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When Podfile is missing |
2016-02-14 00:31:19 -0800 |
What to do when your podfile is missing, and only have Podfile.lock- recreation of a Podfile from ashes |
cocoapod |
It happened to me somehow, I lost my Podfile. It was missing. Whatever I tried, I couldn't find it anywhere in the computer :(
<iframe src="//giphy.com/embed/Z1qmSgenLVrwc" width="480" height="269" frameBorder="0" class="giphy-embed" allowFullScreen></iframe>Some day, I needed to install a new pod. Then, I had two choices, either I would install it manually, or with cocoapods dependency manager. First one could save the day, but it was lack of sustainability. I have no idea with the other, but it would become nice practice.
My plan was to create a new Podfile, copy all the dependencies from Podfile.lock, install pod. Actually it worked. But somehow new updates broke my app. Navigation controller started to block the content.
When I googled for Podfile.lock, cocoapods was very informative. Actually, it is for protecting project from changes in the dependency, one can think it as a snapshot of your existing project, and it is super helpful.
Then on iOS Side Projects group, Cathy Chen cleared my mind with this explanation:
when you see this on your Podfile.lock
{% highlight text %}
DEPENDENCIES:
- AFNetworking (~> 2.0) {% endhighlight %}
corresponding podfile looks like this:
{% highlight text %}
- pod 'AFNetworking', '~> 2.0' {% endhighlight %}
Then I copied all my dependencies with keeping their version, and made the changes. Installing, and starting again were straighforward then :)
Bonus:
If you have time, I suggest you not to miss the video about Podfile.lock