So I just followed this very short tutorial on how to create a framework with Swift.
At one point, the author of the article does this:
This leads him to this:
When I try to do the same, nothing happens though (Finder is never opened). So I thought I could just manually navigate to the project's folder to find the .framework file. But it seems, that such a file is simply never generated:
And even after searching for SortedList.framework in Spotlight, nothing is found.
A noteworthy detail is also, that in Xcode, the 'Products' are shown in red:
Why is the .framework file not generating?
The framework is being generated, but it is located within Xcode's DerivedData directory where your project is built, not the directory where your framework's source files are located.
Your target's path is likely not correct, which is why the product's name appears in red, and Finder can't open a window to that directory.
The location for the framework should be ${BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR}/${PRODUCT_NAME}.framework, which (for the Debug configuration) would expand to:
~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/SortedList-<random suffix>/Build/Products/Debug-iphoneos/SortedList.framework`
Update:
If you select the framework product, then look in the Utilities -> File Inspector pane, you should see that its name is SortedList.framework, its type is Framework, and its location is Relative to Build Products.
The full path shown below that should automatically correspond to the DerivedData location for the framework.
Here's an example of what a framework's File Location pane would look like.
I can't comment so I'm writing this here to build upon PetahChristian's excellent answer.
I had the same issue, my folder was listed in Xcode as:
/Users/jack/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/PDFManipulator-ggvfnlbpcgwblwdnvsnxweqnuvgc/Build/Products/Debug-iphoneos/PDFManipulatorTests.xctest
But in reality, it exists in:
/Users/jack/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/PDFManipulator-ggvfnlbpcgwblwdnvsnxweqnuvgc/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/PDFManipulatorTests.xctest
Notice that the last folder each is slightly different. I can rename reality to make it the same as the Xcode one which fixes the problem.
However, if I rebuild the project again the files are recreated in Debug-iphonesimulator. Not sure how to fix that.
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This is not the first time I've had trouble with this and I suspect not the last time either. Despite having learned many frameworks inside out I still find the organizational structure of a simple xcode project elusive. I simply wanted to retitle a project from CATouchSynth to ABTouchSynth. A while ago I discovered that if you click on the Project folder in project navigator and than change the name in the Identity and Type section it will rename many of the relevant files and directories to the new name. However, there is one main folder inside the folder on your computer that doesn't change and still has the old name. I could see no way to change this folder name through Xcode and so I renamed it manually from finder. This turned all of my source files and assets red so I manually "relinked" them in xcode and they are now non-red and seemingly linked with the newly named folder. However I am getting several compile-time errors talking about the old folder name but I have no clue what Xcode is referring too. The errors look like this
It seemed as if derived data was an issue so I deleted the derived data folder from Xcode and I still get these errors. Has anyone experienced this before and what can I do to ressurrect my project?
Note: Before doing any changes do backup your project folder. This is seriously recommended.
Follow the steps below to rename the source folder of your project –
Close XCode.
Rename the Source Folder.
Right click the project bundle .xcodeproj file and select “Show Package Contents” from the context menu. Open the .pbxproj file with any text editor (Xcode).
This step should be done with extreme caution. Search and replace any occurrence of the original folder name with the new folder name.
Save and Close the file.
Open XCode project.
The error is happening at build time during the compile phase, so you will have to go into the app target's Compile Sources build phase, remove all those .m files, and add them again.
Using Xcode 4.5.2
I occasionally want to rename a project all the way through the project without leaving obvious folder name atavisms from previous versions in the project 's file system.
The usual instructions for renaming an Xcode project do not accomplish this. I have read them and done them many times. They only go so far. They leave the main directory (at the same level as the .xcode.proj file) with the ORIGINAL project name. Call me persnickety but I don't like that. So I endeavor to change it as follows.
I begin with the usual instructions, then attempt to rename the remaining original folder name both in Xcode and in Finder. It ends badly. Here are the steps I follow. It should be reproducible.
