Is there a way to use Maven + Static Libraries for iPhone dependencies?

Question

I know that you can use static libraries to manage dependencies for iOS apps. But is there any way of using maven to manage the dependencies. I want to have a central repository for static libraries to be shared by several iOS projects and I want to use maven for handling the dependencies?

Answer 1

I'm currently working for SAP where we implement the whole workflow ( https://github.com/sap-production/xcode-maven-plugin )

• Resolve dependencies
• Build
• Package (IPA file)
• Upload to central repository

It is possible to build:

• Static libraries
• Bundles
• (Frameworks - comes with next release)

with mvn clean install.

It is possible to consume:

• Static libraries
• Bundles
• Frameworks

in your Xcode project by a simple call of mvn initialize. This call requires that the dependencies are available in a (local or remote) Maven repository, of course.

You can find some documentation here: http://sap-production.github.com/xcode-maven-plugin/site/ and subscribe to the mailing list http://www.freelists.org/list/maven4ios.