Add files to Xcode project through command line ? Use of project.pbxproj file in Xcode?

Question

I was trying to add a plist file to a xcode project through command line, some of the blogs suggested to edit the project.pbxproj file. I searched about the project.pbxproj file but was not able to get much information about it. Can anyone let me know what is use of the project.pbxproj file in xcode? How does one add entries to it?

I am using this repo to work with it.

the script that I wrote is as follows:

import sys
import os
from mod_pbxproj import XcodeProject


def addPlistInProject(corodova_proj_name, xcode_proj_name, plist_file_name):
    print "Cordova project name : " + corodova_proj_name
    present_directory = os.getcwd()
    path_to_xcode_proj = present_directory + '/' + corodova_proj_name + '/platforms/ios/' + xcode_proj_name + '.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj'
    print "Xcode Project Path : " + path_to_xcode_proj
    project = XcodeProject.Load(path_to_xcode_proj)
    project.get_or_create_group('new group')
    project.add_file(plist_file_name)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    corodova_proj_name = sys.argv[1]
    xcode_proj_name = sys.argv[2]
    plist_file_name = sys.argv[3]
    print "Xcode Project Name = : " + xcode_proj_name
    print "Plist File Path = : " + plist_file_name
    addPlistInProject(corodova_proj_name, xcode_proj_name, plist_file_name)

I will be invoking the script as:

python myscript.py hello HelloWorld manisha-rules_camdo.plist

myscript.py is the script I wrote, hello is the existing cordova project and HelloWorld is the Xcode project created by using cordova platform add iOS.

The command Sequence I will be following will be as follows:

cordova create hello com.example.hello HelloWorld
cordova platform add iOS
py myscript.py hello HelloWorld manisha-rules_camdo.plist

Where hello is the name of cordova project and HelloWorld name of iOS target.

Answer 1

There is a Ruby API from Cocoapods for editing Xcode projects. It also have an active community of developers:

https://github.com/CocoaPods/Xcodeproj