How to structure a Xcode project with Frameworks, Extensions and CocoaPods

Question

NB: Here is a more abstract and simplified sub-set of this question.

With the addition of Touch Frameworks, Extensions and the Apple Watch Xcode 6 projects and

Answer 1

I really think that you can use Cocoapods to create your workspace in this case, because it really helps you out, and you can add the components you want to each one of your own frameworks.

source 'https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs.git'
platform :ios, '8.0'
use_frameworks!

workspace ‘Project.xcworkspace'

target 'Project.Models’ do
xcodeproj ‘Project/Models.xcodeproj’
pod 'Alamofire', '~> 2.0'
pod 'SwiftyJSON', :git => 'https://github.com/SwiftyJSON/SwiftyJSON.git'

end

target 'Project.Business' do
xcodeproj ‘ Project/Project.Business.xcodeproj’

pod 'Alamofire', '~> 2.0'
pod 'SwiftyJSON', :git => 'https://github.com/SwiftyJSON/SwiftyJSON.git'

end

For example here is one example in how I manage to handle multiple Frameworks with multiple dependencies and resolve it into one main workspace that has all the dependencies for 3rd party libraries for each one of my projects

Hope this gives you a Hint or help you to resolve something.

Answer 2

More of a comment than an answer, but I don't have enough reputation for it: Have you tried using the cocoapods xcode plugin? I use it and it structures the pods on its own, so I don't even have to worry about it.