Stronglyboards generates code that can be used to provide a strongly-typed interface to iOS Storyboards.

Reduce mistakes introduced when using string based storyboard and view controller identifiers.

It is inspired by Natalie but is a Ruby gem and generates a slightly different API, and I believe competition is a good thing.

• Safe instantiation of:-
  • storyboards,
  • the storyboard's initial view controller,
  • view controllers with storyboard identifiers
• Outputs Objective-C or Swift depending on your preference.
• Integrates seamlessly into your project.
  • Creates a build phase to automatically keep the generated code up-to-date with storyboard changes.
• Supports localized and non-localized Storyboards.

• Segues
• Table and Collection View cells
• More...

Use the gem command to install Stronglyboards:

gem install stronglyboards

Run stronglyboards on your Xcode project file:

stronglyboards install MyProject.xcodeproj

By default it will generate Objective-C files in the current directory.

Stronglyboards will automatically add the generated files into your project and setup a new "Run Script" build phase to keep up-to-date with any storyboard changes you might make.

install <PROJECT>

This will install Stronglyboards into the specified Xcode project. Replace <PROJECT> with your .xcodeproj file.

update <PROJECT>

This will attempt to update Stronglyboards in a project where it is already installed. Replace <PROJECT> with your .xcodeproj file. Note that things will likely go wrong if you have manually renamed any of the generated files.

uninstall <PROJECT>

This will attempt to remove Stronglyboards from a project where it has been previously installed. Replace <PROJECT> with your .xcodeproj file. Note that things will likely go wrong if you have manually renamed any of the generated files.

--output specifies the name of the output file(s). You can use this parameter to output to a different directory. e.g. Classes/GeneratedStoryboardAPI. You should not provide a file extension as part of this file name. This is an optional parameter, default is Stronglyboards. Note that this path is essentially a template, the actual generated filenames will be different.

--language specifies the output language as either objc or swift. This is an optional parameter, default is objc.

--prefix specifies a string to be used as the prefix for all generated classes. This is an optional parameter, default is no prefix. Note that the prefix does not affect the output file name.

Submit an issue, or ideally a pull request.

• @nxsteveo
• <Your name here>

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