Summary:
CocoaPods makes it easier to add new iOS dependencies to a project without having to manually edit Xcode projects. Editing Xcode projects is time consuming and merging changes to them difficult. Automating the changes to Xcode project `react-native link` is error prone. CocoaPods is a de-facto standard way to manage iOS dependencies and a central part of unimodules and upcoming improvements to `react-native link`.
This PR adds a `Podfile` to the default project template of React Native. To use a project with CocoaPods, after creating it, run `cd ios; pod install` and use the created `<projectname>.xcworkspace` file instead of the `.xcodeproj` file. (We could make this a part of `react-native init` so you only need to run one command when creating a project.)
[iOS] [Added] - Add CocoaPods Podfile to the project template
Pull Request resolved: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/23563
Differential Revision: D14576505
Pulled By: cpojer
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