I was given an static library (.a extension file) that I have to use in a project, however I need to modify some of the source code before it is useful to me. What is the best way to accomplish this?
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I was given an static library (.a extension file) that I have to use in a project, however I need to modify some of the source code before it is useful to me. What is the best way to accomplish this?
The easy-but-most-of-the-time-not-applicable solutions are subclassing or extending.
You can also try to decompile the .a file if its licence authorizes it: cf. Decompiling Objective-C libraries, but it can be tricky and/or illegal.