how to create a “STATIC LIBRARY” or a framework out of my source code

Question

i have developed a complete project for iPad and now i want the same source code to be used in my clients project but i dont want to share my source code with them. I found out that we can create some static libraries in order to accomplish this task.Can anyone help me with the process of creating a static library out of the source code which is already available with me.

Answer 1

You can get some stuff out of here,

http://dev.byteclub.com/blog/1-iphone-sdk/48-how-to-almost-create-your-own-iphone-os-framework

http://blog.stormyprods.com/2008/11/using-static-libraries-with-iphone-sdk.html

How do I create an iPhone framework and use it in other iPhone applications

Answer 2

Here's an answer I posted on external libraries. Although the question specifically relates to creating a fat binary it has some links to a tutorial site, plus Apple's guidelines.

iPhone external library

You'll also find tons of related questions on Stack Overflow, for example:

How to create a static library from an Xcode project?

Best thing is to do a search along the lines of "how to create iPhone static library". You should find lots of helpful resources.