> On 3 Dec 2016, at 00:40, Jens Alfke <j...@mooseyard.com> wrote: > > >> On Dec 2, 2016, at 2:17 PM, Andreas Falkenhahn <andr...@falkenhahn.com >> <mailto:andr...@falkenhahn.com>> wrote: >> >> Well, just because apps that use undocumented features aren't rejected from >> the >> app store doesn't make it official for me. > > dlopen is hardly undocumented; it’s part of the core BSD Unix library. It’s > got a man page and everything. > > Prior to iOS 8, the sandbox that 3rd party iOS apps ran in blocked calls to > dlopen, as well as other attempts to load dynamic libraries from within the > app bundle. That is now no longer the case, so you can use dlopen, dynamic > frameworks, etc. > >> Also, there is no "Library" template for iOS in Xcode. Only a Cocoa Touch >> Framework template. This also doesn't look like dlopen() is officially >> supported on iOS. > > That’s sort of weird; however, a framework is just a dynamic library packaged > with its headers in a specific bundle format. You can always use a framework > target and then add a script build step to copy the library out of the > framework. > > I think the lack of a dylib target may just reflect that plug-ins of the kind > you’re implementing aren’t really very useful on iOS. Since there’s no way to > install extra plugins (downloading executable code is explicitly forbidden), > the set of plugins is effectively fixed, meaning it would be more efficient > to just statically link them all into the app.
The reason is rather you need to provide a code signature along with the dylib, hence the use of a framework bundle instead of a standalone .dylib. -- __Pascal J. Bourguignon__ _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
