.xcframework can be made by xcodebuild -create-xcframework which takes -framework and -output options. So that's means that we should run the command instead of lipoing after building per-platform frameworks.

example:

$ xcodebuild archive -workspace Alamofire.xcworkspace -scheme "Alamofire iOS" -sdk iphoneos13.0 OBJROOT=build/iOS
$ xcodebuild archive -workspace Alamofire.xcworkspace -scheme "Alamofire iOS" -sdk iphonesimulator13.0 OBJROOT=build/simulator
$ xcodebuild -create-xcframework -framework build/iOS/UninstalledProducts/iphoneos/Alamofire.framework -framework build/simulator/UninstalledProducts/iphonesimulator/Alamofire.framework -output build/Alamofire.xcframework

#2801 is in progress but can already build xcframeworks with carthage build --platform iOS --no-skip-current --create-xcframework

I'm not sure what we're supposed to do with dSYMs

This should mean that we can stop using copy-frameworks then?

@mdiep as far as I can tell yes. But I'm not sure how dsyms will be packaged.

Hey guys, I was just wondering was there a resolution to this problem?

It looks like dSYM files are inside each architecture package. ios.xcarchive/dSYMs Can they simply be copied next to the XCFramework or something? Is there a way to package them inside the xcframework as part of the create-xcframework command?

Hello, any ETA planned for this feature?

CocoaPods recently added support for xcframeworks in 1.9.0, we (PSPDFKit) sponsored part of the development. Would anyone be interested in a similar agreement?

CocoaPods/CocoaPods#9148

I’d be happy to implement Catalyst functionality on my employer’s time but I am worried that Carthage has no forward movement. There are multiple other pull requests that seem to be stuck.

@DavidBrunow which ones? I have merged quite a few recently. Please contact me on twitter about this https://twitter.com/tmpz

I also have contacted @steipete since I have some time on my hands but I can't guarantee it will be enough.

@tmspzz Sorry I was wrong about the pull requests not being merged -- I hadn't noticed that they had been. But we are still waiting on a release for those pull requests so I'm still worried.

I just tried to install a binary xcframework via Carthage. It installed the simulator .framework slice and threw out the arm .framework slice.

is carthage dead? or will a fix come one day?

is carthage dead? or will a fix come one day?

Probably is :D I had to switch to spm because I can't wait anymore

It's most certainly not dead. XCFramework support is actually now on master as of a few weeks ago. #3071

Ah wonderful! Any ETA for a public release?

looks like the changes are released in today's 0.37 release.

O.37.0 includes support for .xcframeworks but not yet for Catalyst

Now that we have XCFrameworks support, is there a way to get the Catalyst slice built?

Happy to sponsor Catalyst slice support, please feel to contact me via Twitter @hansemannnn!

I pushed a working implementation: #3235

Not quite ready to be merged yet, but if you want to try it out in your project, feel free to clone it and make install, and let me know if you encounter any issues!