So im creating a library that has an asset of .png right now. I need to change the Type in File Inspector from PNG to Data.

I need to do this because there is data encrypted into the image, and its important for xcode not to optimize the file otherwise when its decrypted it gives an incorrect result. The most reliable way of doing this is changing the type to Data from PNG in File Inspector. This does work as it should when the type is set to Data, so that is not necessarily the important part. What i need is for the changes i have made to my library to actually end up that way when they are imported into a project. My library shows this as Data type and i have committed these changes, however when i import my library its shows up in the project as PNG type, not Data in the project.

Do i need to take extra steps in my podfile? How can i keep this persisting when the library imports for a user?