I have Xcode Template that generate a bunch of files (not project) with some predefined repetitive code (for example classes for MVVM pattern). When I try to create these files in Xcode Project all works fine (I can find and create my templates in New File… menu), but when I try to do the same thing in SwiftPM I can't find my templates in the New File… menu.
All my templates are leaving in ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/Templates/**/*.xctemplate.
What should I do to show templates for SwiftPM as well?
After some research of /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/Library/Xcode/Templates/ folder I found that some default templates have the property SupportsSwiftPackage that set to YES. I added it to my templates and it finally works.
In our project we generate multiple swift files when using the file xctemplate configuration. However, with this configuration, there is no icon displayed in Xcode when generating the files (see attached image). We did try to add two images to the template folder: TemplateIcon-png and TemplateIcon#96.png which yielded no success. Is it possible to use a custom icon for file templates in Xcode?
Not sure if you're still looking for an answer to this, but you should be able to create an .icns icon package named TemplateIcon.icns. This should contain your template image(s) to be displayed in the new project picker.
I suspect your issue was trying to use the PNG assets directly.
See the Base Acceptance Testing Bundle for an example. It is part of the OCSlimProjectXcodeTemplates repository.
I am trying to install two custom "project templates" in Xcode 8.3.3.
To be more specific, I'm trying to install Cocos2D-obj templates for v2.1 and v2.2. (Cocos2D v3 or higher no longer use Xcode templates, but v2.x does.)
During the installation, each Cocos2D v2.1 and v2.2 creates its own Xcode template folders and those folders are simply copied into the Xcode's custom template folder:
~User/Library/Developer/Xcode/Templates/cocos2d v2.2
~User/Library/Developer/Xcode/Templates/cocos2d v2.1
I was hoping to see that there are two separated templates (cocos2d v2.2 and cocos2d v2.1) available in the template menu when a new Xcode project is being created. However only one (either v2.2 or v2.1) appears in the template menu. (Interesting thing is that the last modified one appears.)
Basically it seems like Xcode doesn't allow to have more than one custom template in its menu.
(However, "File template" menu shows both v2.2 and v2.1 "file template" correctly in Xcode, so only the project template doesn't.)
As far as I know this is something related to Xcode's custom template related behavior, but I cannot find any official document regarding custom template from Apple's document depository.
So the question is, how can I have two custom project templates (v2.1 & v2.2) appear in the template menu when new project is being created?
Any good answers or helpful comments are appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Finally I have figured it out how it goes.
When it comes to "project template", Xcode looks like tracing the "identifier string" in the plist files of each templates. And when there are more than one template files exist under the same "identifier string", it chooses only one template randomly(?) among them and shows that in its template menu when an new project is being created.
After manually modifying those identifier strings from the templates (in v2.1) not to have same ones against templates in other package (v2.2), Xcode brings them all in its template menu correctly. So I manually modified all cocos2d-v2.1 templates not to have same identifier strings against v2.2. Also, it is worth to be noted that some templates have "ancestors" in its fields such that those ancestors are also needed to be updated accordingly when the entire template package is modified for this reason. I wish I could see any official documents from Apple regarding how to handle Xcode's templates, (for the latest version of Xcode).
I'm having an issue with custom file templates in Xcode 4.
For example, with the cocos2d templates, when I try to make a new CCLayer file called GameLayer at my project root, it generates the files at .xctemplate/CCLayer/Gamelayer.h and .xctemplate/CCLayer/Gamelayer.m
The files seem to be correct but they're in the wrong place and they weren't added to the project.
I've tried this with the Cocos2d file templates as well as the Kiwi template from this post. Also any templates I try to create myself seem to have the same problem.
Turns out the issue was being caused by the fact that my ~/Libary/Developer/ was a symlink to a different drive to save space on my SSD. Whatever Xcode does when creating files from templates has problems with symlinks.
How would I change the initial templates created by Xcode when creating a new Cocoa Class.
I am referring to the comments and class name created when using Xcode's new class wizard.
You wouldn't change the existing templates. In other words, don't modify anything under the /Developer hierarchy (or wherever you installed your developer tools).
Instead, clone the templates you want to have customized variants of. Then change their names and the information in them. Finally, put them in the appropriate location in your account's Library/Application Support folder, specifically:
File templates: ~/Library/Application Support/Developer/Shared/Xcode/File Templates/
Target templates: ~/Library/Application Support/Developer/Shared/Xcode/Target Templates/
Project templates: ~/Library/Application Support/Developer/Shared/Xcode/Project Templates/
That way they won't be overwritten when you install new developer tools, and you can tweak them to your heart's content.
Update
For newer versions of Xcode the updated path will be:
~/Library/Developer/Xcode/Templates/File Templates/Source
This may be useful for somebody:
As for XCode 6 to XCode 9 the file templates are in:
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Library/Xcode/Templates/File Templates/Source
Update:
As #carbo18 noted, it's proably better to create the directory ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/Templates/File Templates/Source and put your custom templates there. The best way may be to use as base one of the ones in /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Library/Xcode/Templates/File Templates/Source
Xcode uses template files for file and project templates and does variable expansion in both at creation time.
Xcode 3.0 templates can be found in [Dev Installation]/Library/Xcode/, likely /Developer/Library/Xcode. If you want to modify these templates or add your own, use the following directories to save your new/modified templates so that they are not wiped out by future Developer Tool upgrades:
File templates:
~/Library/Developer/Shared/Xcode/File
Templates/
Target templates:
~/Library/Developer/Shared/Xcode/Target
Templates/
Project templates:
~/Library/Developer/Shared/Xcode/Project
Templates/
I think that you can also use the /Library/Developer/Shared/Xcode/[File|Target|Project] Templates/ directory for templates shared by all users.
If you just want to change the MyCompanyName in the templates, the following command line will do the trick:
defaults write com.apple.Xcode PBXCustomTemplateMacroDefinitions '{ "ORGANIZATIONNAME" = "NewCompanyName";}'
A good tutorial on writing file templates is here [MacResearch.org].
In Xcode 4 and Xcode 5 the user file templates can be placed at:
~/Library/Developer/Xcode/Templates/[Category]
[Category] can be used to categorize your templates (choose a name of your choise)
If the folder doesn't exist already, create it!
As of Xcode 7
File templates: ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/Templates/File Templates
Project templates: ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/Templates/Project Templates
For example if I place a Empty Application.xctemplate in ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/Templates/Project Templates/Application
It will appear in the template dialog as
In xcode 5.0.1:
1.Go->Applications
2.right click "xcode" application
3.chose "Show Package Contents"
4.contents/Developer/Library/Xcode/Templates
If you are simply looking to change the Author Name and Organization see this answer.
It's much easier than modifying the templates.
For Xcode 4.4, none of the previously mentioned methods work. This gist provides a partial hacky solution. Please fork and enhance if you know a better way.
Right click on xCode and select Show Package contents, then go to contents/Developer/Library/Xcode/Templates. Here you can find the templates for all programming languages.
Here some visualization:
In XCode 4.5 right click on project, click Show File Inspector, then change Organization name in the file inspector's second tab (Project Document group)