- Added Cocoapods instructions in Readme.md

README.md

@@ -15,22 +15,46 @@ or do it manually as described below:
 
 ### iOS
 
-1. Run `npm install react-native-linear-gradient --save`
+
-2. Open your project in XCode, right click on `Libraries` and click `Add
+
+
+- Run `npm install react-native-linear-gradient --save`
+
+Then either: 
+#####Cocoapods
+add the following line to your Podfile:
+
+`pod 'BVLinearGradient', :path => ‘../node_modules/react-native-linear-gradient'`
+
+or:
+#####Manually
+
+1. Open your project in XCode, right click on `Libraries` and click `Add
    Files to "Your Project Name"` Look under `node_modules/react-native-linear-gradient` and add `BVLinearGradient.xcodeproj`.  [(Screenshot)](http://url.brentvatne.ca/g9Wp).
-3. Add `libBVLinearGradient.a` to `Build Phases -> Link Binary With Libraries`
+2. Add `libBVLinearGradient.a` to `Build Phases -> Link Binary With Libraries`
    [(Screenshot)](http://url.brentvatne.ca/g9Wp).
-4. Click on `BVLinearGradient.xcodeproj` in `Libraries` and go the `Build
+3. Click on `BVLinearGradient.xcodeproj` in `Libraries` and go the `Build
    Settings` tab. Double click the text to the right of `Header Search
    Paths` and verify that it has `$(SRCROOT)/../react-native/React` - if it
    isn't, then add it. This is so XCode is able to find the headers that
    the `BVLinearGradient` source files are referring to by pointing to the
    header files installed within the `react-native` `node_modules`
    directory. [(Screenshot)](http://url.brentvatne.ca/7wE0).
-5. Whenever you want to use it within React code now you can: `var LinearGradient =
+   
+Then:
+
+   
+- Whenever you want to use it within React code now you can: `var LinearGradient =
    require('react-native-linear-gradient');`
 
-**If you're having trouble, you can point your `package.json` at github to see if the issue has been fixed.  Simply change the dependency `"react-native-linear-gradient": "brentvatne/react-native-linear-gradient",` and then `npm install`**
+
+**If you're having trouble, you can point your `package.json` at github to see if the issue has been fixed.  Simply change the dependency 
+
+`"react-native-linear-gradient": "brentvatne/react-native-linear-gradient",` 
+
+to get the data right from github instead of npm and then `npm install`**
+
+For instance the podspec file does not contain the right data (author attributes etc..) in npm while it does in the github repo.
 
 #### Android