RoboPods

RoboPods are high-quality RoboVM code libraries and bindings for the most popular 3rd party services like social media integration, ad networks or crash reporting. Just add a RoboPod dependency to your project and you are ready-to-go!

Do you want to add in-app-purchases, display dialogs, or just store some preferences in your app in a cross-platform way? Look no further, RoboPods Plugins are here to help! The RoboPods Plugins are cross-platform libraries that abstract platform specific functionality to a common API. Add the dependencies to your project and start coding without thinking about platform-specific implementations!

Usage

A RoboPod comes in form of a simple JAR file published to Maven Central so you can easily integrate it with Maven or Gradle. Add a depencency to your Maven or Gradle build files, download native frameworks, define frameworks in robovm.xml and you are ready to go!

Versioning

It is recommended that you define the RoboPods version number globally in your build system, so you can refer to that when adding dependencies.

Gradle

In your project's root build.gradle file add the following at the top of the buildscript section:

buildscript {
   project.ext.robopodsVersion = "2.2.2"
}

When you add a dependency, you can refer to the variable like this:

dependencies {
   ... other dependencies ...
   compile "com.mobidevelop.robovm:robopods-facebook-ios:$robopodsVersion"
}

Maven

In your project's root pom.xml file add the following property:

<properties>
   <robopods.version>2.2.2</robopods.version>
</properties>

When you add a dependency, you can refer to the variable like this:

<dependency>
   <groupId>com.mobidevelop.robovm</groupId>
   <artifactId>robopods-facebook-ios</artifactId>
   <version>${robopods.version}</version>
</dependency>

Add native frameworks

Native frameworks can be embedded in the Robopod jars, but often need to be added manually. A robopod jar has embedded its native frameworks if in path META-INF/robovm/ios/libs/ .framework or .a files are present.

If natives are not present, you need to add them manually. Download the native frameworks, add them to the project and update robovm.xml.

Below an example if you'd like to use the Facebook SDK Share dialog.

Download the iOS SDK from https://developers.facebook.com/docs/ios/downloads

Copy the Bolts.framework, FBSDKCoreKit.framework and FBSDKShareKit.framework into ./lib (relative to robovm.xml)

Add to robovm.xml:

<frameworkPaths>
    <path>lib</path>
</frameworkPaths>


<frameworks>
    ...
    <framework>Bolts</framework>
    <framework>FBSDKCoreKit</framework>
    <framework>FBSDKShareKit</framework>
    ...
</frameworks>

Current versions

The RoboPods follow the same versioning as the core of RoboVM. To prevent compatibility issues make sure that you use the same version for the RoboPods and RoboVM.

The current stable version is:

2.2.2

If you want to use the latest and greatest of every RoboPod, use the latest snapshot version for your dependencies:

2.2.3-SNAPSHOT

List of RoboPods

This is the list of currently available RoboPods. Click them to get more information like install instructions.

Name	Description
RoboPods Plugins	The RoboPods Plugins are cross-platform libraries that abstract platform specific functionality to a common API. Whether you want to add in-app-purchases, display dialogs, or just store some preferences in your app; our Plugins got you covered!
Bolts	This RoboPod is mainly used to make the Facebook and Parse RoboPods functional. Bolts is a collection of low-level libraries designed to make developing mobile apps easier.
Fabric	Twitter's Mobile Development Platform
Facebook	Build, grow, and monetize your app with Facebook. The Facebook SDK allows you to natively integrate Facebook into your app.
Firebase	Firebase Analytics and Firebase Messaging bindings.
Flurry	Measure, track and analyze app performance, user acquisition and activity with Flurry Analytics.
Google Analytics	Collect, configure, and analyze your data to reach the right audience.
Google APIs	Google APIs is used by several Google services such as Google Analytics to configure them in a single configuration file.
Google Mobile Ads	AdMob is a mobile ads network. Gain insights about your users, drive more in-app purchases, and maximize your ad revenue.
Google Play Game Services	Start integrating popular gaming features in your mobile games and web games by using the Google Play games services APIs.
Google SignIn	Get users into your apps quickly and securely, using a registration system they already use and trust—their Google account.
Google Personalized Ad Consent	Obtain consent to serve personlized ads with AdMob from users within the EU.
IronSource	IronSource is a mobile ads network and mediation platform.
Parse	Focus on creating a great user experience and stop worrying about server maintenance and complex infrastructure.
Reachability	Monitor network reachability.

Creating/Updating RoboPods

Java bindings are generated semi-automatically with a Ruby script configured via a .yaml file [This tutorial] (https://dkimitsa.github.io/2017/10/19/bro-gen-tutorial/) explains how to create (and update) a RoboPod from scratch.