To start adding the Amplify Libraries to your iOS project, open your project in Xcode and select **File > Add Packages...**  Enter the Amplify iOS GitHub repo URL (`https://github.com/aws-amplify/amplify-swift`) into the search bar and hit **Enter**. Wait for the result to load. You'll see the Amplify iOS repository rules for which version of Amplify you want Swift Package Manager to install. Choose the dependency rule **Up to Next Major Version**, as it will use the latest compatible version of the dependency that can be detected from the `main` branch, then click **Add Package**.  Lastly, choose which of the libraries you want added to your project. Always select the **Amplify** library. The "Plugin" to install depends on which categories you are using: - API: **AWSAPIPlugin** - Analytics: **AWSPinpointAnalyticsPlugin** - Auth: **AWSCognitoAuthPlugin** - DataStore: **AWSDataStorePlugin** - Geo: **AWSLocationGeoPlugin** - Storage: **AWSS3StoragePlugin** _Note: AWSPredictionsPlugin is not currently supported through Swift Package Manager due to different minimum iOS version requirements. Support for this will eventually be added._  Select all that are appropriate, then click **Add Package**. You can always go back and modify which SPM packages are included in your project by opening the Package Dependencies tab for your project: Click on the Project file in the Xcode navigator, then click on your project's icon, then select the **Package Dependencies** tab. You must explicitly import plugins in your app code when using Swift Package Manager to install Amplify, as in: ```swift import Amplify import AWSAPIPlugin import AWSDataStorePlugin ``` This is a result of Swift Package Manager's importing only relevant pieces of the dependency being installed–in this case, the categories of Amplify. Before starting this step, please make sure you **close Xcode.** **Open a terminal** and **change directories to your project**. For example, if you created your project in the folder `~/Developer`, you can: ```bash cd ~/Developer/MyAmplifyApp ``` In order to initialize your project with the CocoaPods package manager, **execute the command**: ```bash pod init ``` After doing this, you should see a newly created file called `Podfile`. This file is used to describe what packages your project depends on. **Update the file** to include the `Amplify` pod: ``` target 'MyAmplifyApp' do use_frameworks! pod 'Amplify' end ``` To download and install the Amplify pod into your project, **execute the command**: ```bash pod install --repo-update ``` After doing this, you should now see file called `MyAmplifyApp.xcworkspace`. You are required to use this file from now on instead of the .xcodeproj file. To open your workspace, **execute the command**: ```bash xed . ``` This should open the newly generated MyAmplifyApp.xcworkspace in Xcode.