LicensePlist

LicensePlist is a command-line tool that automatically generates a Plist of all your dependencies, including files added manually(specified by YAML config file) or using Carthage or CocoaPods. All these licenses then show up in the Settings app.

| App Setting Root | License List | License Detail | | ------------------------- | ------------------------- | --------------------------- | | | | |

Installation

CocoaPods (Recommended)

pod 'LicensePlist'
# Installation path: `${PODS_ROOT}/LicensePlist/license-plist`

Homebrew (Also Recommended)

$ brew install mono0926/license-plist/license-plist

Or

$ brew tap mono0926/license-plist
$ brew install license-plist

Mint (Also Recommended)

$ mint run mono0926/LicensePlist

Download the executable binary from Releases

Download from Releases, then copy to /usr/local/bin/license-plist etc.

Or you can also download the latest binary and install it with a one-liner.

$ curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mono0926/LicensePlist/master/install.sh | sh

From Source

Clone the master branch of the repository, then run make install.

$ git clone https://github.com/mono0926/LicensePlist.git
$ make install

Usage

1. When you are in the directory that contains your Cartfile or Pods, simply execute license-plist.
2. com.mono0926.LicensePlist.Output directory will be generated.
3. Move the files in the output directory into your app's Settings.bundle.
   • Settings.bundle's sample is here
   • The point is to specify com.mono0926.LicensePlist as license list file on your Root.plist.

Settings.bundle
├── Root.plist
├── com.mono0926.LicensePlist
│   ├── APIKit.plist
│   ├── Alamofire.plist
│   └── EditDistance.plist
├── com.mono0926.LicensePlist.plist
├── en.lproj
│   └── Root.strings
└── ja.lproj
    └── Root.strings

Options

You can see options by license-plist --help.

--cartfile-path

• Default: Cartfile

--mintfile-path

• Default: Mintfile

--pods-path

• Default: Pods

--package-path

• Default: Package.swift
• If you are using Swift Package Manager inside Xcode, you can use --package-path $PROJECT_FILE_PATH/project.xcworkspace/xcshareddata/swiftpm/Package.swift inside your Run script.

--output-path

• Default: com.mono0926.LicensePlist.Output
• Recommended: --output-path YOUR_PRODUCT_DIR/Settings.bundle

--github-token

• Default: None.
• LicensePlist uses GitHub API, so sometimes API limit error occures. You can avoid it by using github-token.
• You can generate token here
  • repo scope is needed.

--config-path

• Default: license_plist.yml
• You can specify GitHub libraries(introduced by hand) and excluded libraries
  • Example is here

--prefix

• Default: com.mono0926.LicensePlist
• You can specify output file names instead of default one.

--html-path

• Default: None.
• If this path is specified, a html acknowledgements file will be generated.
  • Example is here

--markdown-path

• Default: None.
• If this path is specified, a markdown acknowledgements file will be generated.
  • Example is here

--force

• Default: false
• LicensePlist saves latest result summary, so if there are no changes, the program interrupts.
  • In this case, execution time is less than 100ms for the most case, so you can run LicensePlist at Run Script Phase every time 🎉
• You can run all the way anyway, by using --force flag.

--add-version-numbers

• Default: false
• When the library name is SomeLibrary, by adding --add-version-numbers flag, the name will be changed to SomeLibrary (X.Y.Z).
  • X.Y.Z is parsed from CocoaPods and Cartfile information, and GitHub libraries specified at Config YAML also support this flag.

--suppress-opening-directory

• Default: false
• Only when the files are created or updated, the terminal or the finder opens. By adding --suppress-opening-directory flag, this behavior is suppressed.

--single-page

• Default: false
• All licenses are listed on a single page, not separated pages.

--fail-if-missing-license

• Default: false
• If there is even one package for which a license cannot be found, LicensePlist returns exit code 1.

Integrate into build

Add a Run Script Phase to Build Phases:

if [ $CONFIGURATION = "Debug" ]; then
/usr/local/bin/license-plist --output-path $PRODUCT_NAME/Settings.bundle --github-token YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN
fi

Alternatively, if you've installed LicensePlist via CocoaPods the script should look like this:

if [ $CONFIGURATION = "Debug" ]; then
${PODS_ROOT}/LicensePlist/license-plist --output-path $PRODUCT_NAME/Settings.bundle --github-token YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN
fi

Q&A

How to generate Xcode project?

Execute swift package generate-xcodeproj or make xcode.

Related Articles

• LicensePlist というiOSアプリ利用ライブラリのライセンス一覧生成するツールを作りました – Swift・iOSコラム – Medium
• Swift Package Manager(SwiftPM)で作ったコマンドラインツールをHomebrewに登録する方法 - Qiita

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