Re: "Best" ways to install frameworks?
Re: "Best" ways to install frameworks?
- Subject: Re: "Best" ways to install frameworks?
- From: "Sean McBride" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:32:45 -0500
- Organization: Rogue Research
On 11/21/07 9:39 AM, Rick Hoge said:
>
>A problem I just worked through getting IB plugins to load raised a
>number of questions relating to where and how frameworks should be
>installed in Xcode projects:
>
>1) the default install path specified for framework target seems to
>be /Library/Frameworks/. However as far as I can tell, none of the
>framework templates in Xcode includes a build phase to actually copy
>the framework into this location. I know this is easy to do using a
>"copy files" build phase, but why don't any of the templates include
>this? I suppose it could be that, for actually shipping an app, your
>installer would do this since the ultimate objective is not to run the
>app out of Xcode (also it's probably good that by default Xcode never
>modifies anything outside of the project). Is there any other reason
>why the templates don't actually install the framework?
>
>2) an app we currently distribute has it's frameworks located inside
>the app bundle, making the app drag-and-drop installable and
>relocatable.
I think the answer to #1 is exactly because of the above sentence.
>If we want to make some of the frameworks available to
>3d party developers, the frameworks should probably be in /Library/
>Frameworks/. Do I have to choose one or the other? I am wondering
>what strategies work well for allowing both flexible installation and
>exposure of frameworks to developers. Having two sets of the
>framework seems like it could lead to confusion or problems.
Personally, I would go with the 'two sets' option. Unless your
Framework takes a huge about of disk space.
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Sean McBride, B. Eng email@hidden
Rogue Research www.rogue-research.com
Mac Software Developer Montréal, Québec, Canada
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