How to use cocoapods with playground?

Question

I am trying out some pods before I implement it with my main project I want to make sure it works properly for my requirement. Easiest way is to try it with playground.

Answer 1

There is an issue of "Little bites of cocoa" explaining how to do this: https://littlebitesofcocoa.com/138-using-cocoapods-in-xcode-playgrounds

1. Create project
2. Pod init
3. Add dependency
4. Add playground to your workspace
5. Add 'link_with' directive for your playground

Answer 2

If your pods also support the Swift Package Manager, you could try Arena:

arena https://github.com/finestructure/Gala
                                                                    

                                                        
            

Answer 3

This is an old question but shows up at the top of Google.

This Could Be Us But You Playing is a command line tool that creates a new Xcode playground with an integrated cocoapod. It also supports integrating multiple cocoapods at once. It's a single command.

1. To Install: gem install cocoapods-playgrounds
2. To Use: pod playgrounds Alamofire
3. Wait for playground to open then build it.

Answer 4

What works for me in Xcode 10 is:

1. Create simple Single View App;
2. Init it with all pods needed as usual;
3. Crate a new separate Playground somewhere on the disc;
4. After that just go to your Single View App workspace and use "Add files to.." command in Project Navigator, and add your Playground;

Now you can use all "Import" directives you needed in your playground.

Answer 5

For those using the pre-release 1.0 version of CocoaPods, the 'link_with' directive that @samuel used is deprecated. I tried simply adding my playground as a target in my Podfile, but CocoaPods doesn't recognize it as a valid target.

I found that adding a scheme for the pod I need to use and building it manually works as discussed here.

To demonstrate this in action, I have created a sample project with Alamofire integrated into a Playground here.

I also came across this library. I haven't had a chance to use it yet, but it looks promising.

Aside: if you'd like to make asynchronous requests in a Playground (e.g. with Alamofire), you'll need to enable indefinite execution as described here.

I hope this helps.