Can I copy a storyboard from one project to another project?

Question

To reuse a storyboard, could I simply copy it from one project to another project (then make modification to the storyboard as required)?

Solution 1

Yes you can, just make sure they are selected as your main storyboards as per image below.

Solution 2

As @Muhammad said you can and it is very simple!

• You just have to drag the Storyboard file from one project to another and select all options (The same procedure as importing anything else!).
• Next, you just need to go to your project options by clicking on the project icon in the left upper side of project navigator.
• Then you just need to select this storyboard to be your storyboard and that's it.

Solution 3

Method 1

Select the View Controller in the storyboard and press Command + C to copy. Then press Command + V to paste in the second storyboard. Check the document outline to see where it was pasted to.

Method 2

Right click the storyboard file in the Project Navigator and select Open As > Source Code. Scroll down the XML code until you find your View Controller. It will look something like this:

<!--My View Controller-->
<scene sceneID="tne-QT-ifu">
    ...
</scene>

Copy this and paste it in the second project's storyboard file.

Notes

• You must also copy over the view controller swift file, of course, but the outlets shouldn't need to be reconnected.

Solution 4

It's simple. Just follow these steps:

1. Press cmd + D while selecting your desired storyboard scene. It will create a duplicate copy of your selected scene.
2. Press cmd + x to cut the scene from the existing project.
3. Press cmd + v into the storyboard section of the second project.

Cheers.

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Comments

[001]

What do you mean by selected as your main storyboard? @Muhammad

[John Henckel]

This sorta works, but not really. When I click the tuxedo it does not let me Ctrl_Drag to connect items from the view to the controller. How can I fix it?

[John Henckel]

I had to open the storyboard XML in textedit and change the name of the "customClass" of the view controller.

[Luke Smith]

Method 2 : This is the only thing working for me with XCode 11 - everything else makes it crash. Thanks!