Balanced Payment integration for iOS - iphone

I am trying to do the payment using https://www.balancedpayments.com/ . They have their iPhone library for this https://github.com/balanced/balanced-ios . The problem is that there is not enough documentation on how the Balanced.framework has to be added in the XCode 4.5 project?

Download the Balanced framework.
Add Balanced.framework to your project and to Build Phases -> Link Binary With Libraries.
Add CoreTelephony.framework to Build Phases -> Link Binary With Libraries.
Usage:
#import <Balanced/Balanced.h>
Balanced *balanced = [[Balanced alloc] initWithMarketplaceURI:#"/v1/marketplaces/TEST-MP2autgNHAZxRWZs76RriOze"];
BPCard *card = [[BPCard alloc] initWithNumber:#"4242424242424242" expirationMonth:8 expirationYear:2025 securityCode:#"123"];
If you need more help, look at the example project they have attached...

You Just Need to add those Balanced- Classes as a static library, It will work out.
Add a Static Library to your Project.
Now add those balanced classes to your static Library.
Goto YourProject->Target->BuildPhases->LinkWithBinaryLibraries
Here add the StaticLibrary.
Hope this will help you.

Follow this issue on Github. The lack of linking Balanced.framework is related to Xcode templates. The fix is documented in the project's "Contributing" section. You need to build it.

The balanced-ios project has changed quite a bit since this question was asked. It now creates a static library instead of a framework. This change was made for the reasons described in balanced-ios Project Architecture.
To integrate balanced-ios into iOS projects, do the following:
Download the latest pre-built release zip from https://github.com/balanced/balanced-ios/releases
Copy balanced.a to your project
Add balanced.a to Build Phases -> Link Binary With Libraries
Add CoreTelephony.framework to Build Phases -> Link Binary With Libraries
Copy includes/balanced to your project's include folder (or create an include folder and copy includes/balanced to it) includes is automatically included in header search paths. Drag includes to your project so you can see the files from there. If you copy the include files to a location other than includes you'll probably need to add the path to User Header Search Paths in your project settings
Code usage examples can be found in the README at https://github.com/balanced/balanced-ios

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Externally added frameworks are not copied when project is copied in xcode

I have added external frameworks from my mac's Documents folder into my project.
Now when I copy this project to someother place and compile them I m getting errors .Its becoz those frameworks are not copied.Those frameworks appear to be in red colur in Frameworks group.
How can I make all the custom added frameworks to be copied when the project is copied to a newer place?
Add these framework first of all under build phases in link binary with libraries means drag & drop these framework there first & then try to add in another place.try it.

Xcode Framework resources handling

I am a newbie to Xcode Framework. Had just make a bundle to be used as framework in other projects. My question is: How to make the resources exp: .xib, images usable by other project? I've tried copy bundle resources in build phases, but i dont know how to retrieve them.
It's kind of tricky. I've relied on some excellent work by Karl Stenerud found here.
for adding resources (xib and images) copy them to project folder and drag and drop in Xcode project > supporting files (or any folder you have created ) and in pop up window check copy items into destination group and also check add to target..
then you can find these resources copied in Build Phase > copy bundle resources
Edit ! do you mean to ask something like this : where to find these images of Facebook framework in your project? and are you saying they are not found in copy bundle resources?

iPhone SDK: How to add a compiled static library to my project?(AQGridView)

I plan to use AQGridView which I found on github, it says:
"This project compiles to a static library which you can include, or you can just reference the source files directly. Note that there are some resources to copy into your project for the tableview-style selection backgrounds."
But I have no idea what does this means, can anyone one tell me clearly the steps how can I add this to my project?
Thanks
After compiling the project, you'll get a dylib-file (you may already have it?).
Now, drag the dylib-file to your app-Xcode-project.
Go to your target settings and add the includes-folder to your Header Search Paths so that you can use it's public classes.
Now make sure it's in your target's 'Link with library'-list.
Compile!

