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Tuist

Tuist lets you define your Xcode project declaratively instead of editing it through Xcode's UI. SweetPad surfaces the most common Tuist commands directly in the VSCode command palette.

Commands​

  • SweetPad: Generate an Xcode project using Tuist — runs tuist generate from the workspace root.
  • SweetPad: Install Swift Package using Tuist — runs tuist install.
  • SweetPad: Clean Tuist project — removes generated files.
  • SweetPad: Edit Tuist project (Open project in Xcode) — opens the manifest project in Xcode for editing.
  • SweetPad: Test Generated project using Tuist — runs tuist test, building and testing every target Tuist knows about. Useful as a one-shot "did I break anything" check without picking a scheme.

Auto-regenerate on .swift file changes​

If you frequently add or remove .swift files, let SweetPad re-run tuist generate automatically when those files change so new files show up in the project without a manual regeneration:

.vscode/settings.json
{
  "sweetpad.tuist.autogenerate": true
}

Then restart VSCode to apply the change.

Dynamic Tuist configuration​

If you use Tuist's dynamic configuration to switch app name, bundle ID, or feature flags per environment, pass the variables through sweetpad.tuist.generate.env:

.vscode/settings.json
{
  "sweetpad.tuist.generate.env": {
    "TUIST_APP_NAME": "Diia",
    "TUIST_TARGET_COUNTRY": "Ukraine"
  }
}

Every call SweetPad makes to tuist generate (including the auto-regeneration above) receives these variables, so the project loaded into VSCode matches the variant Xcode would produce with the same env.