My company writes a Java application that uses the WebKit.framework. The framework is called through a jnilib library compiled in xcode. This has worked fine for a number of years. Recently we've had some problems because of changes Apple has pushed to the framework through Safari updates. 3.1 was especially problematic for us. Design issues aside, we would like to embed the open source version of the framework into our application. This has a number of benefits to us, including simplified installation (admin rights not required...all components self-contained), independence of Apple release schedules, predictable environments to test against.
My understanding of the open source webkit project is that we have rights to deploy the framework with our application, and in reading postings and documentation, that embedding is not a difficult process. I can only assume that it's my understanding of XCode and apple projects that is falling short. At this point I have downloaded a few releases of the webkit project from svn. All compiled fine, so we proceeded with the 3.0 codebase. The only modifications I made was to change the Installation Directory for all four projects to "@loader_path\Frameworks". We did some initial tests using @executable_path, but they didn't seem to work. We assumed this to be an issue with the fact that it's a Java bundle, or the fact that webkit is being called through a jnilib sitting outside of the application bundle (but still in our app install directory). I'm testing this by renaming the system framework (/System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework), and after compiling my jnilib, renaming the WebKitBuild directory of my webkit projects. Doing this, I'm fairly confident that the WebKit.framework IS being referenced using my relative path. The problem I'm running into is that the other frameworks (WebCore, JavaScriptCore, and possibly JavaScriptGlue), do NOT work from this relative path. If I put the WebKitBuild directory back, and only rename the WebKit.framework within WebKitBuild, I can successfully execute my app. This tells me (hopefully), that I'm using WebKit from a relative path, but WebCore and JavaScriptCore are being referenced from their original location. Again, I'm sure this is a silly mistake I've made due to lack of understanding. I'm under the impression that what I'm doing is possible. Could someone point me in the right direction? Thank you. -Adam. **************************************************************************** This email may contain material confidential to Pearson. If you were not an intended recipient, please notify the sender and delete all copies. We may monitor email to and from our network. ****************************************************************************
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