We will attempt to change a project named "JoeSchmoe" to "JoeSchmoe_1".
Do the Usual Project Rename Procedure
Create a new Xcode Utility project, named: "JoeSchmoe". Use Storyboards and ARC.
Build, run, and test functionality to verify that everything is OK. It is. Stop.
Hit cmd-shift-J
Open the Utilities panel on the right
Under Identity, change project name to "JoeSchmoe_1". Xcode will ask you, "Rename content project items?" Click "Rename"
Build. It should succeed. And it does.
The Problem
In the Project Navigator, notice that the main folder in the project is still named "JoeSchmoe"!
Change the name of that folder to JoeSchmoe_1
Build. It should succeed. And it does. We're done, right? Well let's look at the project's file system.
Quit Xcode
In Finder, open the folder containing the newly renamed and working "JoeSchmoe_1.xcode.proj"
(Its containing folder is still named "JoeSchmoe". That's ok for now. We could change it to anything without affecting Xcode, so long as it contains the .xcode.proj file and associated files and directories. We leave it alone.)
In that directory (at the same level as the JoeSchmoe_1.xcode.proj file), notice that the main project folder is also still named "JoeSchmoe" !!
Change the name of this "JoeSchmoe" folder to "JoeSchmoe_1". (We expect this to break the project because we know Xcode will still be looking for the "JoeSchmoe" folder, since it didn't change it for us.)
Start Xcode
Build. It fails, as expected.
Notice that all the filenames in the Project Navigator are now red colored, meaning files not found. (We expected this. Now we want to fix it.)
In the Project Navigator, select the project (top icon), then Target -> Build Settings -> Packaging -> Info.plist File.
Notice the file pathname in the Info.plist File settings row is named: JoeSchmoe/JoeSchmoe_1-Info.plist !! The directory still has the old project name. But in the file system we just changed it. So let's make this the same as what's in the filesystem.
Change its name to JoeSchmoe_1/JoeSchmoe_1-Info.plist
Re-Verify that the directoryname/filenames are identical in the file system and what you have in your Xcode Packaging -> Info.plist setting.
If they are, the project should build. Right?
It Fails. And all of the project files are in red (meaning not found).
Try cleaning the project (Product menu -> Clean),
Quit Xcode, Restart and Build.
It Fails, as before.
At this point I don't have a theory as to why it fails, other than to assume that there is an Xcode setting that needs to be changed somewhere that I haven't yet discovered. Looked all around for it. I'm stumped.
What am I missing?
Since they got rid of the feature that was in Xcode 3 to easily change your project name, it's been a pain in the butt to do manually. I found a great app in the mac strore Project Duplicator for Xcode 4 that copies your project and lets you name it whatever you want. I've been using it for a while now and have never had an issue with it, and it was only $1 when I purchased it.
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The last thing I had to change when renaming a project, including the finder folders, is the setting under "Build Settings->Prefix Header". It was still pointing to a finder folder that no longer existed and the compiler would throw on a file not found error.
Once I changed this to my new inner project folder, it all worked fine and I've been able to build the project as expected.
See this answer for fixing the problem manually
Renaming xcode 4 project and the actual folder
I'd like to move my web dev editing to Xcode 4 (currently using textmate). I have a couple of simple questions that are clearly a lack of experience on my end.
In Xcode's Project Navigator, how do I add a folder to the shown directory tree? Currently, I add via terminal and do File -> Add Files
Is there any way to tell Xcode to see the file system as the file system and not as references?
a less likely thing:
Is there any way to bring up a console within the context of a folder in project navigator (would like to be able to run grep again small portion or something)?
thx
I can answer the first question. Adding a folder of files to a project is the same as adding individual files. Choose File > Add Files in Xcode. When you add a folder of files to a project, you should see something like the following screenshot:
Create groups if you need to access the files in Xcode, such as adding a folder of source code files. Create folder references if you don't need to access the files in Xcode, such as adding a folder of audio files.
