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# iOS Installation

# SDK Installation

## Installation using CocoaPods (Plugin Version 5.0.0 and above)

Starting from **cordova-ios** version 4.3.0 and **cordova-cli** version 6.4.0, CocoaPod support is provided to bundle any iOS framework. Therefore, we have updated our plugin too to support this from version 5.0.0.

Cocoapods is a dependency manager for iOS projects and makes integration easier. If you don't have cocoapods installed, you can do it by executing the following command in your terminal:

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  ```Ruby Ruby theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark"}}
  sudo gem install cocoapods
  ```
</CodeGroup>

Here, after adding the plugin just go to the **ios** folder in **platforms** and run **pod install** command to integrate our **MoEngagePluginBase**:

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  ```Ruby Ruby theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark"}}
  pod repo update
  pod install
  ```
</CodeGroup>

### Add script to remove Unwanted Architectures

**Do this if not already done:** Select App Target and go to Build Phase and add a Run Script step to your build steps, set it to use **/bin/sh** and enter the following script:

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  ```Shell Shell theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark"}}
  APP_PATH="${TARGET_BUILD_DIR}/${WRAPPER_NAME}"

  # This script loops through the frameworks embedded in the application and
  # removes unused architectures.
  find "$APP_PATH" -name '*.framework' -type d | while read -r FRAMEWORK
  do
      FRAMEWORK_EXECUTABLE_NAME=$(defaults read "$FRAMEWORK/Info.plist" CFBundleExecutable)
      FRAMEWORK_EXECUTABLE_PATH="$FRAMEWORK/$FRAMEWORK_EXECUTABLE_NAME"
      echo "Executable is $FRAMEWORK_EXECUTABLE_PATH"

      EXTRACTED_ARCHS=()

      for ARCH in $ARCHS
      do
          echo "Extracting $ARCH from $FRAMEWORK_EXECUTABLE_NAME"
          lipo -extract "$ARCH" "$FRAMEWORK_EXECUTABLE_PATH" -o "$FRAMEWORK_EXECUTABLE_PATH-$ARCH"
          EXTRACTED_ARCHS+=("$FRAMEWORK_EXECUTABLE_PATH-$ARCH")
      done

      echo "Merging extracted architectures: ${ARCHS}"
      lipo -o "$FRAMEWORK_EXECUTABLE_PATH-merged" -create "${EXTRACTED_ARCHS[@]}"
      rm "${EXTRACTED_ARCHS[@]}"

      echo "Replacing original executable with thinned version"
      rm "$FRAMEWORK_EXECUTABLE_PATH"
      mv "$FRAMEWORK_EXECUTABLE_PATH-merged" "$FRAMEWORK_EXECUTABLE_PATH"

  done
  ```
</CodeGroup>

This script is for removing unsupported architectures while exporting the build OR submitting app to the app store.

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  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/moengage-sdk-docs/Qi1UMM2DsBg5341a/images/iOSInstallation1-1.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=Qi1UMM2DsBg5341a&q=85&s=7f400b2f31d0daeebe218a8b2627af1a" alt="I OS Installation1 1" width="1750" height="1056" data-path="images/iOSInstallation1-1.png" />
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<Info>
  **For Plugin version 3.2.0 and below:**

  Open your project in Xcode, select your project. Go to **Build Settings -> Linker -> Other Linker Flags** and add **-ObjC** flag
</Info>