Xcode Workspace with Multiple Projects and Coca Pods Setup - ios

Question

Ok, let's start with the basics since I cannot friggin get this to work (see Xcode Workspace - Not finding imports from framework project pod)...
I want to create an Xcode workspace that has two projects:
Cocoa Touch Framework Swift project
Swift Demo app project for the framework
Nr. 2 should also contain a UI Testing target.
Then I want to use Cocoapods to provide the WHOLE workspace (both projects!) as a pod AND I want to 'link' the framework project into the demo app project so that it can be used there.
Can somebody guide me through this incl. how the pod file needs to look for this?

Answer 1

You need define the pods that will be common for all your projects first
# Uncomment this line to define a global platform for your project
platform :ios, '8.2'
# Uncomment this line if you're using Swift
use_frameworks!
# Define main pods.
def main_pods
#your main pods
pod 'AwesomeCache', '~> 5.0'
pod 'DZNEmptyDataSet', '1.8.1'
end
# Your FirstProjectName.
target 'FirstProyectName' do
main_pods
#here you can add any other for this specific project
pod 'Branch'
end
# Your SecondProjectName.
target 'SecondProjectName' do
main_pods
#here you can add any other for this specific project
pod 'Alamofire'
pod 'Fabric'
pod 'Crashlitycs'
end
target 'FirstProjectTestName' do
end
target 'FirstProjectTestUIName' do
end
post_install do |installer|
puts("Update debug pod settings to speed up build time")
Dir.glob(File.join("Pods", "**", "Pods*{debug,Private}.xcconfig")).each do |file|
File.open(file, 'a') { |f| f.puts "\nDEBUG_INFORMATION_FORMAT = dwarf" }
end
end
end
Hope this helps