Swift Framework with Objective-C
Having previously developed some Objective-C based frameworks, I set out to explore doing the same with Swift and be able to deliver the framework as a Pod.
Creating a a Swift Framework is pretty straightforward and there are some great references on the subject. One that I found very helpful was Creating and Distributing iOS Frameworks
I wanted to include some Objective-C based CocoaPods in my Swift Framework and quickly ran into an issue – you can’t use bridging headers with framework targets.
I did find a workaround which was interesting. An answer in the thread Importing CommonCrypto in a Swift framework showed how to create a module that could be imported into Swift using an Aggregate target. Using this answer as a guide, I was able to create a module for AFNetworking using the run script:
mkdir -p "${BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR}/AFNetworkingModuleMap"
cat <<EOF > "${BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR}/AFNetworkingModuleMap/module.modulemap"
module AFNetworking [system] {
header "${PODS_ROOT}/Headers/Public/AFNetworking/AFNetworking.h"
export *
}
EOF
This was interesting, but not the right approach.
