I have created lib.dylib dynamic library. I want to use that library in my application.
What are the Build setting and build phase settings are required?
Steps to use the library in objective-c.
so there are 2 ways...
1) if the Dyld is available at link time, then you just link against it. (in Xcode you add it to the link build phase of the target you are building.)
if using a framework: The headers will end up in the header search path so you can #import <framework/header.h> them.
2) if it isn't then you will need to open the dynamic library with dlopen, then you read in each function directly... this is much more of a specialty task, like dealing with a plug-in architecture.
there are some tricky thinks if you are supplying the dynamic lib then there are issues with the library install path being relative to the executable... but you will just have to tackle them if you hit them (start by googling #rpath)
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I already create an .aar (android library) files in android studio and want to call/use it in nativescript-vue project.
I have placed the aar file in "app/App_Resources/Android/libs" folder.
Based on my reading, in typescript the way to call the method in aar files is by calling com.package.MyClass.
My question is , how to call it in .vue files. I have tried to call the method using the same approach but its produce an error :
Module not found: Error: Can't resolve com.package.MyClass
Can someone please help me on this.
Your help is very much appreciated.
You may simply place your AAR file in your App_Resources/Android/libs directory, CLI will pick it up at build time and the native APIs should be available at runtime within your project.
Try a clean build if you see errors, make sure the AAR is picked up. You might be able to verify it from the CLI logs. If you still see issues, make sure the class you are trying to access is public.
I'm not sure it's possible to use the android lib directly in the main project or not. In my way, I create a NS plugin that includes the .aar library, then add this plugin to the main project & use the methods defined in the .aar library without problem.
If you place the .aar library in the main project, you should check if that .aar library is installed by running tns build command & look at console log. If it's installed together with the project, that means you can use the lib method in .vue or any .js files.
Update
I've since spent time learning how to use install_name_tool & otool to do this properly, and documented the process here: Using Frameworks Within NSBundles
I would like to use the Connection Kit framework within an NSBundle I am making.
To allow my bundle to load the framework successfully, I've changed the dynamic library install name to use #loader_path as opposed to #executable_path.
After building and including the framework in my NSBundle, then building that, running the program that loads my bundle, my bundle fails to load and produces the following output:
Error loading MyBundle.rwplugin/Contents/MacOS/MyBundle: dlopen(/Users/facelap/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/MyBundle-hiyhdkndcnuhspfqwcuyneqobeou/Build/Products/Debug/MyBundle.rwplugin/Contents/MacOS/MyBundle, 265): Library not loaded: #executable_path/../Frameworks/DAVKit.framework/Versions/A/DAVKit
Referenced from: /Users/facelap/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/MyBundle-hiyhdkndcnuhspfqwcuyneqobeou/Build/Products/Debug/MyBundle.rwplugin/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/Connection.framework/Versions/A/Connection
Reason: image not found
It seems that Connection Kit itself uses a framework.
I also have the source for this framework. I tried setting its dynamic library install name to #loader_path, but this resulted in similar output (and the bundle failed to loar).
What would a sane entry be for the dynamic library install name for a framework within a framework that is to be used within an NSBundle?
Look at the crash log. It says that you bundle can't load DAVKit.framework so the easiest way - its rebuild ConnectionKit framework but instead of embedding DAVKit.xcodeproj insert all sources of DAVKit. Its easiest way but more correctly - its setup install path of ConnectionKit and DAVKit frameworks.
Its link should help you:
embedding frameworks in loadable bundles
You should link your bundle with DAVKit and include it there In the same way as you're including ConnectionKit. This avoids having multiple depths of frameworks being shipped
I am trying to create and then add the dylib to a project.
I created it by using the "Cocoa-Library" template and setting the type to "Dynamic" (not sure if it should be dynamic or static...). Then I created a simple obj-c class called Test and wrote a method in it that prints out something to console.
I compiled and used the generated .dylib file and put it in another project. Now whenever I try to use it, I get this message on runtime"
dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/lib/TESTLib.dylib
Referenced from: /Users/***/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/TestingDYLIB-axmoocnxbwznoyerfogosumqufxc/Build/Products/Debug/TestingDYLIB.app/Contents/MacOS/TestingDYLIB
Reason: image not found
I also created a Copy File phase and set the destination to "Frameworks". I still get the same error.
What am I doing wrong?
The issue is not where Xcode is looking for the library at compile time, which is what Simon Whitaker's answer addresses.
The issue is that the application which uses the dylib cannot find it at runtime. When an application is built that uses a dynamic library, it copies the install_name of the dylib into the output binary.
