openssl libs in Xcode 4

Question

as the title suggests, I'm struggling to make the inclusion of openssl libs in my xcode iOs project, such as:

#include <openssl/md5.h>
#include <openssl/sha.h>
#include <openssl/ripemd.h>

if anyone knows a good way to do it, that would be more than appreciated. I tried to add the

/usr/include/openssl 

to my inclusion paths in the project configuration, but it didn't turned out to be a good solution.

So, I was asking myself if anybody knew how to deal with it

thx a ton!

-k-

Answer 1

For me, using OpenSSL on iOS involved building OpenSSL from source for the iOS architectures (though I suppose finding pre-compiled libs would also work), then adding the OpenSSL header files and configuring the project's Header Search Paths appropriately. I used this as a rough guide.

Just be sure you really need OpenSSL before you commit. There are lots of built-in crypto routines in Apple's CommonCrypto and Security frameworks.

Answer 2

I downloaded openssl from OpenSSL.org (see the version marked "LATEST") and used this iOS build procedure. So far all is going well for me, but I'm in early stages of this development. The reason I needed OpenSSL was to do on-device in-app purchase receipt validation (see this Apple page on Validating Receipts Locally).

Answer 3

I ended up using ios-openssl, which worked very well for me.