Swift packagemanager not working

[PatrickKuijpers]

When a package is added using the swift packagemanager, then the new package is removed as soon as I run xcake make. Is it not supported by xcake, is it bugged, or am I missing some necessary configuration in the cakefile?

[igor-makarov]

@PatrickKuijpers I did remember it was somewhat complicated so I checked. Apparently Apple's way of adding SwiftPM packages to an Xcode project is quite cumbersome behind the scenes, and doesn't have a single Package.swift that centralizes all the dependencies:

1 - Reference the package, similar to the manifest file

786816C424AE1C3600FECB42 /* XCRemoteSwiftPackageReference "SnapKit" */ = {
	isa = XCRemoteSwiftPackageReference;
	repositoryURL = "https://github.com/SnapKit/SnapKit";
	requirement = {
		kind = upToNextMajorVersion;
		minimumVersion = 5.0.1;
	};
};

2 - Create a built package product:

786816C524AE1C3600FECB42 /* SnapKit */ = {
	isa = XCSwiftPackageProductDependency;
	package = 786816C424AE1C3600FECB42 /* XCRemoteSwiftPackageReference "SnapKit" */;
	productName = SnapKit;
};

3 - Use the special file reference in the framework build phase:

C6A8E264F7297619122A1AE8 /* Frameworks */ = {
	isa = PBXFrameworksBuildPhase;
	buildActionMask = 2147483647;
	files = (
		786816C624AE1C3600FECB42 /* SnapKit in Frameworks */,
		7199C1F72237189779807730 /* Foundation.framework in Frameworks */,
		B64D979A0BF88947BB5EB2C3 /* UIKit.framework in Frameworks */,
	);
	runOnlyForDeploymentPostprocessing = 0;
};

[igor-makarov]

Nerd-sniping does work - @PatrickKuijpers I've managed to figure out a way to do what you were asking for - but not part of Xcake (doesn't seem related). 😂

New gem, called Xcoed (Xcode-coed) - you create a SwiftPM Package.swift file, and it matches it with your project.

In the Cakefile you can add it to the before_save phase like so:

project.before_save do |project|
  Xcoed::integrate_package_swift! project
end

[igor-makarov]

@PatrickKuijpers here is the demo app for this Xcoed utility: https://github.com/igor-makarov/DemoXcoed

[rtjinasjoe]

@igor-makarov

Thanks for the demo app! :)
I only came across this error when running bundle exec xcake make

{"name"=>"swiftui-navigation-stack", "requirement"=>{"branch"=>["develop"]}, "url"=>"https://github.com/biobeats/swiftui-navigation-stack.git"}
bundler: failed to load command: xcake (/usr/local/bin/xcake)
RuntimeError: Unsupported package requirement `branch`

Is it also possible to support other package dependency requirements, such as revision and branch?

The Package.swift file looks like this:

// swift-tools-version:5.1
import PackageDescription

let package = Package(
    name: "PackageName",
    products: [
    ],
    dependencies: [
      .package(
        url: "https://github.com/biobeats/swiftui-navigation-stack.git", from: "0.0.0"),
    ],
    targets: [
        .target(
            name: "TargetName",
            dependencies: [
              "NavigationStack"
            ]
        ),
    ]
)

[igor-makarov]

Hi @rtjinasjoe!

I have added the support for branch and revision requirements.
Please get the latest Xcoed version .

In the future, make sure to open an issue on Xcoed repo, so we can discuss it there 💪🏻

[rtjinasjoe]

Thanks @igor-makarov for the quick and awesome fix!

In the future, make sure to open an issue on Xcoed repo, so we can discuss it there 💪🏻

Will do! :)