Creating a copy files phase and copying the dylib to the Frameworks subdirectory of the app's bundle is the right thing do do.
However, you need to do an additional step. You need to compile the dynamic library with an install_name appropriate for a bundle app. By default, a dynamic library is created with an install_name of /usr/local/lib. The app can't find your library there because it doesn't exist. Even if you put the library there, your users certainly won't have it, so that would be the wrong solution.
The right solution is bundling the library with the app. To set the install name for the dynamic library, go into the dynamic library project and set the "Dynamic Library Install Name" option to: #executable_path/../Frameworks/libmydynamiclibrary.dylib
Xcode is looking in /usr/local/lib/ for the library. If the library is in another location, add that location to your Library Search Paths:
Select project file in Xcode 4
Select the target, then click the Build Settings tab
Make sure All is selected in the filter bar (not Basic)
Scroll down to the Search Paths section and you'll find Library Search Paths in there
i am currently trying to implement a "third party framework" (FeedbackReporter.Framework) into my preferencepane.
Unfortunately I am getting the following error all the time when trying to launch my preference pane:
16.05.10 23:13:30 System Preferences[32645] dlopen_preflight
failed with
dlopen_preflight(/Users/me/Library/PreferencePanes/myPane.prefPane/Contents/MacOS/myPane):
Library not loaded:
#executable_path/../Frameworks/FeedbackReporter.framework/Versions/A/FeedbackReporter
Referenced from:
/Users/me/Library/PreferencePanes/myPane.prefPane/Contents/MacOS/myPane
Reason: image not found for
/Users/me/Library/PreferencePanes/myPane.prefPane
As far as I read so far, this problem is probably caused because my prefPane is no actual app, but a "plugin" of "System Settings.app" and thus #executable_path resolves to a path within the bundle of this app, instead of the bundle of my prefpane.
But I don't really picked up howto fix this problem. I guess it must be fairly easy since it should be a usual case that people use non-apple-frameworks in PreferencePanes.
Thanks for your hints!
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Short Update:
As far as I understood tons of docs I read so far, there might be a setting which has to be done in the third-party framework. Obviously the "install path" has to be set to "loader_path" instead to "executable_path" in order to work in a preferencepane.
But since I am using a precompiled framework (FeedbackReporter.framework) this is probably a setting which the author has to change?! and even if i could compile the framework myself, i had no idea where to change this install_path in Xcode.
If you cannot wait for the next release just download the source, change it in
FeedbackReporter.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
and then open and compile the framework yourself.
Actually, you can change it yourself without recompiling the third party framework. You can use install_name_tool to change where a MachO binary will look for shared object libraries. First use otool -L <binary file for your plugin> to get the paths of where it expects its libraries to be, then use install_name_tool -change ... to change the paths in that file. Repeat for any bundled frameworks.
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Hey,
I've written a command line 'foundation tool' that uses the RegexKit.framework extensively. Everything works when run in Xcode but if I compile the release build and try to run it in Terminal I get the following error:
dyld: Library not loaded: #executable_path/../Frameworks/RegexKit.framework/Versions/A/RegexKit
Closer inspection reveals that the RegexKit.framework bundle is sat in the same directory as my executable file... I've done some research and I'm thinking that as command line tools don't use application bundles there's no where for Xcode to copy the framework to. So I'm guessing that I need to compile the framework as a static library and include it in my code... am I right? If so, how do I go about doing this? Is there anything I can do in Terminal to point to the framework externally?
Any help would be very greatly received, I've been banging my head against this for a few days now!
Thanks in advance,
Tom
So... What I did in the end was to recompile the framework with a different Installation Directory (in the Deployment section, under the Build tab in the Target's Info) - I set it to just #executable_path.
I then compiled the framework and replaced the one in my Utilitie's project, I also changed the Copy Files build phase to copy the framework to "Executables" rather than Frameworks.
The good news is that this fixes my original problem - but obviously the framework has to be in the same directory as the executable.
So this got me unstuck but I'd still love to know how to compile RegexKit.framework statically!
You shouldn't be installing the framework in the Executable folder of your bundle. It should be in the Frameworks folder. You need a Copy Files phase in your project that copies the framework and you need to set the Destination to "Frameworks". "Copy only when installing" should be unchecked.
When testing this, you should make sure you perform a clean build. I typically delete the build folder rather than using Xcode's Clean menu option since it's quicker and more comprehensive.
Also: you cannot statically link to a framework. If you want to statically link to something, it needs to be a static library so in this case, you'd need to hack about with RegexKit. Bear in mind that static libraries cannot contain resources, whereas Frameworks, being bundles, can.