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https://github.com/appsquickly/XcodeEditor

An API for manipulating Xcode project files.
https://github.com/appsquickly/XcodeEditor

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An API for manipulating Xcode project files.

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# Description



An API for manipulating Xcode project files. 



# Usage



### Adding Source Files to a Project



```objective-c

XCProject* project = [[XCProject alloc] initWithFilePath:@"MyProject.xcodeproj"];

XCGroup* group = [project groupWithPathFromRoot:@"Main"];

XCClassDefinition* classDefinition = [[XCClassDefinition alloc] initWithName:@"MyNewClass"];

[classDefinition setHeader:@""];

[classDefinition setSource:@""];



[group addClass:classDefinition];

[project save];

```



### Duplicating Targets



It will be added to project as well.



```objective-c

XCTarget* target = [project targetWithName:@"SomeTarget"];

XCTarget* duplicated = [target duplicateWithTargetName:@"DuplicatedTarget" productName:@"NewProduct"];

```



### Specifying Source File Belongs to Target



```objective-c

XCSourceFile* sourceFile = [project fileWithName:@"MyNewClass.m"];

XCTarget* examples = [project targetWithName:@"Examples"];

[examples addMember:sourceFile];

[project save];

```



### Adding a Xib File



This time, we'll use a convenience method on XCGroup to specify the targets at the same time:



```objective-c

XCXibDefinition* xibDefinition = [[XCXibDefinition alloc] initWithName:@"MyXibFile" content:@""];

[group addXib:xibDefinition toTargets:[project targets]];

[project save];

```



### Adding a Framework



```objective-c

XCFrameworkDefinition* frameworkDefinition =

    [[XCFrameworkDefinition alloc] initWithFilePath:@"" copyToDestination:NO];

[group addFramework:frameworkDefinition toTargets:[project targets]];

[project save];

```

Setting copyToDestination to YES, will cause the framework to be first copied to the group's directory within the

project, and subsequently linked from there. 



### Adding an Image Resource



```objective-c



XCSourceFileDefinition* sourceFileDefinition = [[XCSourceFileDefinition alloc]

    initWithName:@"MyImageFile.png" data:[NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:]

    type:ImageResourcePNG];



[group addSourceFile:sourceFileDefinition];

[project save];

```



### Adding Asset Catalog (ImageSet)



```objective-c



XCSourceFileDefinition* sourceFileDefinition = [XCSourceFileDefinition sourceDefinitionWithAssetCatalogName:];



[group addSourceFile:sourceFileDefinition];

[project save];

```



### Adding a Header



```objective-c

XCSourceFileDefinition* header = [[XCSourceFileDefinition alloc]

    initWithName:@"SomeHeader.h" text: type:SourceCodeHeader];



[group addSourceFile:header];

[project save];

```



### Adding a sub-project



```objective-c

subProjectDefinition = [XCSubProjectDefinition withName:@"mySubproject" projPath=@"/Path/To/Subproject" type:XcodeProject];

[group addSubProject:subProjectDefinition toTargets:[project targets]];

```



### Removing a sub-project

```objective-c

[group removeSubProject:subProjectDefinition];  //TODO: project should be able to remove itself from parent.

```



### Configuring targets



We can add/update linker flags, header search paths, C-flags, etc to a target.  Here we'll add header search paths: 



```objective-c

XCTarget* target = [_project targetWithName:_projectName];

for (NSString* configName in [target configurations])

{

    XCBuildConfiguration* configuration = [target configurationWithName:configName];

    NSMutableArray* headerPaths = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];

    [headerPaths addObject:@"$(inherited)"];

    [headerPaths addObject:@"$(SRCROOT)/include"];        

    [configuration addOrReplaceSetting:headerPaths forKey:@"HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS"];

}

```



. . . these settings are added by key, as they would appear in a make file. (Xcode provides more human friendly descriptions). To find the key for a given build setting, consult the compiler docs. Common settings are: 



* HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS

* OTHER_LD_FLAGS

* CLANG_CXX_LANGUAGE_STANDARD

* CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY

* GCC_C_LANGUAGE_STANDARD

* INFOPLIST_FILE 

* LIBRARY_SEARCH_PATHS

* PRODUCT_NAME

* PROVISIONING_PROFILE



###Adding a Library



```objc

XCSourceFile * libSourceFile = [project fileWithName:@"libAmazing.a"];



XCTarget* target = [project targetWithName:self.mProject.projectName];

[target addMember:libSourceFile];



for (NSString* configName in [target configurations]) {

    XCProjectBuildConfig* configuration = [target configurationWithName:configName];

    NSMutableArray* headerPaths = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];

    [headerPaths addObject:@"$(inherited)"];

    [headerPaths addObject:@"$(PROJECT_DIR)/Amazing"];

    [configuration addOrReplaceSetting:headerPaths forKey:@"LIBRARY_SEARCH_PATHS"];

}

```



### File write behavior



```objective-c

//Creates the reference in the project and writes the contents to disk. If a file already exists at the 

//specified location, its contents will be updated.

[definition setFileOperationStyle:FileOperationStyleOverwrite]; 

```



```objective-c

//Creates the reference in the project. If a file already exists at the specified location, the contents will 

//not be updated.

[definition setFileOperationStyle:FileOperationStyleAcceptExisting]; 

```



    

```objective-c

//Creates the reference in the project, but does not write to disk. The filesystem is expected to be updated 

//through some other means.

[definition setFileOperationStyle:FileOperationStyleReferenceOnly]; 

```



# Building 



Open the project in XCode and choose Product/Build. Alternatively install with CocoaPods. 



# Feature Requests and Contributions



. . . are very welcome. 



If you're using the API shoot me an email and tell me what you're doing with it. 



# Compatibility 



* Xcode-editor has been tested on Xcode 4+. It should also work on earlier versions of Xcode. 

* The AppCode IDE from JetBrains is now supported too! 

* Supports both ARC and MRR modes of memory management.



# Who's using it? 



* Apportable : Develop Android applications using Xcode, Objective-C and Cocoa APIs

* Xamarin: The Calabash automated functional testing for mobile applications. 

* Peckham : A great plugin for managing Xcode imports

* Level Helper: A RAD framework for developing 2D games on iOS & Android. 

* Text Mate: The missing Text Editor for OSX.



# Authors



* Jasper Blues - [email protected]

         

### With contributions from: 



* Connor Duggan - lots of bug fixes, maintenance and enhancements. 

* Alexander Smirnov - Cleaned up, generalized and contributed back the changes from the Calabash fork. 

* Zach Drayer - lots of fixes and features to support TextMate. 

* Janine Ohmer - support adding and removing sub-projects (http://www.synapticats.com).

* Bogdan Vladu - support adding and removing groups (www.levelhelper.org).

* Chris Ross of Hidden Memory (http://www.hiddenmemory.co.uk/)

* Paul Taykalo

* Vladislav Alekseev 

* Felix Schneider - bug fixes. 

* Isak Sky - mutable XCSourceFiles. 

* Derk-Jan Hartman : Adding folder references, by-file compiler flags. 

* StoneSpb : Speed improvements

* Ce Zheng : Fixes relating to Xcode 7, xcconfig support and others. 



Thanks! 



# LICENSE



Apache License, Version 2.0, January 2004, http://www.apache.org/licenses/



* © 2011 - 2012 Jasper Blues and contributors.