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Let's imagine - we have some SDK and a lot of released versions.

SDK includes static lib and headers, of course I can't build different versions in one project because of conflicts in class names etc...

We need to test all of them each time and purpose of testing NOT SDK itself.

I was asked to put all of released SDKs to one application and allow to switch between them.

I can create separate projects/targets and provide different ipa to install with different SDK's versions.

So my question - is that possible to create just ONE iOS project which generates iOS application to launch and switch between SDK versions to test? How?

Thanks in advance

Injectios
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  • Are you referring to the Apple iOS SDK itself, or a third party SDK? If you mean the iOS SDK, what you are asking is not possible, if you mean a third party SDK, it maybe but more details will be needed. How is the SDK packaged (framework, static object, or other) ? – alexkent Feb 18 '14 at 07:21
  • sorry, I missed lot of required information, question updated – Injectios Feb 18 '14 at 07:58

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No, you won't be able to link different versions of your SDK in the same app. 3rd party libraries and frameworks are statically linked. You can, however, create a single project that has several targets, each of which builds a version of the app with a different version of your SDK.

Your case seems like a great candidate for automated unit testing. If you build a suite of unit tests that exercise your SDK, you could easily and automatically run those tests against each version of the test app.

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  • But people who want to do those tests - they require UI on iPhone only, NO XCODE, NO OTHER TOOLS for test executing... That's a problem – Injectios Feb 18 '14 at 08:39
  • In that case, it sounds like you'll be building a group of apps for them. – Caleb Feb 18 '14 at 14:07