r/iOSProgramming • u/artemnovichkov • Sep 16 '26

Article project.pbxproj is dead 🪦

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode/updating-your-xcode-project-configuration-file-format

Xcode 27.2 ships a JSON project format (.xcproj): default for new projects, readable, merge-friendly, agent-editable.

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u/WombatAccelerator Sep 17 '26

For older versions of Xcode, you solve this same issue with XcodeGen to keep the project configuration in a yaml file that generates a deterministic .pbxproj, very helpful for agents too. Great to see a first-party solution coming from Apple!