This document discusses using CocoaPods to manage development pods for iOS projects. It recommends putting source code in a Classes folder within the pod and resources like images in an Assets folder. Developers should avoid merging xcodeproj, xib, and storyboard files by maintaining their own copies. CocoaPods generates a xcworkspace file that locates bundled resources using the PodAsset library. This allows adding new files without merging the xcodeproj and cleaning the git repository of merges.

1. CocoaPods
Hai Feng Kao
CocoaHead Taipei 2016.10

2. iOS Tech Challenge 2015.09

3. iOS Tech Challenge 2015.09
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4. MERGE!!! xcodeproj

5. MERGE!!! xib

6. MERGE!!! storyboard

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12. Development Pods!

14. sudo gem install cocoapods

15. Let CocoaPods manage files
• Don’t use xcodeproj
• Use xcworkspace instead
• don’t commit xcworkspace
• put it in .gitignore
• Put files in development pods
• New files will be added to xcworkspace
• run pod install when files are added or removed
• don’t have to run pod install for file editing
• Regenerate xcworkspace after each pull
• by running pod install again

17. •
• enable demo application
Create new project

19. Ignore xcworkspace

20. Ignore Pods

21. Add new files
• Put sources in HelloWorld/Classes
• Arrange the code structure
• Different folder for different iOS dev
• Or any way you like

22. Create xcworkspace
• run pod install

23. Images!

24. enable bundles
• uncomment resource_bundles
• in HelloWorld.podspec
• include all files in Assets
• storyboard
• xib
• jpg
• png

25. Add PodAsset
• We need it to locate bundles
• https://github.com/
haifengkao/PodAsset

26. Show appreciation
• Press
• https://github.com/
haifengkao/PodAsset

27. Add images
• to HelloWorld/Assets

28. Show images
• locate the bundle with
PodAsset
• use imageNamed:inBundle:

29. Other resources
• You can use the same method
to load
• json
• storyboard
• xib
• Check readme
• https://github.com/
haifengkao/PodAsset
• Send you pull requests!

30. Clean git repository
• No more merges!!!!!

31. Summary
• Avoid merge xcodeproj
• put files in Classes folder
• Avoid merge xib and storyboard
• each dev maintains his own storyboard files
• put resources in Assets folder

32. Q&A
• You can mix swift and objc in the same pod
• The pod is local (development pod)
• you don’t have to publish it to the Internet
• This method didn’t cover test case management
• yes, you still need to merge xcodeproj if you add new
test cases
• There are other options: use frameworks instead of pods

33. Thank You