How to link a package locally into my Swift project?

[bcardarella (Brian Cardarella)]

If I have a separate Swift package that I am developing but not ready for publish but I want to try it out in a Swift app can I link that into my project locally or do I always have to push to a git repo and tag with a version to install?

[byaruhaf (Franklin Byaruhanga)]

You don't have to push to a git repo. There two ways to link to a package locally

Option 1:

How to add local Swift Package as dependency?

The proper way to add a local Swift Package is via menu in Xcode: Swift Packages -> Add Package Dependency... And type the full URL pointing to your package folder, starting from file:// prefix (it is a local URL after all). Take note, only the committed changes in the package propagate to the project builds. I.e. it behaves like a fully remote package, despite the fact that you can still edit its sources from the same Xcode project.

Option 2:

How to add local Swift Package as dependency?

I eventually managed to do it. Drag the package folder which contains the Package.swift into your Xcode project Click the Plus button in the "Link Binary with Libraries" section, locate the package in the modal dialog, select the gray library icon inside the package, and add this one. Build your Xcode project and move on to your next interesting task Trouble is that Xcode lets you drag the brown package icon to the "Link Binary with Libraries" section of the "Build Phases" tab of you…

[ktraunmueller (Karl Traunmüller)]

Sorry for bumping the topic, but it seems neither of the two options mentioned above work any longer with Xcode 16, and I wanted to share what worked for me.

I was running into "missing package product" errors when trying to add a local package to my (Mac app) project. It seems there's several wrong ways to add a local package, and only one that worked for me:

• Select the (app) target
• On the General tab, scroll down to Frameworks, Libraries, and Embedded Content
• Click +, "Add Other...", "Add Package Dependency..."
• "Add Local"
• Select folder containing Package.swift, and "Add to project: (app project)"
• "Add to target: (app target)"

Only then will it show up in the Package Dependencies as an expandable folder (not just a single brown box with a link icon).