Install required software

CMake gui for OSX that could be download at : http://www.cmake.org or installed using brew install cmake
Xcode
Python 2.7 (not tested with Python 3)

Getting OpenCV framework (optional)

We suggest to follow these steps in order to install OpenCV framework in such a way that the resulting ViSP framework builds with OpenCV as 3rd party. This could be useful for users who want to use ViSP and OpenCV together. It will also allow to exploit keypoints throw ViSP classes (vpKltOpencv, vpKeyPoint) or the model-based tracker in his hybrid version (vpMbKltTracker). If you are not interested in capabilities leveraged by using OpenCV as 3rd party, just skip this section.

Download the latest OpenCV for iOS like opencv-4.2.0-ios-framework.zip
Unzip the archive in a directory denoted <framework_dir>/ios. If <framework_dir> is for example the following folder ~/framework just do the following:
$ mkdir -p ~/framework/ios
If the download was performed with Safari, do the following
$ mv ~/Downloads/opencv2.framework ~/framework/ios/
or if the download was either performed with Firefox, do the following
$ unzip ~/Downloads/opencv-4.2.0-ios-framework.zip -d ~/framework/ios
Add opencv2.framework to iPhoneOS existing frameworks
$ cd `xcrun --sdk iphoneos --show-sdk-platform-path`/Developer/Library/Frameworks
$ sudo ln -s ~/framework/ios/opencv2.framework
Add opencv2.framework to iPhoneSimulator existing frameworks
$ cd `xcrun --sdk iphonesimulator --show-sdk-platform-path`/Developer/Library/Frameworks
$ sudo ln -s ~/framework/ios/opencv2.framework

Note: If you encounter an error during xcrun, check xcrun: error: SDK cannot be located

Getting ViSP source code

Note: The following steps are only working with ViSP 3.0.1 or higher.

Here the goal is to get ViSP source code in a directory denoted <framework_dir>. If <framework_dir> is for example the following folder ~/framework there are different ways to get ViSP:

You can get the cutting-edge ViSP from GitHub repository using the following command
$ cd ~/framework
$ git clone https://github.com/lagadic/visp.git
You can also download a daily snapshot. Once downloaded, uncompress the file using
$ tar xvzf visp-snapshot-yyyy-mm-dd.tar.gz -C ~/framework
Or you can download the latest release as a zip or a tarball. Once downloaded, uncompress the file using either
$ tar xvzf visp-x.y.z.tar.gz -C ~/framework
or
$ unzip visp-x.y.z.zip -d ~/framework
We suppose now that ViSP source is in a directory denoted <framework_dir> besides ios folder.
$ ls ~/framework
ios visp

Building ViSP framework

Build ViSP framework
$ cd ~/framework
$ python visp/platforms/ios/build_framework.py ios
Once build, you will have ~/framework/ios/visp3.framework that could be added to a Xcode project for iOS devices. If you follow Getting OpenCV framework (optional) you have also ~/framework/ios/opencv2.framework that should also be added to the Xcode project.
$ ls ~/framework/ios
build opencv2.framework visp3.framework

Note: ViSP framework is build with capabilities that enables the usage of the following 3rd parties: XML, OpenCV, pthread, apriltag, lapack.

Known issues

xcrun: error: SDK cannot be located

If you encounter the following issue:

$ cd `xcrun --sdk iphoneos --show-sdk-platform-path`/Developer/Library/Frameworks
xcrun: error: SDK "iphoneos" cannot be located
xcrun: error: SDK "iphoneos" cannot be located
xcrun: error: unable to lookup item 'PlatformPath' in SDK 'iphoneos'
-bash: cd: /Developer/Library/Frameworks: No such file or directory

It means that the Xcode command line tools are not installed.

Launch Xcode and go to Preferences, then Locations, and make sure the command line tools is set to the version of Xcode you’re using.

Next tutorial

You are now ready to see the next Tutorial: How to create a basic iOS application that uses ViSP that shows how to use ViSP as a 3rd party to build your own project for iOS devices.

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