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[ErikaGoldmann]

Hello,

I'm developing with monotouch framework:

I download the opentok-ios-sdk.
Now I have to binding the Native Objective-C, but in the opentok-ios-sdk i was expecting to find a Native Libraries with the extension ".a"

How can I get (or generate) a library/libraries with the extension ".a"?

Tks

[ankur]

Hello Erica,

Libraries with the extension or *.a are simply known as static libraries. We distribute what is called a Framework on the iOS platform, but essentially a Framework is a package in which a static library and associated assets (like images) can be distributed and linked to together.

What this means is that you should be able to use the binary inside the framework in place of the *.a file (you can even rename it to libOpentok.a or something similar if you like). This binary is at the path Opentok.framework/Versions/A/Opentok. The one issue if using the binary directly like this is that you will need to add some code in your MonoTouch plugin or application code to help point to the right place for the assets. The way you can do this is using a value in the Info.plist dictionary. Assign the key "OTAssetBundlePath" to the path inside your application that opentok.bundle can be found. Right now it sits at Opentok.framework/Resources/opentok.bundle.

Let me know if this helps or if you have anymore questions.

-- Ankur

[ErikaGoldmann]

Sorry for the late reply but my account was block ('username_clean') - issue fixed.

Tanks Ankur for the startup

A. I had to rename the binary (path Opentok.framework/Versions/A/Opentok) to libOpentok.a making a static library
B. Then binding a third-party library :
1. I create a monotouch binding project
2. Copy and add it to the project.
3. Automatically generate a code behind file "libOpentok.linkwith.cs" with the dependencies link:
[assembly: LinkWith ("libOpentok.a", LinkTarget.ArmV7 | LinkTarget.Simulator, ForceLoad = true)]
4. API definition - I found out this helpful code:
https://github.com/mono/monotouch-bindi ... ok/binding
C. In the solution, create a monotouch iPhone empty project
1. Add the opentok.bundle
2. In the Info.plist iOS Target Prperties assign "OTAssetBundlePath" (as you recommended)
3. Include my .dll (binding project)
4. Create a derived class of OTSessionDelegate
5. In my Main interface
// Derived Class
OTSessionHandler otHandler= new OTSessionHandler();
6. In the ViewDidLoad ()
OTSession session = new OTSession("key", otHandler);
session.Connect("apikey", "token");

Build and... Boom :/

Error Message:
(...)

Undefined symbols for architecture i386:
"_VDADecoderCreate", referenced from:
_ff_vda_create_decoder in libOpentok.a(vda.o)
"_VDADecoderDecode", referenced from:
_ff_vda_decoder_decode in libOpentok.a(vda.o)
"_VDADecoderDestroy", referenced from:
_ff_vda_destroy_decoder in libOpentok.a(vda.o)
"_kVDADecoderConfiguration_Height", referenced from:
_ff_vda_create_decoder in libOpentok.a(vda.o)
"_kVDADecoderConfiguration_SourceFormat", referenced from:
_ff_vda_create_decoder in libOpentok.a(vda.o)
"_kVDADecoderConfiguration_Width", referenced from:
_ff_vda_create_decoder in libOpentok.a(vda.o)
"_kVDADecoderConfiguration_avcCData", referenced from:
_ff_vda_create_decoder in libOpentok.a(vda.o)
ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture i386
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

error MT5202: Native linking failed. Please review the build log.

[Geeks]

Hi,

I have exactly the same problem here.

Any solutions?

[ankur]

Hey Erika and Geeks,

I'm not familiar with the specifics of MonoTouch as a framework, but I can give you some more detail looking at the errors you are getting. Those symbols are used for Publishing video which is not supported in the Simulator, it would only work on the device. Can you try to see what happens if you remove the LinkTarget.Simulator from your step 3 above? Lets just see if that builds, and if so if we can get it on the device. Then maybe we can try to see if we can get a Universal binary that supports both i386 and armv7 architectures.

-- Ankur

[vid1981]

Thanks ankur. I am also having the same issue, though my errors differ a bit. I have built just supporting armv7 architectures.

Undefined symbols for architecture armv7:
"_ff_fft_fixed_calc_neon", referenced from:
_ff_fft_fixed_init_arm in Opentok.a(fft_fixed_init_arm.o)
"_ff_fft_calc_neon", referenced from:
_ff_fft_init_arm in Opentok.a(fft_init_arm.o)
"_ff_fft_permute_neon", referenced from:
_ff_fft_init_arm in Opentok.a(fft_init_arm.o)
ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture armv7
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance!

[Geeks]

Hi guys,

I managed to solve the problem by referencing the native frameworks used in libOpenTok.a in my Monotouch project.

In iPhone Build / Additional mtouch arguments: "-gcc_flags=\"-F/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS5.1.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks -framework Security -framework CFNetwork -framework CoreMedia -framework AudioToolbox -framework CoreAudio -framework CoreVideo\"".

The problem now is that I get : Wrapper type "opentok.OTSession" is missing its native ObjectiveC class "OTSession".

It seems something is wrong with opentok.dll !!

Thanks,

G

[charley]

Undefined symbols for architecture armv7:
"_ff_fft_fixed_calc_neon", referenced from:
_ff_fft_fixed_init_arm in Opentok.a(fft_fixed_init_arm.o)
"_ff_fft_calc_neon", referenced from:
_ff_fft_init_arm in Opentok.a(fft_init_arm.o)
"_ff_fft_permute_neon", referenced from:
_ff_fft_init_arm in Opentok.a(fft_init_arm.o)
ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture armv7
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

I haven't seen this ld error before, however I did rebuild ffmpeg on our last release, which went out last night. Please pull from origin/master and let me know if you're still having linking issues.

[Geeks]

Undefined symbols for architecture armv7:
"_ff_fft_fixed_calc_neon", referenced from:
_ff_fft_fixed_init_arm in Opentok.a(fft_fixed_init_arm.o)
"_ff_fft_calc_neon", referenced from:
_ff_fft_init_arm in Opentok.a(fft_init_arm.o)
"_ff_fft_permute_neon", referenced from:
_ff_fft_init_arm in Opentok.a(fft_init_arm.o)
ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture armv7
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

I haven't seen this ld error before, however I did rebuild ffmpeg on our last release, which went out last night. Please pull from origin/master and let me know if you're still having linking issues.

Hi, I downloaded the latest library but I still get the same issue.

[charley]

Do you have anything in your ldflags? I think it's "Other Linker Flags" on the xcode build settings panel.