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XcodeGen

XcodeGen generates your .xcodeproj from a YAML manifest (project.yml), so the project file never has to be edited — or merged — by hand. SweetPad works with XcodeGen projects out of the box: generate the project, and the schemes show up in the Build view like any other.

Install XcodeGen from the Tools panel in the SweetPad sidebar, or with Homebrew:

brew install xcodegen

Generate the project​

Run > SweetPad: Generate an Xcode project using XcodeGen from the command palette. SweetPad runs xcodegen generate at the workspace root and refreshes the scheme list when it finishes.

Auto-regenerate when Swift files change​

XcodeGen projects list their source files in the generated project, so every added or deleted .swift file needs a regeneration. Let SweetPad do that automatically:

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

Then restart VSCode to apply the change. SweetPad watches for new or removed Swift files and re-runs xcodegen generate in the background, so the project stays in sync while you work. The watcher only activates when a project.yml exists at the workspace root.

tip

Prefer Tuist? SweetPad has the same integration for it — including the matching sweetpad.tuist.autogenerate setting.