What are stripe cocoapods. How do i install them?

Question

I am trying set up Stripe in my IOS app, but i have no clue what these instructions mean? Is cocoapods an application i install?

Step 1: Install Stripe Cocapod(s)

CocoaPods is a common library dependency management tool for iOS development. To use the Stripe CocoaPods, simply add the following to your Podfile and run pod install:

pod 'Stripe' pod 'PaymentKit'

Note: be sure to use the .xcworkspace to open your project in Xcode instead of the .xcproject.

Here is the guide i am using to set up Stripe... Guide

Answer 1

CocoaPods is a dependency manager.

1. Install CocoaPods. sudo gem install cocoapods . You may need to pod setup afterwards.

2. Go into your project directory and pod init . This will generate a Podfile.

3. Go ahead and edit the Podfile with your favourite editor (vim, emacs, flame wars...). Enter pod 'Stripe' in one line under your target, and also enter pod 'PaymentKit' in a second line. This will install these two frameworks and their dependencies.

4. Run pod install for CocoaPods to magically install the required dependencies.

5. Open your $project.xcworkspace . The workspace includes your project as well as your pods target which generates the necessary frameworks.

You're done! Enjoy Stripe and PaymentKit!

Answer 2

cocoa pod installation step :

Open Your Terminal :

sudo gem update --system

sudo gem install cocoapods

pod setup

Then Go To Your Project Directory

pod init

open -a Xcode Podfile

[Edit POD file with pod 'libname' ]

pod install