When working on iOS projects, integrating static libraries (C/Objective-C) into Swift Packages can seem daunting.

With tools like Swift Package Manager (SPM) and XCFrameworks, integrating these libraries is easier and more efficient.

This step-by-step guide will walk you through the entire process, from inspecting the static library to packaging it into a reusable Swift Package.

Think integrating a third-party library into your iOS project is a simple drag-and-drop? Think again.

Static libraries, manual header paths, and cryptic linker errors. As an iOS developer, these might give you some headaches, only to see Apple’s ecosystem evolve from .a files to modern Swift Package Manager integrations.

But how did we get here?