GeneralToolsFramework

I, Zandor Smith, use a general set of classes in all of my iOS apps. Because I use these classes all the time, I decided to write my own Cocoapod with all these classes.

Requirements

GeneralToolsFramework is using the Connectivity pod for it's API. It, by default, adds a couple of additional endpoints to Connectivity for it to use:

• https://web3.zsnode.com/success.html
• https://web4.zsnode.com/success.html

Installation

Swift Package Manager

Requires Xcode 15.3 or later (Swift 5.10), with iOS 13+, tvOS 13+, watchOS 7+, or visionOS 1+.

In Xcode, choose File > Add Package Dependencies, enter https://git.zsinfo.nl/Zandor300/GeneralToolsFramework.git, and add the GeneralToolsFramework library to your app target. Select a branch or release that contains Package.swift; older releases only support CocoaPods.

To depend on the current development version from another package, add:

.package(url: "https://git.zsinfo.nl/Zandor300/GeneralToolsFramework.git", branch: "master")

Then add this product to your target's dependencies:

.product(name: "GeneralToolsFramework", package: "GeneralToolsFramework")

Import the framework with import GeneralToolsFramework as usual. Swift Package Manager resolves upstream PINCache and the Zandor300 Connectivity fork automatically. ZSPINCache 3.1.2 has CocoaPods-specific header imports that prevent its Swift package from building, so the package uses PINCache 3.0.4 or later. The iOS picker dependency is bundled with its MIT license because ZSPickerView 1.4 does not provide a package manifest. Connectivity checks are enabled on iOS and tvOS, matching the CocoaPods configuration.

CocoaPods

GeneralToolsFramework is available through CocoaPods. To install it, simply add the following line to your Podfile:

pod 'GeneralToolsFramework'

and run pod install in the directory where your Podfile is located.

Not all versions of this framework will be released to cocoapods.org so you can also get a specific version from this repository like so:

pod 'GeneralToolsFramework', :git => 'https://git.zsinfo.nl/Zandor300/GeneralToolsFramework.git', :tag => '1.1.2'

Or if you want to get the latest version that is in this repository, use the following line for your Podfile instead.

pod 'GeneralToolsFramework', :git => 'https://git.zsinfo.nl/Zandor300/GeneralToolsFramework.git'

Note: The build on here might be broken.

Validating the Swift package

Run swift package resolve to check dependency resolution. To build or test the package independently of the root CocoaPods project, use:

bash scripts/check-swift-package.sh -destination 'generic/platform=iOS Simulator' build
bash scripts/check-swift-package.sh -destination 'platform=iOS Simulator,name=iPhone 15' test

Choose an installed simulator for tests. For other platform builds, replace iOS with tvOS, watchOS, or visionOS. CI builds all four platforms.

Author

Zandor Smith, info@zsinfo.nl

License

GeneralToolsFramework is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.