Is there anything I can do in xcode to resolve the this is not utf-8 static library issue?

Question

I asked someone to make me a static library instead of providing me with a dynamic library and these are the errors produced after I both drag and drop the file into a new empty project and when I import the file like so: #import "ftrapi.a".

Is there anything I do from my end to resolve these issues

Does this have anything to do with architecture or does this have to do with xcode settings.

Answer 1

You don't import a static library, you link it. i.e. if you have somewhere

#import "ftrapi.a"

this is wrong, it's an object code library, not a header file. Remove all such statements and in the Build Phases tab of your project, add the library to the "Link Binary with libraries" section.

You will also need a header file that you do import into your code. Get the person who built the library to send you the public header(s).