How to compile resource files into a custom framework or static library (meaning into a Mach-O file)? Thanks for any tips.

CodePudding user response：

Assuming by "resource files" you mean arbitrary binary files, you can include them into any binary by creating an assembly file (e.g. resources.S) like so:

.section __RESOURCE,__file1
_symbol_file1:
.incbin "file1.zip"
.no_dead_strip _symbol_file1

.section __WHATEVER,__file2
_symbol_file2:
.incbin "file2.bin"
.no_dead_strip _symbol_file2

// etc, you get the pattern

If you don't have a project in which you can include this file already, then you can turn it into an iOS arm64 framework by itself like so:

mkdir MyResources.framework
xcrun -sdk iphoneos clang -arch arm64 -shared -o MyResources.framework/MyResources resources.S