I'm using CocoaPods with my Xcode 4 project and I have three targets for my project (the default, one for building a lite version and one for building a demo version). All the targets use the same libraries, but CocoaPods is only adding the static library and search paths to the primary target. My podfile looks like this:
platform :ios, '5.0'
pod 'TestFlightSDK', '>= 1.1'
pod 'MBProgressHUD', '0.5'
pod 'iRate', '>= 1.6.2'
pod 'TimesSquare', '1.0.1'
pod 'AFNetworking', '1.1.0'
pod 'KKPasscodeLock', '0.1.5'
pod 'iCarousel', '1.7.4'
The only way I was get this to work was to specify each target individually with all the the pods listed again.
platform :ios, '5.0'
target :default do
pod 'TestFlightSDK', '>= 1.1'
pod 'MBProgressHUD', '0.5'
pod 'iRate', '>= 1.6.2'
pod 'TimesSquare', '1.0.1'
pod 'AFNetworking', '1.1.0'
pod 'KKPasscodeLock', '0.1.5'
pod 'iCarousel', '1.7.4'
end
target :lite do
link_with 'app-lite'
pod 'TestFlightSDK', '>= 1.1'
pod 'MBProgressHUD', '0.5'
pod 'iRate', '>= 1.6.2'
pod 'TimesSquare', '1.0.1'
pod 'AFNetworking', '1.1.0'
pod 'KKPasscodeLock', '0.1.5'
pod 'iCarousel', '1.7.4'
end
target :demo do
link_with 'app-demo'
pod 'TestFlightSDK', '>= 1.1'
pod 'MBProgressHUD', '0.5'
pod 'iRate', '>= 1.6.2'
pod 'TimesSquare', '1.0.1'
pod 'AFNetworking', '1.1.0'
pod 'KKPasscodeLock', '0.1.5'
pod 'iCarousel', '1.7.4'
end
Is there a better way to do this?
CocoaPods 1.0 has changed the syntax for this. It now looks like this:
def shared_pods
pod 'SSKeychain', '~> 0.1.4'
pod 'INAppStoreWindow', :head
pod 'AFNetworking', '1.1.0'
pod 'Reachability', '~> 3.1.0'
pod 'KSADNTwitterFormatter', '~> 0.1.0'
pod 'MASShortcut', '~> 1.1'
pod 'MagicalRecord', '2.1'
pod 'MASPreferences', '~> 1.0'
end
target 'Sail' do
shared_pods
end
target 'Sail-iOS' do
shared_pods
end
OUTDATED Pre CocoaPods 1.0 answer:
Yes there is a better way! Check out link_with
where you can do link_with 'MyApp', 'MyOtherApp'
to specify multiple targets.
I use this with unit tests like link_with 'App', 'App-Tests'
(beware of spaces in target's names).
Example:
platform :osx, '10.8'
link_with 'Sail', 'Sail-Tests'
pod 'SSKeychain', '~> 0.1.4'
pod 'INAppStoreWindow', :head
pod 'AFNetworking', '1.1.0'
pod 'Reachability', '~> 3.1.0'
pod 'KSADNTwitterFormatter', '~> 0.1.0'
pod 'MASShortcut', '~> 1.1'
pod 'MagicalRecord', '2.1'
pod 'MASPreferences', '~> 1.0'
2017 update
You can use abstract_target
# Note: There are no targets called "Shows" in any of this workspace's Xcode projects
abstract_target 'Shows' do
pod 'ShowsKit'
# The target ShowsiOS has its own copy of ShowsKit (inherited) + ShowWebAuth (added here)
target 'ShowsiOS' do
pod 'ShowWebAuth'
end
# The target ShowsTV has its own copy of ShowsKit (inherited) + ShowTVAuth (added here)
target 'ShowsTV' do
pod 'ShowTVAuth'
end
# Our tests target has its own copy of
# our testing frameworks, and has access
# to ShowsKit as well because it is
# a child of the abstract target 'Shows'
target 'ShowsTests' do
inherit! :search_paths
pod 'Specta'
pod 'Expecta'
end
end
I think better solution is
# Podfile
platform :ios, '8.0'
use_frameworks!
# Available pods
def available_pods
pod 'AFNetworking', '1.1.0'
pod 'Reachability', '~> 3.1.0'
end
target 'demo' do
available_pods
end
target 'demoTests' do
available_pods
end
Reference from : http://natashatherobot.com/cocoapods-installing-same-pod-multiple-targets/
If you want multiple targets to share the same pods, use an abstract_target.
# There are no targets called "Shows" in any Xcode projects
abstract_target 'Shows' do
pod 'ShowsKit'
pod 'Fabric'
# Has its own copy of ShowsKit + ShowWebAuth
target 'ShowsiOS' do
pod 'ShowWebAuth'
end
# Has its own copy of ShowsKit + ShowTVAuth
target 'ShowsTV' do
pod 'ShowTVAuth'
end
end
or just
pod 'ShowsKit'
pod 'Fabric'
# Has its own copy of ShowsKit + ShowWebAuth
target 'ShowsiOS' do
pod 'ShowWebAuth'
end
# Has its own copy of ShowsKit + ShowTVAuth
target 'ShowsTV' do
pod 'ShowTVAuth'
end
source: https://guides.cocoapods.org/using/the-podfile.html
Easiest way is to use an abstract target, where each pod specified will be linked with all targets.
abstract_target 'someNameForAbstractTarget' do
pod 'podThatIsForAllTargets'
end
target 'realTarget' do
pod 'podThatIsOnlyForThisTarget'
end