Abandoned because: SwiftUI

Outletgen Xcode Script

No more drag & dropping @IBOutlets 🙌
No more clutter in ViewControllers 🗑
Type safe, no more mystical crashes due to missing @IBOutlets ✨

This script will automatically generate view outlets for you! The views are generated as VC extensions and are stored by object association ⚡️

Features:

Storyboard/XIB support
Outlets for subviews
Outlets for subviews in cells storyboard prototypes
Outlets for constraints
Outlets for UIBarButtonItems

Early version, may be buggy, feel free to test and contribute

Installation

Add pod 'Outletgen' to your Podfile
Add "$PODS_ROOT/Outletgen/Outletgen --module $PRODUCT_MODULE_NAME" to to your Run Scripts in Xcode. Drag it above the Compile Sources phase.
Build and add generated Outletgen.swift to your project. Deselect Copy files if needed.

Adding Outletgen.swift to .gitignore is recommended.

or:

Manual Installation

Drag & Drop Outletgen to your project folder.
Add "$SRCROOT/Outletgen --module $PRODUCT_MODULE_NAME" to your Run Scripts in Xcode. Drag it above the Compile Sources phase.is
Build and add generated Outletgen.swift to your project. Deselect Copy files if needed.

Using

Just add an "Outlet identifier" (outletIdentifier) to your views, constraints in XIBs/Storyboards and Outletgen will auto generate code for you to use.

Before

class MyVc: UIViewController {
    
    @IBOutlet weak var tableView: UITableView!
    @IBOutlet weak var activityIndicator: UIActivityIndicatorView!
    @IBOutlet weak var emptyView: UIScrollView!
    @IBOutlet weak var searchBar: UISearchBar!
   
    override func viewDidLoad() {
        tableView.isHidden = true
        activityIndicator.isHidden = true
        emptyView.isHidden = true
        searchBar.isHidden = true
    }

After

No drag & dropping. Just add an "Outlet identifier" in your views and references will be auto-generated for you:

class MyVc: UIViewController {

    // Aaah, no more clutter!
    
    override func viewDidLoad() {
        // These are auto generated in an extension of MyVc
        tableView.isHidden = true
        activityIndicator.isHidden = true
        emptyView.isHidden = true
        searchBar.isHidden = true
    }

Contributing

Just make a PR! There are some issues to solve in the "Issues" section.

Thanks for contributing!

kacperd <3

michalciurus / Outletgen