode 26 to look at the stub framework instead of searching for ALAssetsLibrary. It seems to be hardcoded to do that, with no way to change via build configuration settings.

UPDATE!

I've managed to get this working. The idea of making a stub framework was on the right track, but a little more tweaking was necessary to get Xcode to see it properly. In the end, here's what worked:

• edit any the DJISDK and DJIWidget headers to remove import <AssetsLibrary/AssetsLibrary.h>
• create a dynamic library packaged as a framework for the referenced ALAssetsLibrary symbols
• add the framework to your project with "Embed & Sign"

Removing the import statement (from DJIAlbumHandler.h) will allow Xcode to skip compiling the ALAssetsLibrary framework. Adding the stub framework to the project will allow the DJI frameworks to link.

The big caveat here is that if any of your code exercises the ALAssetsLibrary calls in DJISDK or DJIWidget, your app may crash, so be sure to test well.