VLCKit cocoa pod (3.0.0a18) is broken (hardcoded library paths to developer machine)
The 3.0.0a18 cocoa pod is broken by virtue of issue #51 (closed) , but even if you get past that, the binary contains absolute library paths specific to the developer machine
% otool -L VLCKit.framework/VLCKit
VLCKit.framework/VLCKit:
@loader_path/../Frameworks/VLCKit.framework/Versions/A/VLCKit (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1.0.0)
/Users/fkuehne/Desktop/videolan/gits/VLCKit/libvlc/vlc/install-macos/lib/libvlccore.8.dylib (compatibility version 9.0.0, current version 9.0.0)
/Users/fkuehne/Desktop/videolan/gits/VLCKit/libvlc/vlc/install-macos/lib/libvlc.5.dylib (compatibility version 11.0.0, current version 11.0.0)
/System/Library/Frameworks/Cocoa.framework/Versions/A/Cocoa (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 22.0.0)
/System/Library/Frameworks/QuartzCore.framework/Versions/A/QuartzCore (compatibility version 1.2.0, current version 1.11.0)
/System/Library/Frameworks/Foundation.framework/Versions/C/Foundation (compatibility version 300.0.0, current version 1258.0.0)
/usr/lib/libobjc.A.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 228.0.0)
/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1226.10.1)
/System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Versions/C/AppKit (compatibility version 45.0.0, current version 1404.46.0)
/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/ApplicationServices (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 48.0.0)
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreFoundation.framework/Versions/A/CoreFoundation (compatibility version 150.0.0, current version 1258.1.0)
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/CoreServices (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 728.9.0)