CocoaPods is a dependency manager for Cocoa projects. It allows installing and updating libraries in Xcode projects. To use CocoaPods, install the gem, create a Podfile listing dependencies, run pod install, and open the generated Xcode workspace. Libraries can be declared in a Podspec file which defines metadata and installation instructions. The Podspec and license must be in the root of the library repository.

1. CocoaPods
Jordi
Giménez

2. Installa<on
• Install
Command
Line
Tools
from
Xcode
• sudo gem update --system
• sudo gem install cocoapods
• pod setup
mobilejazz.cat

3. Use
in
a
project
• Create
a
Podfile
• pod install
• Open
.xcworkspace file
• That’s
it!
mobilejazz.cat

4. Declare
a
library
A
lot
of
libraries
already
have
a
Podspec
If
not,
you
can
create
one:
• ls LICENSE # make sure has a license
• pod spec create ProjectName # Create a .podspec (doesn't need
to be in repo)
• vi ProjectName.podspec
• pod spec lint # Check spec
mobilejazz.cat

5. More
• Important:
LICENSE
and
.podspec
need
to
be
in
the
root
of
the
repo
Reference:
• hOps://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/wiki/The-­‐
podspec-­‐format
• hOps://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/wiki/Dependency-­‐
declara<on-­‐op<ons
mobilejazz.cat

6. Sample
code
• hOps://github.com/jgimenez/CocoaPodsBarcelonaWeather
• hOps://github.com/jgimenez/CocoaPodsWeatherLibrary
mobilejazz.cat