Sharing classes between projects in xcode/objective-c

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I've got a client<=>server app I'm building for Mac OS X, using Objective-c/Cocoa and xCode. I've created a different project for both the apps I have, and I'm wondering the best way to share classes between them. There are several classes I've made that would be useful to both. This far I've been copying them around, but I feel like this isn't the best solution.

How do I share classes effectively? Should I redo it as 1 project and just have two build targets? How do I do this?

Any other info?

Thanks.

sharing xcode macos objective-c
6 Answers

The best way is to create a separate framework containing the shared classes. This can be compiled up once and linked into both application projects.

See Apple's doc on what are Frameworks.

user_1510190

The fastest solution is to add only references of the .h and .m files to one of the projects. Just uncheck the "copy"-checkbox in the "add existing files"-dialog in xcode. Keep in mind the you might also need to copy the referenced files if you move/share your project.

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