Optimizing Xcode Build time when using Firebase library

Question

Since I'm building using FireStore and few other Firebase library, the build time has doubled down. I'm wondering if there is a way to avoid compiling it every time I clean & build my project.

Answer 1

Don't clean & build, just build. ;)

Disclaimer: Before doing releases, a clean build is preferred, of course.

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UPDATE with better answer: Use cocoapods-binary plugin.

https://guides.cocoapods.org/plugins/pre-compiling-dependencies.html

One solution for this is to not give Xcode the chance to re-compile code. CocoaPods Binary will pre-compile your Pods during pod install, and then add the binary assets (e.g. .framework files) into the generated Xcode projects instead of the source code.

Like this.

plugin 'cocoapods-binary'
use_frameworks!

target "MyApp" do
  pod "NeededPod", :binary => true
end