Objective-C Boilerplate for Library

An Objective-C boilerplate project to build an Objective-C based library.

System Requirements

• Objective-C compiler (Clang or GCC)
• Cocoa or GNUstep
• GNU Make (for compilation only)

Usage

Clone the project:

$ git clone https://github.com/cwchentw/objc-boilerplate-library.git mylib

Move your working directory to the root of mylib:

$ cd mylib

Modify the header and the source as needed. You may add and remove Objective-C source files (.m) or C source files (.c) as well.

Compile the project to a dynamic library:

$ make

Alternatively, compile the project to a static library:

$ make static

Set your own remote repository:

$ git remote set-url origin https://example.com/user/project.git

Push your modification to your own repo:

$ git push

Project Configuration

Here are the parameters in Makefile:

• LIBRARY: the name of the compiled library, including lib the prefix
• C_STD: the C standard as a GCC C dialect
• CXX_STD: the C++ standard as a GCC C++ dialect
• GNUSTEP_INCLUDE: the include path of GNUstep
• GNUSTEP_LIB: the library path of GNUstep

Note

C++ and Objective-C++ are supported as well.

Copyright

Copyright (c) 2020-2021 Michelle Chen. Licensed under MIT.