Alternative Installation Methods

Alternative methods for installing the SDK.

Carthage

Before you begin, ensure you have Carthage installed.

Adding the SDK framework to your application

Verify Enable Modules and Link Frameworks Automatically are enabled in the project’s Build Settings.

Follow Carthage’s adding frameworks to an application instructions to add frameworks to your application.

Specify the Airship iOS SDK in your cartfile:

github "urbanairship/ios-library"

Carthage builds against the Airship project will result in several framework build products. Follow the selecting frameworks section to select the correct frameworks for your use case.

Manual

Start by downloading and decompressing the latest version of the iOS SDK.

Inside the folder you should see a collection of XCFrameworks. Follow the selecting frameworks section to select the correct XCFrameworks for your use case.

Add an XCframework to your project

  1. Open your project in Xcode.
  2. Click on your project in the Project Navigator.
  3. Select your target.
  4. Make sure the General tab is selected.
  5. Scroll down to “Frameworks, Libraries, and Embedded Content”.
  6. Drag in desired XCFrameworks from the downloaded SDK. It is wired up automatically as a dependency of your target.
Alternative Installation Methods

Verify Build Settings:

Enable Modules should be set to Yes

Alternative Installation Methods

Link Frameworks Automatically should be set to Yes

Alternative Installation Methods

Selecting frameworks

Installation steps that require integrating frameworks or XCFrameworks necessitate choosing the correct standalone framework(s) that match the needs of the desired use case.

The available frameworks include:

Primary framework:

  • Airship : Push messaging features including channels, tags, named user, default actions, message center, automation and in-app messaging, and extended actions including the rate app action.

Feature frameworks:

  • AirshipCore : Push messaging features including channels, tags, named user and default actions
  • AirshipMessageCenter : Message center
  • AirshipAutomation : Automation and in-app messaging
  • AirshipExtendedActions : Extended actions including the rate app action
  • AirshipLocation : Location including geofencing and beacons

Extension frameworks:

  • AirshipNotificationContentExtension : Content extension features
  • AirshipNotificationServiceExtension : Service extension features

The primary Airship framework includes the standard feature set and is advisable for most use cases. Feature frameworks may be used independently and in combination with one another when only a particular selection of functionality is desired. Extension frameworks are necessary for implementing the content and service extensions.

 Note

The primary Airship framework includes AirshipCore, AirshipMessageCenter, AirshipAutomation and AirshipExtendedActions frameworks - making it unnecessary to include these feature frameworks when using the primary Airship framework.

 Warning

The AirshipLocation framework is not compatible with the primary Airship framework. When using the AirshipLocation framework, it is necessary to use the appropriate feature frameworks, i.e. AirshipCore, AirshipMessageCenter, AirshipAutomation and/or AirshipExtendedActions instead of using the primary Airship framework.