Choosing How to Process a Target's Files

A target's files are separated into build phases, which determine what happens to the files when the target builds its product. To view these phases, click the Targets tab, select the target, and click the Files & Build Phases tab.

These are the phases that every target contains:

When you add a file to a target, Project Builder assigns it to a build phase automatically according to its suffix. To change a file's build phase:

When the target builds its product, it processes them in the order they're listed on the Files panel. To change that order: