Merge pull request #212 from hansemannn/TIMOB-25283

[TIMOB-25283] Deprecate "thirdparty" section in appc.js

iphone/plugin/hyperloop.js

@@ -296,7 +296,8 @@ HyperloopiOSBuilder.prototype.processThirdPartyFrameworks = function processThir
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Processes third-party dependencies that are configured in appc.js under the
+	 * Processes third-party dependencies that are configured in 
+	 under the
 	 * hyperloop.ios.thirdparty key
 	 *
 	 * These can be both uncompiled Swift and Objective-C source files as well as
@@ -589,6 +590,9 @@ HyperloopiOSBuilder.prototype.generateSourceFiles = function generateSourceFiles
 		addSearchPathsFromCocoaPods(extraFrameworkSearchPaths, this.cocoaPodsBuildSettings.FRAMEWORK_SEARCH_PATHS);
 	}
 	if (this.hyperloopConfig.ios.thirdparty) {
+		// Throw a deprecation warning regarding thirdparty-references in the appc.js
+		this.logger.warn('Defining third-party sources and frameworks in appc.js via the \'thirdparty\' section has been deprecated in Hyperloop 2.2.0 and will be removed in 3.0.0. The preferred way to provide third-party sources is either via dropping frameworks into the project\'s platform/ios folder or by using CocoaPods.');
+
 		this.headers = [];
 		Object.keys(this.hyperloopConfig.ios.thirdparty).forEach(function(frameworkName) {
 			var thirdPartyFrameworkConfig = this.hyperloopConfig.ios.thirdparty[frameworkName];