Duplicate and rename Xcode project associated folders

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I would like to be able to duplicate an entire Xcode project  rename the project and the associated files without Xcode going mental  and without having to manually re-import all files to the project

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I m posting this since I have always been struggling when renaming a project in XCode   Renaming the project is good and simple but this doesn t rename the source folder  Here is a step by step of what I have done that worked great in Xcode 4 and 5 thanks to the links below   REF links  Rename Project  Rename Source Folder and other files   1- Backup your project   If you are using git  commit any changes  make a copy of the entire project folder and backup in time machine before making any changes  this step is not required but I highly recommended    2- Open your project   3- Slow double click or hit enter on the Project name  blue top icon  and rename it to whatever you like      NOTE  After you rename the project and press    enter    it will suggest to automatically change all project-name-related entries and   will allow you to de-select some of them if you want  Select all of   them and click ok    4- Rename the Scheme   a  Click the menu right next to the stop button and select Manage Schemes   b  Single-slow-click or hit enter on the old name scheme and rename it to whatever you like   c  Click ok   5 - Build and run to make sure it works      NOTES  At this point all of the important project files should be renamed except the comments in the classes created when the project   was created nor the source folder  Next we will rename the folder in   the file system       6- Close the project   7- Rename the main and the source folder   8- Right click the project bundle  xcodeproj file and select    Show Package Contents    from the context menu  Open the  pbxproj file with any text editor   9- Search and replace any occurrence of the original folder name with the new folder name   10- Save the file   11- Open XCode project  test it   12- Done   EDIT 10 11 19   There is a tool to rename projects in Xcode I haven t tried it enough to comment on it  https   github com appculture xcode-project-renamer

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I am using this script after I rename my iOS Project  It helps to change the directories name and make the names in sync      http   github com ytbryan rename   NOTE  you will need to manually change the scheme s name

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In the example code for the book  Instant OpenCV for iOS  I have found a bash script that copies a project from a folder to another  Doing a little research I ve found a blog post from what seems to be the original author of the script  http   mohrt blogspot it 2009 01 renaming-xcode-project-from-command html  where you can download the script  I gave it a try and running it from terminal like this        sh renameXcodeProject sh  lt name-of-existing-folder gt   lt name-of-folder-to-create gt       works fine  Additional info can be found opening the file with a text editor  Hope that helps

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I using Xcode 6  and I just do    Copy all files in project folders to new Folders  with new name   Open   xcodeproj or   xcworkspace Change name of Project  Click on schema and delete current chema and add new one    Here is done  but name of window Xcode and   xcodeproj or   xcworkspace still  lt old-name gt   Then I do    pop install Open  lt new name gt  xcworkspace

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As of XCode 7 this has become much easier   Apple has documented the process on their site  https   developer apple com library ios recipes xcode help-project editor RenamingaProject RenamingaProject html  Update  XCode 8 link  http   help apple com xcode mac 8 0   dev3db3afe4f

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One more thing to try   When I copied all of my files  opened the project  and renamed it  everything changed to my new project name except for the test target  I got a linker error that said I was missing a file called  myOldProjectname app   Here s what fixed it    Click on your project settings and select your test target  Click on build settings and search for  test host   Check those 2 file paths  Chances are that those 2 paths are still pointing at your old project name     Hope that helps

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This answer is the culmination of various other StackOverflow posts and tutorials around the internet brought into one place for my future reference  and to help anyone else who may be facing the same issue  All credit is given for other answers at the end   Duplicating an Xcode Project   In the Finder  duplicate the project folder to the desired location of your new project  Do not rename the  xcodeproj file name or any associated folders at this stage  In Xcode  rename the project  Select your project from the navigator pane  left pane   In the Utilities pane  right pane  rename your project  Accept the changes Xcode proposes  In Xcode  rename the schemes in  Manage Schemes   also rename any targets you may have  If you re not using the default Bundle Identifier which contains the current PRODUCT NAME at the end  so will update automatically   then change your Bundle Identifier to the new one you will be using for your duplicated project    Renaming the source folder  So after following the above steps you should have a duplicated and renamed Xcode project that should build and compile successfully  however your source code folder will still be named as it was in the original project  This doesn t cause any compiler issues  but it s not the clearest file structure for people to navigate in SCM  etc  To rename this folder without breaking all your file links  follow these steps    In the Finder  rename the source folder  This will break your project  because Xcode won t automatically detect the changes  All of your xcode file listings will lose their links with the actual files  so will all turn red  In Xcode  click on the virtual folder which you renamed  This will likely be right at the top  just under your actual  xcodeproject  Rename this to match the name in the Finder  this won t fix anything and strictly isn t a required step but it s nice to have the file names matching  In Xcode  Select the folder you just renamed in the navigation pane  Then in the Utilities pane  far right  click the icon that looks like dark grey folder  just underneath the  Location  drop down menu  From here  navigate to your renamed folder in the finder and click  Choose   This will automagically re-associate all your files  and they should no longer appear red within the Xcode navigation pane       In your project   targets build settings  search for the old folder name and manually rename any occurrences you find  Normally there is one for the prefix pch and one for the info plist  but there may be more  If you are using any third party libraries  Testflight Hockeyapp etc  you will also need to search for  Library Search Paths  and rename any occurrences of the old file name here too  Repeat this process for any unit test source code folders your project may contain  the process is identical    This should allow you to duplicate  amp  rename an xcode project and all associated files without having to manually edit any xcode files  and risk messing things up   Credits  Many thanks is given to Nick Lockwood  and Pauly Glott for providing the separate answers to this problem    Duplicating an XCode 4 Project Renaming xcode 4 project and the actual folder

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I m using simple BASH script for renaming   Usage    rename sh oldName newName     bin sh  OLDNAME  1 NEWNAME  2  export LC CTYPE C  export LANG C find   -type f   -path         -exec sed -i    -e  s   OLDNAME    NEWNAME  g        mv    OLDNAME  xcodeproj     NEWNAME  xcodeproj  mv    OLDNAME      NEWNAME     Notes    This script will ignore all files like  git and  DS Store Will not work if old name new name contains spaces May not work if you use pods  not tested  Scheme name will not be changed  anyway project runs and compiles normally

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For anybody else having issues with storyboard crashes after copying your project  head over to Main storyboard under Identity Inspector   Next  check that your current module is the correct renamed module and not the old one

[xcode] Duplicate and rename Xcode project & associated folders

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