Merge pull request #914 from NativeScript/fatme/cocoapod-article

Cocoapods.md

Author: Fatme

CocoaPods.md

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+# Using CocoaPods
+
+When you develop for iOS, you can quickly add third-party libraries to your NativeScript projects via the [CocoaPods](https://cocoapods.org/) dependency manager.
+
+To work with such libraries, you need to wrap them as a custom NativeScript plugin and add them to your project.
+
+ * [Install CocoaPods](#install-cocoapods)
+ * [Create CLI Project](#create-cli-project)
+ * [Wrap the Library as NativeScript Plugin](#wrap-the-library-as-nativescript-plugin)
+ * [Build the Project](#build-the-project)
+
+## Install CocoaPods
+You need to install CocoaPods. If you haven't yet, you can do so by running:
+
+```
+$ sudo gem install cocoapods
+```
+> **NOTE:** All operations and code in this article are verified against CocoaPods 0.38.2.
+
+To check your current version, run the following command.
+
+```
+$ pod --version
+```
+
+To update CocoaPods, just run the installation command again.
+
+```
+sudo gem install cocoapods
+```
+
+## Create CLI Project
+To start, create a project and add the iOS platform.
+
+```bash
+$ tns create MYCocoaPods
+$ cd MYCocoaPods
+$ tns platform add ios
+```
+
+## Wrap the Library as NativeScript Plugin
+
+For more information about working with NativeScript plugins, click [here](PLUGINS.md).
+
+```
+cd ..
+mkdir my-plugin
+cd my-plugin
+```
+
+Create a package.json file with the following content:
+
+```
+{
+  "name": "myplugin",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "nativescript": {
+    "platforms": {
+      "ios": "1.3.0"
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+Create a [Podfile](https://guides.cocoapods.org/syntax/podfile.html) which describes the dependency to the library that you want to use. Move it to the `platforms/ios` folder.
+
+```
+my-plugin/
+├── package.json
+└── platforms/
+    └── ios/
+        └── Podfile
+```
+
+Next, install the plugin:
+
+```
+tns plugin add ../my-plugin
+```
+
+## Build the project
+
+```
+tns build ios
+```
+
+This modifies the `MYCocoaPods.xcodeproj` and creates a workspace with the same name.
+
+> **IMPORTANT:** You will no longer be able to run the `xcodeproj` alone. NativeScript CLI will build the newly created workspace and produce the correct .ipa.