iOS
Manual SDK integration
8 min
manual parse integration introduction in this section you will learn how to manually install parse ios sdk into your xcode project at any time, you can access the complete project built with this tutorial at our https //github com/templates back4app/ios install sdk prerequisites in this tutorial we will use a basic app created in objective c with xcode 9 1 and ios 11 to complete this tutorial, you need an app created at back4app note follow the https //www back4app com/docs/get started/new parse app to learn how to create an app at back4app xcode basic ios app note if you don’t have a basic app created you can open xcode and hit file > new > project > ios then select app after you create your basic app you are ready to follow this guide note parse ios sdk works with ios 7 0 or higher 1 download the sdk download https //github com/parse community/parse sdk ios osx/releases/latest from github extract the file and keep the parse framework parse framework folder that you will be using soon 2 download bolts parse depends on https //github com/boltsframework in order to work download the latest version of bolts, build it and keep the bolts framework bolts framework folder if you have trouble building bolts, you can download it pre built from our website https //www back4app com/docs/assets/downloads/bolts 1 8 framework zip https //www back4app com/docs/assets/downloads/objc bolts 1 9 framework zip https //www back4app com/docs/assets/downloads/swift bolts 1 9 framework zip or if you prefer, we have the full projects running in swift for ios 13, bolts 1 9 and parse 1 17 3 here https //www back4app com/docs/assets/downloads/parse1 17 3 bolts1 9 ios13 withpods zip https //www back4app com/docs/assets/downloads/parse1 17 3 bolts1 9 ios13 withoutpods zip 3 add the libraries to your project parse relies in a number of libraries in order to work please add the following libraries to your project parse framework bolts framework libz tbd libsqlite3 tbd foundation framework cfnetwork framework systemconfiguration framework storekit framework security framework quartzcore framework mobilecoreservices framework corelocation framework coregraphics framework audiotoolbox framework at the end, your project target must look like this next steps at this point, you have learned how to get started manually with ios apps learn more by walking around our https //www back4app com/docs/ios/ios app template or check https //docs parseplatform org/ios/guide/