Creating a Universal iOS Framework in Xcode 7
Looking to whip up an iOS framework with Xcode 7? Here's a great walkthrough, including a breakdown of using your script.
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Join For FreeSeveral months ago, I posted a script for creating a universal iOS framework (i.e. one that will run in both the simulator as well as on an actual device) in Xcode 6. The following is an updated version for use in Xcode 7 (this version supports bitcode):
FRAMEWORK=<framework name>
BUILD=build
FRAMEWORK_PATH=$FRAMEWORK.framework
rm -Rf $BUILD
rm $FRAMEWORK_PATH.tar.gz
xcodebuild archive -project $FRAMEWORK.xcodeproj -scheme $FRAMEWORK -sdk iphoneos SYMROOT=$BUILD
xcodebuild build -project $FRAMEWORK.xcodeproj -target $FRAMEWORK -sdk iphonesimulator SYMROOT=$BUILD
cp -RL $BUILD/Release-iphoneos $BUILD/Release-universal
lipo -create $BUILD/Release-iphoneos/$FRAMEWORK_PATH/$FRAMEWORK $BUILD/Release-iphonesimulator/$FRAMEWORK_PATH/$FRAMEWORK -output $BUILD/Release-universal/$FRAMEWORK_PATH/$FRAMEWORK
tar -czv -C $BUILD/Release-universal -f $FRAMEWORK.framework.tar.gz $FRAMEWORK_PATH
As with the previous version, when located in the same directory as the .xcodeproj file, this script will invoke xcodebuild twice on a framework project and join the resulting binaries together into a single universal binary. It will then package the framework up in a gzipped tarball and place it in the same directory.
I didn't realize this when I posted the first version, but apps that contain "fat" binaries like this don't pass app store validation. Before submitting an app containing a universal framework, the binaries need to be trimmed so that they include only iOS-native code. The following script (adapted from this article) can be used to do this:
FRAMEWORK=$1
echo "Trimming $FRAMEWORK..."
FRAMEWORK_EXECUTABLE_PATH="${BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR}/${FRAMEWORKS_FOLDER_PATH}/$FRAMEWORK.framework/$FRAMEWORK"
EXTRACTED_ARCHS=()
for ARCH in $ARCHS
do
echo "Extracting $ARCH..."
lipo -extract "$ARCH" "$FRAMEWORK_EXECUTABLE_PATH" -o "$FRAMEWORK_EXECUTABLE_PATH-$ARCH"
EXTRACTED_ARCHS+=("$FRAMEWORK_EXECUTABLE_PATH-$ARCH")
done
echo "Merging binaries..."
lipo -o "$FRAMEWORK_EXECUTABLE_PATH-merged" -create "${EXTRACTED_ARCHS[@]}"
rm "${EXTRACTED_ARCHS[@]}"
rm "$FRAMEWORK_EXECUTABLE_PATH"
mv "$FRAMEWORK_EXECUTABLE_PATH-merged" "$FRAMEWORK_EXECUTABLE_PATH"
echo "Done."
To use this script:
- Place the script in your project root directory and name it trim.sh or something similar
- Create a new "Run Script" build phase after the "Embed Frameworks" phase
- Rename the new build phase to "Trim Framework Executables" or similar (optional)
- Invoke the script for each framework you want to trim (e.g.
${SRCROOT}/trim.sh <framework_name>
)
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