Adobe RMSDK in iPhone

I am researching on Abode's RMSDK for iOS. I ve the SDK with all the library files. There is a sample project given in that SDK which works fine. But If I include the lib file in my own sample app its is throwing a linker error. Can any one help me out in this. Is there any sample code that i can refer regarding this SDK.
Thanks in advance
You can try to add reference to a rmservice project insteed of using lib file.
Then, you must verify all paths described in project settings is correct. I've had to placed my project in same folder of rmservice so that I don't have to change any setting.
If you still want to use it as a lib, you should perform two actions:
1) Add the lib in the build phases, on the Link Binary with libraries area. Be sure to select your target on the left side, not the project.
2) In your build settings on the Library Search Paths you should write down the path where the library resides.
For iOS, if you are doing RMSDK11, then follow the book2png in samples folder, this will allow you build you own application.
If you are doing RMSDK10, then you probably will run into 32/64 bit support problem.

Can you reference Xib files from static libraries on the iPhone?

In my app, i currently have all my code separated into a static library, to make it easier to set up the xcode project targets for the actual app and for unit tests for my code. The problem with this is that i want to put most of my xib files in the static library as well, but it seems that when i run my app and try to reference the xib it can't find it unless it is included in the actual app's target instead of the static library target. Is it possible to have xib files and other resources included in static libraries that can be referenced by code in that same library, and if so, how?
No it isn't possible, because a static library is not the same as a "bundle".
A bundle is a directory that may contain all manner of files including resource files (xib), executable files and static libraries. It exists on the filesystem as a group of individual files.
A static library is a single file that contains classes, code and variables that were linked together by the library creator. It does not "contain" other files, it is essentially a database of compiled code.
Although it would be possible to put the data for the xibs in there, Xcode would have no way of knowing that it was in there, as it looks for them as individual files on the filesystem.
In Mac OS, you may create a "Framework" which is essentially a bundle of code, resources, settings etc which may be reused by multiple projects. However, Apple does not seem to support custom framework creation for iPhone OS.
Bundles
https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/CoreFoundation/Conceptual/CFBundles/BundleTypes/BundleTypes.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/10000123i-CH101-SW1
Static Libraries
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_library
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No worries, I've been trying to do pretty much the same thing as you for the last week - I'd like to ship a "framework" of xibs, include files and .a libs to a client without giving them all the source code. I couldn't find a good way to do this with bundles either.
For whatever reason, Apple are being particularly obtuse about this - I can't see a reason for them to be so in the case of static libraries (dynamic libraries fair enough).
My solution for now is to manually create a package folder "Foo" that contains the following subfolders:
"include" -> put .h files here
"res" -> put .xib files here
"lib" -> contains "iphoneos" & "iphonesimulator" subfolders each with libFoo.a
Then zip this up and send to the client. The client then:
Unzips the package where ever they like.
Adds the "res" folder under the resources group.
Changes the following target settings:
Other Linker Flags = -Objc -lfoo
Header Search Paths = /include
Library Search Paths = /lib/$(PLATFORM_NAME)
I can probably automate the package creation with some build steps at my end, but the client is stuck with four slightly fiddly steps to get set up.
I found a perfect solution for this that does all the above automatically and more
https://github.com/kstenerud/iOS-Universal-Framework
Its an xCode plugin
It worked for me like a charm,
It works only for XCode 4 and above
Yes You can. add a xib file in your library as you would do for any normal project. Then in library project target add the xib file in copy Files section along with .a file.
In your main project where you are using the library, drag and drop the xib file where .a file for library is located.
Answer in including Xib files to your static library.
This time we have Xcode 11, you just create a bundle target in addition to your library target. The bundle template is available on macOS. Then from the library code, reference the bundle to be able to reference the nib. You distribute the library with the bundle.
A detailed video about using Xibs with static libraries below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQI02KR9kQw
When distributing you could also create an SDK. JSON.framework did this in their SVN, and I successfully replicated this. You can see how this was done in http://hltypes.svn.sf.net/ in the hltypes-ios.xcodeproj and the iOS folder in the project.
Primarily you need to "install" into your build folder, and then you need to copy the specially formatted SDKSettings.plist. Then add the path to the SDK into "Additional SDKs" list in application project. Downside of composite SDKs are the need to restart Xcode 3.x whenever this mini-SDK is updated, and Xcode's insistence on constructing a composite SDK created from Apple's base SDK and your mini-SDK (which means you need to wait quite a bit).
Application project still needs to have .xib and other resources manually added.