How to import external iOS framework in flutter plugin?

Question

I'm doing a flutter plugin for stream video by using RTSP protocol. I had no problem develop it for Android, but in iOS things are more complex. I have to use an external library (SGPlayer) for getting the player work. I also downloaded the demo that uses this library and seems to work. This library is NOT on Cocoapods and I need to import it directly into the plugin project from my file system. the downloaded and compiled file structure of the plugin that I would like to use looks like this:

My problem is adding the ".framework" extension file correctly to the iOS project in a way that I can use it to develop the flutter plugin (iOS part).

UPDATE: I built the project with the framework by using instructions at this link: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/17978

The problem now is that while compiling the framework it change the umbrella header because, I think, it's not using the framework module.modulemap but another one. The result is that is importing just some header and implementations, and not all.

Solution 1

1.Place myFramework.framework to iOS plugin folder /ios ex: myPlugin/ios

2.Update iOS plugin file: myPlugin/ios/myPlugin.podspec Adding the below line at the bottom of the file, above 'end'

s.vendored_frameworks = 'myFramework.framework'

In Terminal : cd to myPlugin/example/ios run command

pod install

or

pod update

Now we can find the iOS plugin code by open iOS project (example/ios/Runner.xcworkspace) in XCode and go to

Solution 2

@Lorenzo you can pack your plugin and make private CocoaPod or Carthage repo. Here is a good article howtos

Comments

[Lorenzo Imperatrice]

First of all, thanks for the answer! I have a new question, at the moment, to get things works, I had to import the local framework by using the script that I found in the Github page that I had mentioned in my answer update. The problem is that I had to remove the use_frameworks! from the Podfile and now is impossible for me use Swift Pod if I would like to, but if I leave it, and I try to run the app I get a lot of errors. At this point, my question is: Is possible to use Objective-c pod in a Swift plugin? and how .podspec and Podfile settings are?

[Nihad Delic]

Hey, but what is IDEA behind creating private CocoaPod repo? I should create private CocoaPod and how then to connect my local .framework with that CocoaPod repo?