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What does the dark triangle, located on the folder icons in Xcode 9, mean?

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I use Xcode 9.0. Some folders icons in my Xcode project have dark triangles in bottom left corner - for example, "0. Login", "Frameworks", "Products", "Pods". What does this mean?

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Stanislav Chernischuk Avatar asked Aug 23 '17 08:08

Stanislav Chernischuk


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Folders without dark triangles exist as a group in your project and also (what is new in Xcode 9) exist as a folder in file structure.

Example: After double-click in your project navigator you can see menu:

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For New Group Xcode create group in project navigator and create folder in file structure (in finder) and of cource for New Group without Folder create only group.

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Mateusz Avatar answered Oct 06 '22 15:10

Mateusz