iOS Question Library development - the .a file

[Jack Cole]

I'm trying to write my first b4i library for Firebase Crashlytics. In working through the official tutorial, I don't see where the .a file comes from. I assume it might be analogous to the .jar file in b4a. Can anyone explain this?

 

[Jack Cole]

I figured it out by looking at the example files. It is generated from the xcode project.

 

[JohnC]

I'm curious, are you making your own library because there was something missing in the Firebase.Analytics mentioned in this:

Firebase Integration

B4i v2.80 adds support for Firebase backend: https://firebase.google.com The libraries are mostly the same as the B4A Firebase libraries. Configuration 1. Create an iOS application in Firebase console. Make sure that the bundle id is the same as your app package name. 2. Download...

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3. Declare a process global FirebaseAnalytics object and initialize it in Application_Start. FirebaseAnalytics is the base of all Firebase services. The analytics object should be initialized before any other Firebase object (even if you don't need the analytics service).

 

[Jack Cole]

Yes, that's just Firebase Analytics. It doesn't include the other Firebase services like Crashlytics, Remote Config, etc...

 

[JohnC]

When you are done, I hope you will post it in this forum

 

[Jack Cole]

I will if I can get it to work. Maybe there is some technical reason that it has not been done yet.