This document describes how to quickly integrate the Tencent Cloud IM SDK (iOS) into your projects. To configure and integrate the SDK, follow these steps.

Development Environment Requirements

• Xcode 9.0+.
• iPhone or iPad running iOS 8.0 or later.
• The project has been configured with a valid developer signature.

Integrating the IM SDK

You can either automatically integrate the IM SKD by using CocoaPods, or manually download the SDK and import it to your current project.

Automatically loading CocoaPods

1. Install CocoaPods

Run the following command in a terminal window (you need to install the Ruby environment on your Mac device in advance):

sudo gem install cocoapods

2. Create a Podfile

Navigate to the path where the project is located and run the following command. Then, a Podfile will appear under the project path.

pod init

3. Edit the Podfile

Edit the Podfile as follows:

platform :ios, '8.0'
source 'https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs.git'

target 'App' do
pod 'TXIMSDK_iOS'
end

4. Update and install the SDK

Run the following command in a terminal window to update the local library file and install TXIMSDK:

pod install

Alternatively, run the following command to update the local library version:

pod update

After the pod command is executed, a project file integrated with the SDK and suffixed .xcworkspace will be generated. Double-click the file to open it.

If the pod search fails, we recommend that you try to update the pod's local repo cache. The update command is as follows:

pod setup
pod repo update
rm ~/Library/Caches/CocoaPods/search_index.json

Manual integration

1. Obtain the SDK download URL from Github:

TIM SDK

• IMSDK.framework is the core dynamic library file of the IM SDK.

• TXLiteAVSDK_UGC.framework is the Tencent Cloud UGSV SDK that is used to implement short-video sending and receiving in IM. It is an optional component.

2. Create a project

Create a new project:

Enter a project name (for example, IMDemo):

3. Integrate the IM SDK

Add the dependent library: select the Target of IMDemo. On the General panel, add the dependent library under Embedded Binaries and Linked Frameworks and Libraries.

Add the dependent library:

ImSDK.framework

You need to add -ObjC in Build Setting > Other Linker Flags.

Referencing the IM SDK

You can use the SDK in project code in two ways:

• Method 1: navigate to Xcode > Build Setting > Header Search Paths, and set the ImSDK.framework/Headers path. In files that require the SDK API, directly reference the header file "ImSDK.h":

#import "ImSDK.h"

• Method 2: in files that require the SDK API, import the header file <ImSDK/ImSDK.h>:

#import <ImSDK/ImSDK.h>