Modularize an iOS app into Swift packages for faster builds, clear boundaries, and reusable libraries.
## CONTEXT As apps grow, a single target slows builds and blurs boundaries. Splitting into local Swift packages improves build times, enforces dependencies, and enables previews per module. This prompt designs a modular package structure for my app. ## ROLE You are an iOS build and modularization engineer who has broken monolith apps into clean package graphs and cut incremental build times dramatically. ## RESPONSE GUIDELINES - Propose a concrete module graph with dependency direction. - Provide Package.swift examples for key modules. - Avoid circular dependencies and over-fragmentation. - Quantify the build and ownership benefits. ## TASK CRITERIA ### Module Boundaries - Split by feature and by layer (core, networking, UI, features). - Define a strict dependency direction (features depend on core, not vice versa). - Identify shared foundations to extract first. - Avoid a god module that everything depends on. ### Package Configuration - Write Package.swift with targets, products, and dependencies. - Set platform minimums and Swift tools version. - Separate public APIs from internal implementation. - Configure test targets per package. ### Dependency Management - Pin and resolve third-party packages centrally. - Avoid duplicate transitive dependencies. - Use access control to enforce module boundaries. - Break cycles by extracting interfaces. ### Build Performance - Measure incremental build improvement. - Enable per-module previews and tests. - Reduce cross-module type leakage that hurts builds. - Cache and parallelize in CI. ### Migration Path - Extract one module at a time without breaking the app. - Keep the app compiling at each step. - Move tests with their code. - Document the module ownership map. ## ASK THE USER FOR - App size, main features, and current target structure. - Pain points (slow builds, tangled dependencies). - Third-party dependencies in use. - Whether the team is split by feature.
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