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Lets start installing the popular library Alamofire to our Xcode project!

Lets first install CocoaPods by using the command:

[sudo] gem install cocoapods
 

Then let's create a new project in Xcode called Start! Navigate to the folder that contains the .xcodeproj and create a new text file called podfile !

Replace the podfile with the following:

source 'https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs.git'
platform :ios, '10.0'
use_frameworks!

target 'start' do
    pod 'Alamofire', '~> 4.3'
end
 

Use the cd command to change to the directory containing the .xcodeproj and issue the command pod install . Alamofire is installed in the project 'start'!

Now, double-click the xcworkspace file (not .xcodeproj) and use Alamofire!

Podfile sample

The dependencies for your projects are specified in a single text file called a Podfile. CocoaPods will resolve dependencies between libraries, fetch the resulting source code, then link it together in an Xcode workspace to build your project.

1. Create a podfile

   # Next line contains target platform settings
   platform :ios, '8.0'
   # Use dynamic Frameworks
   use_frameworks!
   
   # Target name
   target 'MyApp' do
     # List of target dependencies
     pod 'ObjectiveSugar', '~> 1.1'
     pod 'ORStackView', '~> 3.0'
     pod 'RxSwift', '~> 2.6'
   end
    

2. Install dependencies. The process of dependencies installation is done by executing this command through terminal in the project directory:

   pod install
    

3. Updating dependencies to new versions:

• Updating specific pod

  pod update RxSwift
   

• Updating all pods

  pod update
   

Using Cocoapods

Updating CocoaPods

To update CocoaPods by simply installing the gem again

[sudo] gem install cocoapods
 

Or for a pre-release version

[sudo] gem install cocoapods --pre