You can also add folders to the project navigator by selecting a file or folder in the project navigator, right-clicking, and choosing New Group.
As far as I know, Xcode won't mirror the filesystem as an Xcode tree (anyone correct me id I'm wrong). Wanting to have an identical structure is quite some work. I use to first place the files hierarchically in the file-system, then I mimic the same structure in Xcode.
This requires some attention since Xcode 4.1 not always writes new classes to the place you told him to - they may prefer to land in the highest level of the Xcode project.
I had similar thoughts and started a thread, might be helpful for further reading
Your second question: sorry, can't help you there.
This is probably a very easy question, but I'm having trouble deleting resources from my XCode project. I added them using "Create Folder References for any added folders" so that I could import a whole offline HTML site with its correct folder structure.
Unfortunately, now it has been added like this I don't seem to be able to delete individual files in the structure (it's not available from the Edit menu).
Can anyone help please? Thanks!
That isn't how folder references work. The idea is that its only a reference, you can open files within it and save it from those editors, you can delete or move the entire reference throughout the xcode project, but you can't actually edit it - its read only as far as xcode is concerned. Likewise, you cannot restructure it (move internal files around).
I'm not to sure why apple decided to make this the case, but apparently they have.
If you want to know how one might use the xcode folder system, here's how I tend to use them with my projects:
Whenever I subdivide code into folders, when I drag them into my project I click "recursively create groups for any added folders". If you do this, you any changes you make within xcode will not reflect the actual file itself. As far as I know, there is no way to do this. What does happen then is that when you add a new code file to it, the directory starts off in that file by default. ie, you don't need to navigate to it manually when you create a new file.
I use folder references whenever I'm working with content for an application I'm using. This way, I add all my images, folders, configuration files, whatever - and xcode immediately lists them. The reason I have it within xcode, I can I copy the files into the executables directory by dragging the folder reference into a "Copy Files" build phase.
Thats basically (to my knowledge) how one uses the folder types within xcode - sadly, I don't know how to achieve the functionality you want. You may have to manually delete the folders in finder, which if you do use folder references will update xcode to the change.
I ran into the same issue by using "Create Folder References for any added folders". I wanted to change some of the times but that's not possible. I had added a main folder that had other directories under it. I just had to select the main directory and deleted it and then just add the subdirectories that I needed. You can't make any location or removal changes to the directories that are added this way. -- Jeff
In the project browser, where you're looking at files, right click and choose "Delete". It'll prompt you to either remove the file from the project (leaving the underlying file on the filesystem) or to also move the underlying file to the trash.
I ran into the same issue. Delete the files from the folder directly as opposed to from within Xcode. You'll see the entries turn red under your project. Restarting Xcode should make these red entries vanish.
I'm not sure how to get it to index my project files.
Open Quickly should be searching any open projects. There used to be a Preference for paths but I believe it was removed with 3.1?!?
Is it possible that said header file is not on your project's include path? If you added your source folders to your project using the "Create Folder References" option, or if you are using an external build system, then Xcode's indexer will not be aware of that file.
If you had added folders with the "Create Folder References" option, then there would be some folder icons in your project's file list that are yellow instead of the usual blue. If this is the case, you might try removing those folder references and re-adding the folders with the "Recursively create groups" option.
If you are using an external build system (which I suspect is not the case, since this is an iPhone question), then you have to explicitly tell Xcode about your project's include path by setting the HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS option in the Build panel of your project's Info window.
Another possibility is that the file you are trying to Open Quickly might be in a Framework that you have not added to your project. If that is the case, adding the framework will fix it.
Since I installed 10.6, I have been able to use the open quickly dialog to open anything in my user search path.
I am not sure if this is because of Snow Leopard, Xcode 3.2, the re-install, etc…
Check after you upgrade.