Xcode and Box2D setup

box2d_test.md

Xcode and Box2D setup

1. Download and unzip the Box2D source code from https://github.com/erincatto/Box2D

2. Install premake5 from https://premake.github.io/download.html and move the executable to /usr/bin/ so it is in your PATH.

3. Go to the unzipped folder and build the library from command line with premake xcode4

4. From resulting Build folder, get libBox2D.a which is the library archive file and the whole Box2D folder that has the header files and place them to your Xcode project folder so that the dependencies folder is one level up from the main.cpp and other source files.

5. Select Build Phases and Link Binary With Libraries add new item and search for the libBox2D.a file from the project sub folder.

6. On Xcode, select the project file and then on the Build Settings tab, select TARGETS and your target application name. Add Header Search Path: ${PROJECT_DIR}/dependencies/Box2D/include

7. Add this source code and try building to see if the library linking works

   #include "Box2D/Box2D.h"
   int main(){ return 0; }