IBDesignable from External Framework?

Question

I\'d like to create some custom views that use the @IBDesignable and @IBInspectable tags. I have added these to my Framework and then linked my Fra

Answer 1

I have a workaround. With this workaround, you don't need to add the framework as target. So it works with Carthage.

@IBDesignable
class MyCustomView: CustomView {

    @IBInspectable override var bgColor: NSColor {
        get {
            return super.bgColor
        }
        set {
            super.bgColor = newValue
        }
    }
}

Create a sub class (MyCustomView) of the custom class (CustomView) in the destination project (not in the framework project), and mark the sub class as @IBDesignable. Use sub class in your app. This way makes @IBDesignable work.

Inside the sub class, override those @IBInspectable properties(bgColor), this way makes @IBInspectable work.

You might encounter this issue: Loading code from a framework for a custom control in IBDesignable Following this guide to solve it: http://www.dribin.org/dave/blog/archives/2009/11/15/rpath/

And please make both the custom class and its inspectable properties public otherwise this method doesn't compile.

Please leave comments if you cannot get it work.