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Objective C Framework Install

I'm having some major issues here. I see there have been recent updates. I don't use GitHub or Carthage. Just trying to get something working. My question is whether or not I really need to imbed the subproject? Or does the compiled framework contain everything I need to add to my project?

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AppleGG

FYI. I was finally able to extract what I needed from DBRoulette and got it working. My file handler is now able to connect, navigate folders, add a folder, delete file/folder, download, and upload. Got a few more test ahead, but the basics appear to be working.

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Greg-DB

Thanks for the post! We don't offer the API v2 Objective-C SDK as a direct .framework download, but I'll be sure to pass this along as a feature request.

You can find the three supported installation methods in the documentation here:

https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-obj-c#sdk-distribution

We recommend using a package manager like CocoaPods or Carthage as it manages dependencies for you, and makes updating to newer versions of libraries in the future easier.

If you're running in to any issues with any of the supported installations methods, please let us know the details so we can look into it and help.

AppleGG

That wasn't exactly the question. I downloaded the package and did a compile on the source to get the framework. Once that's done, can I get by with just adding the resulting compiled framework to my project? I tried that, but I'm getting some linker errors. It complains about architectures.

Greg-DB

If you want to build and add the framework directly, there are a few extra steps you'll need to do. You can find the instructions for that method here:

https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-obj-c#manually-add-subproject

Please try those out and let us know if you're still running in to any issues. If so, please share the full output you're getting.

AppleGG

You are still not giving me a direct answer. I downloaded the project from GitHub as a zip, compiled the framework, and added the framework to my own project. Should this be adequate? Or do I have to embed it as a subproject to make it work?

Greg-DB

No, I don't believe that would be sufficient. You'll need to follow the instructions here:

https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-obj-c#manually-add-subproject

AppleGG

And therein lies the problem. I don't use repositories, nor do I want to. I've already replaced all my Dropbox support code, updated the info.plist, etc. Why isn't there a simple SDK framwork I can just download, add to my project, and start testing my code without going through all of this?

At this point, I'm so fustrated with it, that if I didn't already have the older Dropbox support in my apps, I would just forget the whole thing. This is taking way too much of my time.

Greg-DB

Thanks for the feedback! I'll send this along to the team as a request for a .framework download that you can add like this, but I can't promise if or when that would be added.

AppleGG

David M.301

I will most likely have to drop support for Dropbox until they release a .framework to add to my project. Are there any updates on a .framework release for objective c?

Greg-DB

Hi @David M.301, no, unfortunately I don't have any news on potentially offering the API v2 Objective-C SDK as a .framework download. I don't believe the team has plans to do so right now. I'll add your vote to the feature request. For reference, one of the developers added some information about this to this GitHub issue requesting it.

Have you tried any of the supported installation methods? I've personally found CocoaPods to be the easiest to set up.

jplw

Dropbox is being completely ridiculous and unprofessional. It is bad enough not being backwards compatible with V1 apps, but not providing a sinple xcode framwork is unacceptable. I plan to drop Dropbox completely.

Greg-DB

@jplw Thanks for the feedback! I'll send it along to the team.

mms

Hi there.
Any news on having the ability to export the xcode subjproject as a framework? I don't need to keep the complete project inside my application since I'm using just the framework.
Looking forward to your positive response.
Thanks and regards,
MMs

Greg-DB

@mms No, I don't have an update on this unfortunately.