# Unity: build iOS podfile dependencies
###### tags: `unity` `ios` `pod` `dependency`

1. Install EDM4U (External Dependency Manager) [1]
2. Add SomePlugin.xml in path `SomePluginFolder/Editor/`

SomePlugin.xml Example

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<dependencies>
    <androidPackages>
        <androidPackage spec="com.android.support:support-annotations:28.0.0" />
        <androidPackage spec="com.facebook.android:audience-network-sdk:5.10.1" />
    </androidPackages>
    <iosPods>
        <iosPod name="FBAudienceNetwork" version="~> 5.10.0" />
        <iosPod name="Helpshift" version="7.7.1-withCampaigns">
            <sources>
                <source>
                    https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs
                </source>
            </sources>
        </iosPod>
        <iosPod name="SQLCipher" version="4.2">
            <sources>
                <source>
                    https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs
                </source>
            </sources>
        </iosPod>
    </iosPods>
</dependencies>

3. Build
4. Check Podfile in the output folder

source 'https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs.git'
platform :ios, '9.0'

target 'Unity-iPhone' do
  pod 'FBAudienceNetwork', '~> 5.10.0'
end

github example repo:
https://github.com/bigyo-fourdesire/testPodfile

Ref:
1. googlesamples/unity-jar-resolver: https://github.com/googlesamples/unity-jar-resolver
2. [How to manage your native iOS and Android dependencies in Unity like Firebase](https://medium.com/firebase-developers/how-to-manage-your-native-ios-and-android-dependencies-in-unity-like-firebase-921659843aef) by Patrick Martin @ Medium