xcode - Sharing code between Framework and Workspace - objective-c

Question

I have a Framework and a Workspace (project + pods). I want the framework to use classes of workspace (both the project and the pods). Then, when I'll distribute my framework, I need it to have references to the above classes. How do I do that?

Answer 1

Cocoapods provides the means to add a dependancy to a pod. So for example a cocoapod I write could require the project to have the latest AFNetworking cocoapod installed. I can also require other frameworks to be used such as CoreLocation, CoreBluetooth etc.
If you create your framework as a cocoapod you should be able to add a list of dependencies that will be added when you run:
pod install
I've created a framework as a pod before and used something like this in my podspec:
s.source = { :git => ' <destination Git repo> ', :tag => '0.0.1' }
s.ios.xcconfig = { 'FRAMEWORK_SEARCH_PATHS' => '"$(PODS_ROOT)/<MyFrameWorkName>"' }
s.ios.preserve_paths = '<MyFrameWorkName>.framework'
You then should be able to require that cocoapod to have other dependancies, for example:
s.frameworks = 'QuartzCore'
s.ios.weak_frameworks = 'CoreBluetooth'
s.dependency 'SDWebImage', '~> 3.7'
s.dependency 'GoogleAnalytics-iOS-SDK', '3.0.3c'
Now when you / someone else installs your framework through cocoapods, they will have everything they need installed in the project.

Answer 2

You can create a new workspace including all of them, by writing a podfile in that way:
workspace 'AllInOne.xcworkspace'
xcodeproj 'Workspace/Workspace.xcodeproj'
xcodeproj 'Framework/Framework.xcodeproj'
target 'ProjectA' do
platform :ios, '8.0'
xcodeproj 'Workspace/Workspace.xcodeproj'
pod 'nameofpod', '~> .1'
end
target 'Framework' do
platform :ios, '8.0'
xcodeproj 'Framework/Framework.xcodeproj'
end
EDIT:
Create a new folder (with name for example "AllInOne"). In that folder place your framework folder, where into that exists the framework.xcodeproj, and also place your workspace folder.
Now, create the podfile in the AllInOne folder. At the end should exist these files in this dir:
AllInOne/Workspace/Workspace.xcodeproj
AllInOne/Framework/Framework.xcodeproj
AllInOne/podfile
AllInOne/AllInOne.xcworkspace