The best way to distribute a widget in iOS

Question

I built a graphics component (it extends uiview) in iOS and I would like distribute it easily to everyone who wants insert it into his mobile app. It's not strictly necessary that the code is closed. I can make this component opensource.

Requirements:

• easy to integrate into a mobile app
• easy to use: only an entry point
• easy to distribute: no many files

Which is the best way to achieve this goal? Library, Framework or what else?

Thanks! aGO!

Answer 1

Post your code on GitHub or any other similar service, allowing people to download the source, and also considerer to create a podspec to make it available through CocoaPods. I don't know how to do that, I imagine you have to request to upload your podspec or something, but definitely I will try to do it since CocoaPods is a very nice and clean way of managing dependencies and IMO will be more and more used.

Answer 2

You can post your code or project on github.com, bitbucket.com, sourceforge.com This are the most popular source to make a project opensource & distribute publicly

You can also post your app at app store other than apple app store http://freeappaday.com/