Following things are done.

1. spec file for pod is updated for the ios version, because new animation uses ios8.0 api
2. some minor changes are done in the project file

UITabBarItem+CustomBadge.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj

@@ -273,9 +273,10 @@
 				GCC_WARN_UNINITIALIZED_AUTOS = YES_AGGRESSIVE;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_FUNCTION = YES;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_VARIABLE = YES;
-				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 9.3;
+				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 8.0;
 				MTL_ENABLE_DEBUG_INFO = YES;
 				ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH = YES;
+				PROVISIONING_PROFILE_SPECIFIER = "";
 				SDKROOT = iphoneos;
 				TARGETED_DEVICE_FAMILY = "1,2";
 			};
@@ -313,8 +314,9 @@
 				GCC_WARN_UNINITIALIZED_AUTOS = YES_AGGRESSIVE;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_FUNCTION = YES;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_VARIABLE = YES;
-				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 9.3;
+				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 8.0;
 				MTL_ENABLE_DEBUG_INFO = NO;
+				PROVISIONING_PROFILE_SPECIFIER = "";
 				SDKROOT = iphoneos;
 				TARGETED_DEVICE_FAMILY = "1,2";
 				VALIDATE_PRODUCT = YES;
@@ -326,10 +328,15 @@
 			buildSettings = {
 				ASSETCATALOG_COMPILER_APPICON_NAME = AppIcon;
 				CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY = "";
+				"CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY[sdk=iphoneos*]" = "";
+				DEVELOPMENT_TEAM = "";
 				INFOPLIST_FILE = "$(SRCROOT)/Example-demonstration/Info.plist";
+				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 8.0;
 				LD_RUNPATH_SEARCH_PATHS = "$(inherited) @executable_path/Frameworks";
 				PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER = "com.UITabbaritem-CustomBadge";
 				PRODUCT_NAME = "UITabBarItem+CustomBadge";
+				PROVISIONING_PROFILE = "";
+				PROVISIONING_PROFILE_SPECIFIER = "";
 			};
 			name = Debug;
 		};
@@ -339,10 +346,14 @@
 				ASSETCATALOG_COMPILER_APPICON_NAME = AppIcon;
 				CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY = "";
 				"CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY[sdk=iphoneos*]" = "";
+				DEVELOPMENT_TEAM = "";
 				INFOPLIST_FILE = "$(SRCROOT)/Example-demonstration/Info.plist";
+				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 8.0;
 				LD_RUNPATH_SEARCH_PATHS = "$(inherited) @executable_path/Frameworks";
 				PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER = "com.UITabbaritem-CustomBadge";
 				PRODUCT_NAME = "UITabBarItem+CustomBadge";
+				PROVISIONING_PROFILE = "";
+				PROVISIONING_PROFILE_SPECIFIER = "";
 			};
 			name = Release;
 		};

UITabbarItem-CustomBadge.podspec

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   #  the deployment target. You can optionally include the target after the platform.
   #
 
-  s.platform     = :ios, "6.0"
+  s.platform     = :ios, "8.0"
   # s.platform     = :ios, "5.0"
 
   #  When using multiple platforms