On 29 December 2017 at 09:36, Jon Nermut <jon.ner...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the reply Jan. > > My main point about BridgeLOKit was that you don't really need to add > another FFI on top of the existing LibreOfficeKit.h FFI. > Swift can import and use the existing _LibreOfficeKit / > _LibreOfficeKitClass and _LibreOfficeKitDocument / > _LibreOfficeKitDocumentClass structs and their functions just fine. Swift > actually has excellent C integration (and non-existent C++). To do so I > just added: > > #define LOK_USE_UNSTABLE_API 1 > > #import "../../../include/LibreOfficeKit/LibreOfficeKit.h" > > The reason I added a C layer is two fold: 1) I needed one to make the init call anyway. 2) I got several problems using the kit pointer, and calling functions directly, it was clear that a lot of the calls was not converted correctly, e.g. swift does naturally not know about the something special strings in LO. So in total I preferred supplying a bridgeheader, which tells exactly what are tested and will work. > >> The LIBRARY_SEARCH_PATH should be overwritten by the xcconfig file, but > I will need to check that. > > Oh, I couldn't find it... where is it supposed to be generated to? I > changed the the path settings in LibreOfficeLight.xcodeproj like this: > Look in the .mk files in iOS. > I tried a few settings on the linking, couldn't make it better. Need to > find a way to work out what its doing... I'll have more of a play. > My suggestion is to split the C integration, and it's swift wrappers, into > a separate Framework project, and let that produce a dylib. > That should link pretty much instantly to the app, and should only rebuild > and link when the libreoffice lib changes, or the code in the Framework > I do not see a real difference between a framework (which is basically a library and a header file) and the current kit project ? dylib files would be real preferencial, but how do you get those to work in iOS. iOS demand static libraries. rgds jan I.
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