How do I specify multiple targets in my podfile for my Xcode project?

Question

I'm using CocoaPods with my Xcode 4 project and I have three targets for my project (the default, one for building a lite version and one for building a demo version). All the targets use the same libraries, but CocoaPods is only adding the static library and search paths to the primary target. My podfile looks like this: ``` platform :ios, '5.0' pod 'TestFlightSDK', '>= 1.1' pod 'MBProgressHUD', '0.5' pod 'iRate', '>= 1.6.2' pod 'TimesSquare', '1.0.1' pod 'AFNetworking', '1.1.0' pod 'KKPasscodeLock', '0.1.5' pod 'iCarousel', '1.7.4' ``` The only way I was get this to work was to specify each target individually with all the the pods listed again. ``` platform :ios, '5.0' target :default do pod 'TestFlightSDK', '>= 1.1' pod 'MBProgressHUD', '0.5' pod 'iRate', '>= 1.6.2' pod 'TimesSquare', '1.0.1' pod 'AFNetworking', '1.1.0' pod 'KKPasscodeLock', '0.1.5' pod 'iCarousel', '1.7.4' end target :lite do link_with 'app-lite' pod 'TestFlightSDK', '>= 1.1' pod 'MBProgressHUD', '0.5' pod 'iRate…

Accepted Answer

Since `CocoaPods 1.0` has changed the syntax, instead of using `link_with`, do something like:

```
# Note; name needs to be all lower-case.
def shared_pods
    pod 'SSKeychain', '~> 0.1.4'
    pod 'INAppStoreWindow', :head
    pod 'AFNetworking', '1.1.0'
    pod 'Reachability', '~> 3.1.0'
    pod 'KSADNTwitterFormatter', '~> 0.1.0'
    pod 'MASShortcut', '~> 1.1'
    pod 'MagicalRecord', '2.1'
    pod 'MASPreferences', '~> 1.0'
end

target 'Sail' do
    shared_pods
end

target 'Sail-iOS' do
    shared_pods
end
```

Old answer Pre CocoaPods 1.0:

Yes there is a better way! Check out `link_with` where you can do `link_with 'MyApp', 'MyOtherApp'` to specify multiple targets.

I use this with unit tests like `link_with 'App', 'App-Tests'` (beware of spaces in target's names).

Example:

```
platform :osx, '10.8'

link_with 'Sail', 'Sail-Tests'

pod 'SSKeychain', '~> 0.1.4'
pod 'INAppStoreWindow', :head
pod 'AFNetworking', '1.1.0'
pod 'Reachability', '~> 3.1.0'
pod 'KSADNTwitterFormatter', '~> 0.1.0'
pod 'MASShortcut', '~> 1.1'
pod 'MagicalRecord', '2.1'
pod 'MASPreferences', '~> 1.0'
```

Approach using abstract_target:

In below example, the `'ShowsiOS'`, `'ShowsTV'` and `'ShowsTests'` targets have their own separate pods, plus `ShowsKit` inherited, because they are all child of the dummy target `'Shows'`.

```
# Note: There are no targets called "Shows" in any of this workspace's Xcode projects.
abstract_target 'Shows' do
  pod 'ShowsKit'

target 'ShowsiOS' do
    pod 'ShowWebAuth'
  end

target 'ShowsTV' do
    pod 'ShowTVAuth'
  end

# Our tests target has its own copy
  # of our testing frameworks
  # (beside inheriting ShowsKit pod).

target 'ShowsTests' do
    inherit! :search_paths
    pod 'Specta'
    pod 'Expecta'
  end
end
```

How do I specify multiple targets in my podfile for my Xcode project?

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