Switch to using frameworks?

[hamchapman]

I imagine this will be one for @lukeredpath principally, but if others have opinions then please jump in.

Also, as a preface, I'm not massively familiar with the implications of changing the targets in libPusher from being static libraries to dynamic frameworks.

When looking into adding tvOS support I discovered that while SocketRocket supports it, ReactiveCocoa only added support for it in 4.0.0 (tangentially related: Reachability has support for it on master but 3.2, the latest release, doesn't have support for it).

However, upgrading ReactiveCocoa to 4.0.0 means that it becomes a framework and contains Swift code (targeting iOS 8.0+).

As such, what do you think about changing libPusher to build frameworks instead of static libraries and, as a consequence, target iOS 8.0+?

[hamchapman]

I started exploring this to see what it would look like. You can see where I've got up to here: https://github.com/pusher/libPusher/tree/trying-out-using-frameworks

It's very much a WIP but you can see where it's heading.

[hamchapman]

@lukeredpath can you share any insights on this? Would be much appreciated!