Add support for Swift Package Manager (SPM) as the dependency manager for iOS

<!-- Thank you for starting a discussion about React Native! Please follow the structure shown below. Note: Issues should be limited to long-form discussions. If you have a proposal, please add it via a Pull Request. --> ### Introduction <!-- A brief intro about the topic you want to discuss. --> Deprecate Cocoapods as the dependency manager for iOS, and add support for Swift Package Manager (SPM) as its successor. ### Details <!-- Details about what you want to discuss. --> There is growing evidence that SPM is on a trajectory to replace Cocoapods as the most popular dependency manager for iOS apps. I surmise that Cocoapods, being the only option to integrate React Native into an iOS app, is preventing a significant and growing number of iOS developers from trying out React Native. Some background: - Cocoapods was released in 2011 written in Ruby, it became the de facto dependency manager for iOS apps. - SPM was released as part of Swift 3.0 in 2016. References: - [Cocoapods](https://cocoapods.org) - [Swift 3.0 Release](https://www.swift.org/blog/swift-3.0-released/) - [SPM](https://www.swift.org/package-manager/) - [SPM on GitHub](https://github.com/apple/swift-package-manager) - [Migrating from CocoaPods to Swift Package Manager - Bitrise Blog](https://bitrise.io/blog/migrating-from-cocoapods-to-swift-package-manager) - [Existing proposal?](https://github.com/react-native-community/discussions-and-proposals/pull/439) ### Discussion points <!-- Summarize the main

Posted by sja26 on Jan 24, 2023, 9:05 PM

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