From 2bd8c65af82ad093da2dd97f76af3384c6d64bee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rui Mendes <rui.moreira.mendes@outsystems.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:56:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: handle Cordova plugins without iOS source files

---
 cli/src/ios/update.ts |  4 ++++
 cli/src/plugin.ts     |  2 +-
 cli/src/util/spm.ts   | 20 ++++++++++++++++----
 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cli/src/ios/update.ts b/cli/src/ios/update.ts
index 14bab0da67..550a7f8bd4 100644
--- a/cli/src/ios/update.ts
+++ b/cli/src/ios/update.ts
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ async function generateCordovaPackageFile(p: Plugin, config: Config) {
     );
     await writeFile(packageSwiftPath, content);
   } else {
+    const sourceFiles = getPlatformElement(p, platform, 'source-file');
+    if (sourceFiles.length === 0 && headerFiles.length === 0) {
+      return;
+    }
     const content = `// swift-tools-version: 5.9
 
 import PackageDescription
diff --git a/cli/src/plugin.ts b/cli/src/plugin.ts
index 884bba998a..b4cb692cf4 100644
--- a/cli/src/plugin.ts
+++ b/cli/src/plugin.ts
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ export function getPluginPlatform(p: Plugin, platform: string): any {
     });
     return platforms[0];
   }
-  return [];
+  return undefined;
 }
 
 export function getPlatformElement(p: Plugin, platform: string, elementName: string): any {
diff --git a/cli/src/util/spm.ts b/cli/src/util/spm.ts
index c50c39735c..daf6da926d 100644
--- a/cli/src/util/spm.ts
+++ b/cli/src/util/spm.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { fatal } from '../errors';
 import { getMajoriOSVersion } from '../ios/common';
 import { logger } from '../log';
 import type { Plugin } from '../plugin';
-import { getPluginPlatform, getPluginType, PluginType } from '../plugin';
+import { getPlatformElement, getPluginPlatform, getPluginType, PluginType } from '../plugin';
 import { runCommand } from '../util/subprocess';
 
 export interface SwiftPlugin {
@@ -124,6 +124,11 @@ let package = Package(
         const relPath = relative(config.ios.nativeXcodeProjDirAbs, plugin.rootPath);
         packageSwiftText += `,\n        .package(name: "${plugin.id}", path: "${relPath}")`;
       } else {
+        const sourceFiles = getPlatformElement(plugin, config.ios.name, 'source-file');
+        const headerFiles = getPlatformElement(plugin, config.ios.name, 'header-file');
+        if (sourceFiles.length === 0 && headerFiles.length === 0) {
+          continue;
+        }
         packageSwiftText += `,\n        .package(name: "${plugin.name}", path: "../../capacitor-cordova-ios-plugins/sources/${plugin.name}")`;
       }
     } else {
@@ -151,14 +156,21 @@ let package = Package(
                 .product(name: "Cordova", package: "capacitor-swift-pm")`;
 
   for (const plugin of plugins) {
-    let pluginText = `,\n                .product(name: "${plugin.ios?.name}", package: "${plugin.ios?.name}")`;
     if (getPluginType(plugin, config.ios.name) === PluginType.Cordova) {
       const platformTag = getPluginPlatform(plugin, config.ios.name);
       if (platformTag.$?.package) {
-        pluginText = `,\n                .product(name: "${plugin.id}", package: "${plugin.id}")`;
+        packageSwiftText += `,\n                .product(name: "${plugin.id}", package: "${plugin.id}")`;
+      } else {
+        const sourceFiles = getPlatformElement(plugin, config.ios.name, 'source-file');
+        const headerFiles = getPlatformElement(plugin, config.ios.name, 'header-file');
+        if (sourceFiles.length === 0 && headerFiles.length === 0) {
+          continue;
+        }
+        packageSwiftText += `,\n                .product(name: "${plugin.ios?.name}", package: "${plugin.ios?.name}")`;
       }
+    } else {
+      packageSwiftText += `,\n                .product(name: "${plugin.ios?.name}", package: "${plugin.ios?.name}")`;
     }
-    packageSwiftText += pluginText;
   }
 
   packageSwiftText += `