Cherry pick commits from release branch (#3221)

* Remove iOS static library verification (#3169)

It tries to predict a linker error and stop earlier, but there are cases where it fails to do so correctly.
We now start building without any preliminary checks on libraries and let it fail with whatever error it does.

fixes #2967

* Update Changelog for 3.3.1 release

Author: rosen-vladimirov

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 NativeScript CLI Changelog
 ================
 
-3.3.0 (2017, July 25)
+3.3.1 (2017, November 17)
+### Fixed
+* [Fixed #3164](https://github.com/NativeScript/nativescript-cli/issues/3164): `npm run build-*-bundle` gets stuck at nativescript-unit-test-runner hook.
+* [Fixed #3182](https://github.com/NativeScript/nativescript-cli/issues/3182): CLI fails when unable to start Analytics Broker process.
+
+3.3.0 (2017, October 26)
 ==
 
 ### New

lib/services/ios-project-service.ts

@@ -582,7 +582,6 @@ export class IOSProjectService extends projectServiceBaseLib.PlatformProjectServ
 	}
 
 	private async addStaticLibrary(staticLibPath: string, projectData: IProjectData): Promise<void> {
-		await this.validateStaticLibrary(staticLibPath);
 		// Copy files to lib folder.
 		const libraryName = path.basename(staticLibPath, ".a");
 		const headersSubpath = path.join(path.dirname(staticLibPath), "include", libraryName);
@@ -1031,21 +1030,6 @@ We will now place an empty obsolete compatability white screen LauncScreen.xib f
 		}
 	}
 
-	private async validateStaticLibrary(libraryPath: string): Promise<void> {
-		if (path.extname(libraryPath) !== ".a") {
-			this.$errors.failWithoutHelp(`The bundle at ${libraryPath} does not contain a valid static library in the '.a' file format.`);
-		}
-
-		const expectedArchs = ["armv7", "arm64", "i386"];
-		const archsInTheFatFile = await this.$childProcess.exec("lipo -i " + libraryPath);
-
-		expectedArchs.forEach(expectedArch => {
-			if (archsInTheFatFile.indexOf(expectedArch) < 0) {
-				this.$errors.failWithoutHelp(`The static library at ${libraryPath} is not built for one or more of the following required architectures: ${expectedArchs.join(", ")}. The static library must be built for all required architectures.`);
-			}
-		});
-	}
-
 	private replaceFileContent(file: string, projectData: IProjectData): void {
 		const fileContent = this.$fs.readText(file);
 		const replacedContent = helpers.stringReplaceAll(fileContent, IOSProjectService.IOS_PROJECT_NAME_PLACEHOLDER, projectData.projectName);