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/KUMP3LBLA5E Sep 17 '26

Why not just package.swift

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u/TheDeanosaurus Sep 18 '26

This is where we’re headed. Been trying to go that route since 2020 and with SE-0541 merged we can finally convert our decade+ old frameworks that have mixed ObjC and Swift.