ios amazon-web-services import aws-sdk linker-flags

AWS SDK Linker Flags conflicting with imported project

I've got an app successfully using the AWS SDK framework, and now I'm trying to import a static library as a homemade framework, sharing code with several of my other projects.

The problem is: in order to import my static library, I need to add the -ObjC linker flag in order to import the library, but whenever I add that linker flag, AWS freaks out and gives me 40+ red compile errors.

I'm entirely new to linker flags and library importing, so I honestly don't really know where to start. I've done some research, but the best lead I can find is the suggestion that I could use -force_load instead of -ObjC, but that seems to require manually adding every ".m" file in the Build Phases section, and my library includes hundreds of such files.

Is there a simpler solution to this problem than adding every one of those files so I can use -force_load? How can I get the AWK SDK and the needs of importing my library to play nicely together?

EDIT: From a suggestion in the comments, here is the error I'm getting when I add the -ObjC linker flag. Without that flag (and without adding the static library), the app compiles successfully with the AWSiOSSDKv2 framework. But adding that linker flag (which, as I understand it, is needed for the static library, but even before adding that library) immediately results in this:

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EDIT 2: Based on Yosuke Matsuda's answer, I added libsqlite3.dylib, which I was missing. Now the previous errors have disappeared, but I have dozens (hundreds?) of "duplicate symbol" lines, ending in a single red "Linker command failed with exit code 1" error. (I would include them all but, hilariously, they put my post at 73,111 characters, well over the 30,000 character limit.)

Funny thing is, they seem to be from conflicts caused by requirements of the frameworks themselves (for example, AWSCore in the AWS Framework requires the Bolts framework, but they seem to conflict with a bunch of duplicate symbols?).

And, as before, simply removing -ObjC from the Linker Flags allows the app to compile normally and successfully.

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ld: 260 duplicate symbols for architecture i386
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)

Solution

The AWS Mobile SDK for iOS depends on libsqlite3.dylib, libz.dylib, and SystemConfiguration.framework, but you are not providing them. That is the cause for the error message. This section of AWS Mobile SDK for iOS Developer Guide lists the necessary dependencies.