How to share parent(host) project pod with framework project swift?

Question

i am developing Framework, i have added this framework project into host project. now i want to add cocoapods pod(framework) into parent(host) project. and share same pod into child(framework) project. or is there something i can add to Podfile and it will get share with child project.

SwiftProtoBuf framework, i want to use. and i don't wish to make umbrella framework.

can we share cocoapods pod between parent and child project

platform :ios, '8.0'
use_frameworks!

workspace 'ParentApp.xcworkspace'

abstract_target 'commonpods' do
    pod 'SwiftProtobuf', git: 'https://github.com/apple/swift-protobuf.git', :tag => '0.9.24'

    target 'ParentApp' do
        project 'ParentApp.xcodeproj'

    end

    target 'ChildApp' do
        project 'ChildFramework/ChildApp.xcodeproj'
    end

end

or do i need to add pod to both project something like

platform :ios, '8.0'
    use_frameworks!
        target 'ParentApp' do
            project 'ParentApp.xcodeproj'
    pod 'SwiftProtobuf', git: 'https://github.com/apple/swift-protobuf.git', :tag => '0.9.24'
        end

        target 'ChildApp' do
            project 'ChildFramework/ChildApp.xcodeproj'
      pod 'SwiftProtobuf', git: 'https://github.com/apple/swift-protobuf.git', :tag => '0.9.24'
    end

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 27 '17 at 07:34

After little Struggle, i am able to solve it, it may help some-one in need.

Create Blank .xcworkspace , Xcode->File->New->Workspace
Open your .xcworkspace file in xcode, Add your Host(partent) project into .xcworkspace
add your framework(child) project in .xcworkspace.

and Podfile structure is like.

platform :ios, '8.0'
use_frameworks!

workspace 'MyWorkSpaceName.xcworkspace'

abstract_target 'CommonPods' do
    pod 'SwiftProtobuf', git: 'https://github.com/apple/swift-protobuf.git', :tag => '0.9.24'

    target 'MyHostAppProject' do
        project 'MyHostAppProject/MyHostAppProject.xcodeproj'

    end

    target 'MyFrameworkProject' do
        project 'MyFrameworkProject/MyFrameworkProject.xcodeproj'
    end

end

make sure .xcworkspace is created and both your project is added into workspace, then only install pods to your project.

You child project (framework project) is already added to your parent app project ... still do we need to add both project to newly created workspace ? — Mihir Mehta, Feb 06 '18 at 09:30
with your answer and this example : https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/issues/6250 I solved my problem — user1105951, Aug 08 '18 at 14:58

How to share parent(host) project pod with framework project swift?

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