install_cocoapods.md

Install Frameworks with Cocoapods

Cocoapods is a "CocoaPods is the dependency manager for Swift and Objective-C Cocoa projects. It has almost ten thousand libraries and can help you scale your projects elegantly."

Step-by-Step Guide

1. Confirm RubyGems installed:

   $ gem -v

   Errors? Download and install here: https://rubygems.org/pages/download

2. Update the gems:

   $ sudo gem update --system

3. Install Cocoapods:

   $ sudo gem install cocoapods

   *Above command also updates cocoapods

4. Create Xcode Project:

   Applications > Xcode > File > New > Project

   Save it in a location of your choice. Such as:

   Desktop > Development > you_project

   After you save it, you'll find:

   YourProject > YourProject.xcodeproj

   Your new project path is: Desktop/Development/you_project/YourProject/YourProject.xcodeproj

5. Create a Podfile:

   Locate project's root path:

   Desktop/Development/you_project/

   Then:

   $ nano Podfile

   Add the follwing to the Podfile:

   xcodeproj 'YourProject/YourProject.xcodeproj'
   
   source 'https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs.git'
   platform :ios, '8.0'
   use_frameworks!
   
   
   target 'test' do
       pod 'SwiftyJSON', '~> 2.2.0'
       pod 'Alamofire', '1.2'
       #any other frameworks you want to use
   end
   

   Save and close.

6. Install Pod:

   $ pod install

   If errors run the following:

   $ rm -rf ~/.cocoapods

   $ pod setup

   $ pod install

7. Now you should have a file called YourProject.xcworkspace in Desktop/Development/you_project/. This will be the project you work with from now on.

8. Add your frameworks to Linked Frameworks and Libraries in your Xcode Project's settings.

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