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Senseful
Senseful

Reputation: 91941

Using images from a static Library

I'm trying to convert a project, which has images, into a static library.

The code that gets the image is as follows:

[UIImage imageNamed:@"foo.png"]

When I include this library into another project, the image doesn't load. However, if I copy the images into the new project, then it does load.

Is there any way I can get this to work where the images are only contained in the library and I don't have to copy them over to my project?

By the way, my Header Search Paths contains the path to where these images are located in the library, if that makes any difference.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2489

Answers (3)

E. Rivera
E. Rivera

Reputation: 10938

Just prepend the name of the bundle that contains your image to the image name:

[UIImage imageNamed:@"Myframework.bundle/MyImage"

This also works in Interface Builder, the preview may be broken but the image will be properly loaded.

If using CocoaPods (which I would recommend) make sure to use the resource_bundles option for your images and Nibs.

You can see a related answer here.

Upvotes: 3

Rob Gill
Rob Gill

Reputation: 337

Had a similar situation to this and wrote a script to copy the files in to the .app at compile time. A similar fix to the one we use is described in the "Non-code assets for static libraries" section on this web page. This works but can cause some code signing errors. Another option is to create a second .bundle target for the resources described on this web page although for some reason I could not get the bundle to actually build. I am currently looking at writing a script to copy the resources in to a bundle at compile time and compile any .xib files to .nibs, this is also a possible solution you could look at.

Upvotes: 0

tidwall
tidwall

Reputation: 6949

A static library cannot contain bundle resource. So simply linking the .a file will not be enough. But you should be able to cross-reference the static library xcodeproj. Example

Upvotes: 0

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