The bundle does not appear to be a dynamic framework

[Nevaan]

Hi,

I am having problem with integrating 3rd party framework into my nativescript + angular app. I am using most recent versions (Angular 8 & Nativescript 6).

I tried to do this by importing framework from CocoaPods (example here: https://github.com/Nevaan/nativescript-dotpay-ios-sdk-showcase/tree/podfile-attempt ). In this case app builds correctly, but I cannot generate typings for imported SDK nor access framework objects from my project.

SDK provider shares also the whole *.framework directory, so I tried this way - I placed this in /platforms/ios directory, but in that case project throws errors in compile phase (https://github.com/Nevaan/nativescript-dotpay-ios-sdk-showcase/tree/unmodified-sdk-source)

The bundle at $PROJECT/node_modules/nativescript-tns-dotpay/platforms/ios/DotPaySDK.framework does not appear to be a dynamic framework.

I tried to add module.modulemap file, in root /platforms/ios directory and in /platforms/ios/DotPaySDK.framework/Modules containing this;

framework module DotPaySDK {
  umbrella header "DotPaySDK.h"

  export *
  module * { export * }
}

But the same error occurs.

After adding --log trace flag and diving into stacktrace, I've found that it breaks because of SDK's Info.plist entry - CFBundlePackageType set to BNDL. I tried to change it manually to FMWK (value expected by tns) but I guess that this is not the way to do this properly, and after doing this application complains about missing dependencies (https://github.com/Nevaan/nativescript-dotpay-ios-sdk-showcase/tree/modified-sdk-source).

None of my attempts is generating typings for my SDK with this command:

TNS_TYPESCRIPT_DECLARATIONS_PATH="$(pwd)/typings" tns build ios

Just in case, I also created repo based on plugin seed - https://github.com/Nevaan/nativescript-dotpay - but errors remains the same.

Do anyone know what is the issue and how to fix this?

Related stackoverflow question: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/57460922/using-3rd-party-native-sdk-in-nativescript-project-framework-does-not-appear

[mbektchiev]

Hi @Nevaan, I've modified the plugin so that it exposes the API to NativeScript. You can see what I had to do in the PR I've opened to your repository: Nevaan/nativescript-dotpay#1

Since the DotPaySDK.framework bundle hasn't got the right Info.plist I had to modify it. In order to be able to use it directly as a CocoaPod instead of embedding it in your plugin in the future, I'd suggest that you ask the SDK's authors to include a module.modulemap file, like the one you've made (and I've committed in the PR) and modify the CFBundlePackageType to FMWK which is actually the correct bundle type for frameworks, according to Apple's documentation (https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/information_property_list/cfbundlepackagetype?language=objc)

[Nevaan]

Wow, so it looks like I was quite close to the solution... I confirm that this is the way to solve this problem (also, typings are generated) - I will contact authors about CFBundlePackageType. I was not convinced to idea of manually modifying Info.plist file, but I believe that this is SDK's authors fault.

Also, I will try to develop plugin-wrapper for iOS and Android and submit it to nativescript marketplace. Thank you @mbektchiev for your help!