IBLinter
A linter tool for Interface Builder
Install / Use
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IBLinter
A linter tool to normalize .xib and .storyboard files. Inspired by realm/SwiftLint

Installation
Using Homebrew
$ brew install iblinter
Using Mint
$ mint install IBDecodable/IBLinter
Using CocoaPods
pod 'IBLinter'
This will download the IBLinter binaries and dependencies in Pods/ during your next
pod install execution and will allow you to invoke it via ${PODS_ROOT}/IBLinter/bin/iblinter
in your Script Build Phases.
Compiling from source
You can build from source by cloning this repository and running
$ make install
iblinter will be installed in /usr/local/bin.
Usage
You can see all description by iblinter --help
$ iblinter --help
USAGE: iblinter <subcommand>
OPTIONS:
--version Show the version.
-h, --help Show help information.
SUBCOMMANDS:
lint (default) Print lint warnings and errors
See 'iblinter help <subcommand>' for detailed help.
Xcode
Add a Run Script Phase to integrate IBLinter with Xcode
if which iblinter >/dev/null; then
iblinter lint
else
echo "warning: IBLinter not installed, download from https://github.com/IBDecodable/IBLinter"
fi
Alternatively, if you've installed IBLinter via CocoaPods the script should look like this:
"${PODS_ROOT}/IBLinter/bin/iblinter"
Requirements
IBLinter requires Swift5.0 runtime. Please satisfy at least one of following requirements.
- macOS 10.14.4 or later
- Install
Swift 5 Runtime Support for Command Line Toolsfrom More Downloads for Apple Developers
Rules
All rules are documented in Rules.md
Pull requests are encouraged.
Configuration
You can configure IBLinter by adding a .iblinter.yml file from project root directory.
| key | description |
|:---------------------|:--------------------------- |
| enabled_rules | Enabled rules id. |
| disabled_rules | Disabled rules id. |
| excluded | Path to ignore for lint. |
| included | Path to include for lint. |
| custom_module_rule | Custom module rule configs. |
| use_base_class_rule| Use base class rule configs.|
| view_as_device_rule| View as device rule configs.|
CustomModuleConfig
You can configure custom_module rule by CustomModuleConfig list.
| key | description |
|:-----------|:---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| module | Module name. |
| included | Path to *.swift classes of the module for custom_module lint. |
| excluded | Path to ignore for *.swift classes of the module for custom_module lint. |
UseBaseClassConfig
You can configure use_base_class rule by UseBaseClassConfig list.
| key | description |
|:------------------|:---------------------------------- |
| element_class | Element class name. |
| base_classes | Base classes of the element class. |
Note: UseBaseClassRule does not work for classes that inherit base class. You need to add all classes to base_classes to check.
ViewAsDeviceConfig
You can configure view_as_device rule by ViewAsDeviceConfig. If there are no config, device_id is set as retina4_7.
| key | description |
|:------------------|:---------------------------------- |
| device_id | Device id for device. |
appx. Table of mapping device name to device_id (on Xcode 10.2)
| device name | device id |
|:------------------|:-------------------- |
| iPhone 4s | retina3_5 |
| iPhone SE | retina4_0 |
| iPhone 8 | retina4_7 |
| iPhone 8 Plus | retina5_5 |
| iPhone XS | retina5_9 |
| iPhone XR | retina6_1 |
| iPhone XS Max | retina6_5 |
UseTraitCollectionsConfig
You can configure use_trait_collections rule by UseTraitCollectionsConfig. If there is no config then use_trait_collections is set to true
| key | description |
|:---------------:|:---------------:|
| enabled | true |
HidesBottomBarConfig
You can configure hides_bottom_bar rule by HidesBottomBarConfig list.
| key | description |
|:---------------:|:---------------:|
| excluded_view_controllers | Controller's class name to ignore hides_bottom_bar rule. |
enabled_rules:
- relative_to_margin
- use_trait_collections
- hides_bottom_bar
- has_single_view_controller
- has_initial_view_controller
disabled_rules:
- custom_class_name
excluded:
- Carthage
- App
included:
- App/Views
custom_module_rule:
- module: UIComponents
included:
- UIComponents/Classes
excluded:
- UIComponents/Classes/Config/Generated
use_base_class_rule:
- element_class: UILabel
base_classes:
- PrimaryLabel
- SecondaryLabel
view_as_device_rule:
device_id: retina4_0
use_trait_collections_rule:
enabled: false
hides_bottom_bar_rule:
excluded_view_controllers:
- FirstViewController
- SecondViewController
