Provide precompiled static framework for Rive

[ghugues]

Description

This is a feature request, not a bug report.

Rive currently provides a precompiled dynamic framework for each release. On iOS, you can achieve better launch performance using a static framework whose executable is merged into main executable of the application at link time.

It would we great if Rive could provide a precompiled static framework for each release in replacement or in addition to the existing dynamic one.

[shashankk7]

To note, the scripts and steps given in Contributing.md do not work. We have opened a similar issue when trying to build a static library for Rive which leads to errors. #335

[dskuza]

@ghugues @shashankk7 While building a static library for distribution is not yet on our roadmap, we have updated our build scripts and Contributing doc with the latest build instructions. I'll bring this up internally.

[shashankk7]

Thanks for the update @dskuza. But please note it is important for many companies/people who distribute their products as a dynamic framework. In such a case, integrating Rive as a static library is the only option.

[dskuza]

@shashankk7 Yep, understood. I'll pass this along internally.