IBLinter — Tool for iOS Interface Builder Files

Use for xib and storyboard

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What is an IBLinter?

IBLinter is a specific linting tool for .xib and .storyboard files in iOS projects. This tool will help you identify issues related to user interface rules, layout, and properties in your .xib files. IBLinter validates .xib files against defined rules and provides reports on errors and warnings found.

To use IBLinter, you need to install it first. Here are the general steps to install IBLinter using CocoaPods

https://github.com/IBDecodable/IBLinter

But in this article, we do not use pod, just install terminal

$ brew install iblinter

How to Use IBLinter

All xib and storyboard
$ iblinter lint

The path to the project root directory (--path (string))
$ iblinter lint --path /Users/user/app/Features/running

The reporter use to log errors and warnings (--reporter (string))
$ iblinter lint --reporter json 

When running in a terminal

➜  TestProjectT $ iblinter lint                                                                 
/Users/user/Documents/App_Template/TestApp/TestProjectT/TestProjectT/Base.lproj/Main.storyboard:0:0: error: UILabel (ZhV-dX-CRA) has ambiguous constraints
/Users/user/Documents/App_Template/TestApp/TestProjectT/TestProjectT/NewGroup/TestViewController.xib:0:0: error: UILabel (dbr-8o-vU3) has ambiguous constraints


➜  TestProjectT $ iblinter lint --path /Users/user/Documents/App_Template/TestApp/TestProjectT/TestProjectT/NewGroup 
/Users/user/Documents/_Template/TestApp/TestProjectT/TestProjectT/NewGroup/TestViewController.xib:0:0: error: UILabel (dbr-8o-vU3) has ambiguous constraints


➜  TestProjectT $ iblinter lint --reporter json                                                                                    
[
  {
    "message" : "UILabel (ZhV-dX-CRA) has ambiguous constraints",
    "file" : "\/Users\/user\/Documents\/_Template\/TestApp\/TestProjectT\/TestProjectT\/Base.lproj\/Main.storyboard",
    "level" : "error"
  },
  {
    "message" : "UILabel (dbr-8o-vU3) has ambiguous constraints",
    "file" : "\/Users\/user\/Documents\/App_Template\/TestApp\/TestProjectT\/TestProjectT\/NewGroup\/TestViewController.xib",
    "level" : "error"
  }
]

Combine path and json

➜  TestProjectT $ iblinter lint --path /Users/user/Documents/_Template/TestApp/TestProjectT/TestProjectT/NewGroup --reporter json 

[
  {
    "message" : "UILabel (dbr-8o-vU3) has ambiguous constraints",
    "file" : "\/Users\/user\/Documents\/App_Template\/TestApp\/TestProjectT\/TestProjectT\/NewGroup\/TestViewController.xib",
    "level" : "error"
  }
]

This can also configure IBLinter by adding a .iblinter.yml file to the main project directory.

Rules that can be set up in the yml file: https://github.com/IBDecodable/IBLinter/blob/master/Rules.md

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