Actually build the generated static library project in the integration spec.

lib/cocoa_pods/command/install.rb

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ module Pod
             raise Help, "No Podfile found in current working directory."
           end
         end
-        Installer.new(spec, config.project_pods_root).install!
+        Installer.new(spec).install!
       end
     end
   end

lib/cocoa_pods/installer.rb

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ module Pod
   class Installer
     include Config::Mixin
 
-    def initialize(top_level_specification, pods_root)
-      @top_level_specification, @pods_root = top_level_specification, pods_root
+    def initialize(top_level_specification)
+      @top_level_specification = top_level_specification
     end
 
     def dependent_specification_sets
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ module Pod
           pattern = pattern + '*.{h,m,mm,c,cpp}' if pattern.directory?
           Dir.glob(pattern.to_s).each do |file|
             file = Pathname.new(file)
-            file = file.relative_path_from(@pods_root)
+            file = file.relative_path_from(config.project_pods_root)
             xproj.add_source_file(file)
           end
         end
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ module Pod
     end
 
     def write_files!
-      xproj.create_in(@pods_root)
-      xcconfig.create_in(@pods_root)
+      xproj.create_in(config.project_pods_root)
+      xcconfig.create_in(config.project_pods_root)
     end
   end
 end

spec/integration_spec.rb

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ else
       Pod::Source.reset!
       Pod::Spec::Set.reset!
       fixture('spec-repos/master') # ensure the archive is unpacked
-      config.project_pods_root = SpecHelper.temporary_directory + 'Pods'
+      config.project_pods_root = temporary_directory + 'Pods'
       config.repos_dir = fixture('spec-repos')
     end
 
@@ -40,27 +40,36 @@ else
       config.repos_dir = SpecHelper.tmp_repos_path
     end
 
-    it "should work" do
+    it "should activate required pods and create a working static library xcode project" do
       spec = Pod::Spec.new do
         dependency 'ASIWebPageRequest', '< 1.8.1'
         dependency 'JSONKit',           '>= 1.0'
         dependency 'SSZipArchive',      '< 2'
       end
-      installer = SpecHelper::Installer.new(spec, SpecHelper.temporary_directory)
+
+      installer = SpecHelper::Installer.new(spec)
       installer.install!
+
       (config.project_pods_root + 'Reachability.podspec').should.exist
       (config.project_pods_root + 'ASIHTTPRequest.podspec').should.exist
       (config.project_pods_root + 'ASIWebPageRequest.podspec').should.exist
       (config.project_pods_root + 'JSONKit.podspec').should.exist
       (config.project_pods_root + 'SSZipArchive.podspec').should.exist
+
+      puts "\n[!] Compiling static library..."
+      Dir.chdir(config.project_pods_root) do
+        system("xcodebuild > /dev/null 2>&1").should == true
+      end
     end
 
     it "does not activate pods that are only part of other pods" do
       spec = Pod::Spec.new do
         dependency 'Reachability'
       end
-      installer = SpecHelper::Installer.new(spec, SpecHelper.temporary_directory)
+
+      installer = SpecHelper::Installer.new(spec)
       installer.install!
+
       (config.project_pods_root + 'Reachability.podspec').should.exist
       (config.project_pods_root + 'ASIHTTPRequest.podspec').should.not.exist
     end