How to use libarchive in iOS in Xcode?

Question

I want to add libarchive to my app to be able to extract tar.gz.

As install instruction says, I took following steps:

• cmake -G "Xcode" ~/libarchive-download-dir/
• make
• make install

Now I have a libarchive.14.dzlib file. I added it to the project, and wants to call i.e. the following, like proposed in examples

r = archive_read_open_filename(a, "archive.tar", 10240);

but, method is not declared.

I guess I have to add a header to the project?! It is a dylib, I am not sure. But I do not found any appropriate header file in the build folder.

How can I use libarchive, what am I missing to call one method, which methods are available where is a header?

Answer 1

Yes, you need to add the header. The archive.h header that is in the libarchive directory is sufficient, you don't need the other ones.