# Integrate Weex to iOS App

You may integrate Weex to your iOS app through the CocoaPods or Carthage. We assume that you have already installed the Xcode and CocoaPods or Carthage.

# 1. Configure dependency

# Using CocoaPods

The latest WeexSDK version on iOS could be obtained from here.

Add WeexSDK to your Podfile.

source 'git@github.com:CocoaPods/Specs.git'
target 'YourTarget' do
    platform :ios, '8.0'
    pod 'WeexSDK', '0.20.1'
end

Then run pod install command in your project directory.

# Using Carthage

Create a Cartfile in your project directory. Carthage Manual

Add github "alibaba/weex" to Cartfile

Run carthage update in your project directory.

# 2. Initialize Weex

We recommend initializing Weex in didFinishLaunchingWithOptions callback of your App delegate.

// App configuration
[WXAppConfiguration setAppGroup:@"Your app group"];
[WXAppConfiguration setAppName:@"Your app name"];
[WXAppConfiguration setAppVersion:@"Your app version"];

//Initialize WeexSDK
[WXSDKEngine initSDKEnvironment];

//Register custom modules and components, optional.
[WXSDKEngine registerComponent:@"myview" withClass:[MyViewComponent class]];
[WXSDKEngine registerModule:@"mymodule" withClass:[MyWeexModule class]];

//Register the implementation of protocol, optional.
[WXSDKEngine registerHandler:[WXAppNavigationImpl new] withProtocol:@protocol(WXNavigationProtocol)];

//Set the log level, optional
[WXLog setLogLevel: WXLogLevelWarning];

# 3. Create a Weex instance

You can render a Weex instance in full page or in a view. All you need to do is to create a Weex instance and set callbacks of it, then provide it with a valid URL. In the onCreate callback, add the root view to your desired parent view and set the view frame using instance.frame =.

#import <WeexSDK/WXSDKInstance.h>

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];
    _instance = [[WXSDKInstance alloc] init];
    _instance.viewController = self;
    _instance.frame = self.view.frame;
    __weak typeof(self) weakSelf = self;
    _instance.onCreate = ^(UIView *view) {
        [weakSelf.weexView removeFromSuperview];
        weakSelf.weexView = view;
        [weakSelf.view addSubview:view];
    };
    _instance.onFailed = ^(NSError *error) {
        //process failure, you could open an h5 web page instead or just show the error.
    };
    _instance.renderFinish = ^ (UIView *view) {
        //process renderFinish
    };
    NSURL *url = [[NSBundle mainBundle] URLForResource:@"main" withExtension:@"js"];
    [_instance renderWithURL:url options:@{@"bundleUrl":[self.url absoluteString]} data:nil];
}

# 4. Destroy the instance

You should destroy the Weex instance explicitly using [instance destroyInstance].

# 5. Extend Weex

You can extend Weex functionality by writing your own components, modules. For more details please refer to Extend iOS and Extend iOS with swift.

# 6. Using Weex on iPad

When a page finishes rendering, then the screen rotates, the page will not adjust automatically. So if your App allows screen orientation changing, you must update screen-width before rendering.

CSS styles will be converted using screen-width and view-port-width of a page.

view-port-width is 750px by default.

beforeCreate(){
    const meta = weex.requireModule('meta');
    meta.setViewport({
        width: 1536
    });
}

Observe UIDeviceOrientationDidChangeNotification notification and update screen size. We presume that screen rotation is done and [UIScreen mainScreen].bounds.size.width gives the current screen width.

[WXCoreBridge setDeviceSize:[UIScreen mainScreen].bounds.size];
Last Updated: 8/15/2022
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