How to completely rename Universal Framework in Xcode?

Question

I am creating a Framework, originally named Iris .

When you try to publish it as Cocoapod, I find that the Iris framework already exists .

And while they have completely different goals and authors, I cannot publish it as a pod with that name. So I did the unthinkable !

I tried to rename all this in IrisKit .

My Xcode project, now called IrisKit, has 6 goals:

3 Framework goals

- IrisKit iOS - IrisKit tvOS - IrisKit macOS 

3 Project Examples

 - IrisKit Example iOS - IrisKit Example tvOS - IrisKit Example macOS 

Unfortunately, my sample projects do not allow me to import IrisKit with an error that states:

 warning: file 'FeedTableViewController.swift' is part of module 'IrisKit'; ignoring import 

What should a developer do?

Answer 1

Create a backup of your project or, if you are under source control, create a new branch and work from there.

Here are the steps taken:

1. Renamed the project in the project "Identity and Type"

2. Renamed schemas in IrisKit

3. Renamed folders and groups in IrisKit

4. Updated info.plist links in "Build Settings"> "Packaging"

5. Updated package identifiers under Build Settings> Packaging

6. Updated general title for IrisKit.h

7. Updated import of project projects in IrisKit

8. Updated dependency management:

  - Swift Package Manager - Cocoapods specs 

9. Finally, and a good master, this is important :

Goals that should not be built using the framework should have a different product name than the framework they use. e.g. Project example showing structure

This may seem obvious, but it's easy to miss when mass renaming things

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A structure with the same name for several assembly purposes:

And an example. Please note that the name is different from the target frames.

It's time to figure it out. Hope this helps.