How to use images asset catalog in cocoapod library for iOS

Question

I have a cocoapod library which contains assets in 2 formats:

• a .storyboard
• XCode asset catalog .xcassets (with images)

my podsp

Answer 1

Well, image asset catalogs are not supported via pods - just include a resource bundle that contains your image files in your podspec like so:

s.subspec 'Resources' do |resources|
    resources.resource_bundle = {'MyBundle' => ['Resources/**/*.{png}']}

end

and access the images safely from the pod like that:

+(NSBundle *)getResourcesBundle
{
    NSBundle *bundle = [NSBundle bundleWithURL:[[NSBundle bundleForClass:[self class]] URLForResource:@"MyBundle" withExtension:@"bundle"]];
    return bundle;
}


+(UIImage *)loadImageFromResourceBundle:(NSString *)imageName
{
    NSBundle *bundle = [MyClass getResourcesBundle];
    NSString *imageFileName = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@.png",imageName];
    UIImage *image = [UIImage imageNamed:imageFileName inBundle:bundle compatibleWithTraitCollection:nil];
    return image;
}

That solves all issues of handling images/resources within a cocoapod.