Migrate Your iOS Project From CocoaPods To Swift Package Manager
Blog post from Stream
On August 13, 2024, Orta announced a significant transition for CocoaPods as it enters maintenance mode, reflecting a shift in the Apple development ecosystem. Originally launched 13 years ago, CocoaPods revolutionized the integration of third-party dependencies for iOS and macOS developers, particularly facilitating the use of libraries like AFNetworking. However, with the advent and subsequent improvements of Apple's Swift Package Manager (SPM)—notably since Swift 5 and Xcode 11—developers now have a robust alternative for managing dependencies. SPM's enhanced support for various build systems and non-source files has led many developers to favor it over CocoaPods, marking a shift in priority for projects transitioning to SPM. Guidance is provided on removing CocoaPods from projects using cocoapods-deintegrate and cocoapods-clean, and instructions are offered for integrating SPM by adding package dependencies through Xcode's interface. Although some dependencies may still lack a Package.swift file, developers are encouraged to adapt repositories or request maintainers to facilitate SPM compatibility.