Xcode-Templates

Overview

When choosing the minimum iOS version to support, usually developers rely on "current minus one" or "current minus two" depending on the user base. Ever since Apple introduced multi-window feature in iOS 13.0 everytime I created a new Xcode project and changed the minimum iOS version (deployment target) to iOS 12.4 or lower, I would get error messages when trying to compile.

I was looking for a template that would handle these errors for me but could not find any. So I decided to create a template that would take care of these errors.

Features

Currently there's only one project template. I plan on adding more features/templates.

• iOS Application

  • Select user interface (SwiftUI or Storyboard or Programmatic).

    

  • Select deployment target (iOS 11.0 to iOS 13.2 (Latest iOS)) before creating a project.

    

    Note: The iOS versions are hardcoded. Choosing the Latest iOS selects the latest iOS version.

  • If deployment target is < iOS 13.0, adds @available attribute for methods and classes available in iOS 13.0.

    AppDelegate.swift

    

    SceneDelegate.swift

    

  • If user interface is "Programmatic", then window property is initialized with a frame and rootViewController is set to ViewController.

    

  • If user interface is "Programmatic" and deployment target is < iOS 13.0 then window property is initialised in AppDelegate.swift as well.

    

Note: This template was primarily made for Swift projects. Some features may not reflect in Objective-C projects.

Installation

1. Open Terminal

   git clone https://github.com/ashutoshbilla/xcode-templates
   cd xcode-templates
   ./install.sh
   

   Feel free to delete the xcode-templates directory.
2. Open Xcode and select create a new Xcode Project. You'll see a new template in the "Applications" category under iOS.

Thanks to this great blog post I was able to make this template. Apple's own templates also helped me understand and create my own templates.

Apple's iOS templates can be found at /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/Library/Xcode/Templates/Project Templates