Adding Addons to existing project in Xcode

[fkkcloud]

Hi,

I am trying to add AddOn into existing project.

I grabbed addon from addons folder of OF and dragged it into Xcode’s addons folder in my project.

I don’t want to copy all the src codes but use it like all the example addon file does.

For folders option, and target options? what would be proper way for general adding Addons ?

[pizthewiz]

openFrameworks addons are usually more complex than just dragging the header and source files into your project and compiling. Your best bet is to use the projectGenerator if you are creating a new project, use ofPlugin if adding to an existing Xcode project, or in the worst-case, carefully inspect the values added to the addon’s example projects.

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