Using Xcode 7.2.1.
I am following this tutorial to get pods working in playground. i have added the playground into the workspace, and the podfile is linking to the
Not a direct answer to the issues you get from this tutorial, but there's a new tool to automatically generate Playgrounds with pods that I often use.
It's called ThisCouldBeUsButYouPlaying and the source is on GitHub.
Basically it extends the CocoaPods installer, which is then able to generate Playgrounds.
Install:
$ gem install cocoapods-playgrounds
Create a Playground with Alamofire:
$ pod playgrounds Alamofire
Create a Playground with multiple pods:
$ pod playgrounds RxSwift,RxCocoa
The new Playground will automatically open.
You will have to first build the project, to enable the pods, then the Playground will be available.