I'm writing a script with Xcodeproj and I would like to create references to image files inside .xcassets. Finder treats .xcassets & .imageset as Folders but I don't want to create a group in xcode for each of those folders.
I'm able to create a reference when I know the containing groups in Xcode. i.e. project.main_group['Src'].new_reference(pathToProject/Src/fileName.m)
I'd like to iterate through the sub-directories and files of .xcassets and create a reference for each image. But I don't want to create a group in Xcode that matches each imageset in Finder because Xcode deals with the .xcassets folder in its own way.
I would like to be able to do something like this:
project.main_group['Src']['Images.xcassets']['image_name.imageset']
.new_reference(pathToProject/Src/Images.xcassets/image_name.imageset/image_name.png)
The above line doesn't work using Xcodeproj because it can't find any Groups named Images.xcassets or image_name.imageset.
Can anyone point me in the right direction or give an example of how I would create a reference to an image file stored inside Images.xcassets?
Thanks for your time!
It turns out Xcode handles the image references for you if you add an .xcassets file to your project.
Another thing I learned is that the .xcassets folder should be added to your target(s) as a resource with xcodeproj instead of a file reference. That way it will correctly show up under Project -> Target -> Build Phases -> Copy Bundle Resources.
e.g. target.add_resources([file_reference_to_xcassets])
instead of target.add_file_references([file_reference_to_xcassets])
Hopefully, this helps someone down the road :)