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Cocoa Pods Integration

This section will guide you through integrating the Group Link SDK for iOS using the CocoaPods dependency manager.

Step 1 - CocoaPods install​

First of all, check if you have the CocoaPods framework installed in your macOS, you can check this by running the pod --version command in your terminal.

pod --version

Step 1

Terminal screen with the Cocoa Pods version

If CocoaPods is not yet installed in your environment, it must be installed before proceeding. To do so, please refer to the official installation guide.

Step 2 - Initializing the Project with Pod​

You must open a terminal page in your project directory to init the CocoaPods framework inside your project, and run the pod init command.

pod init

Step 2

Pod init command on the Terminal screen

Step 3 - Adding to the Podfile​

Now with your preferred text editor open the Podfile and add the Group Link Pod to your project, inside the target tag.

pod 'GroupLinkSDK'

Step 3

GroupLinkSDK inside the Podfile

Step 4 - Installing Pods​

Now, run the following command pod install in your terminal to install the Group Link package in your project:

pod install

Step 4.1

Pod install command on Terminal

Open your project with the .xcworkspace file from now on, this will include all the pod packages for your project.

Step 4.2

Finder showing the xcworkspace file

To check if the package is in your project, open the Pod project on your project sidebar and check for GroupLinkSDK.

Step 5 - Checking for Group Link Pod​

Step 5

Pod project with the GroupLinkSDK

Next Steps​

You can now proceed to the iOS Required Permissions page to continue the configuration process.