using frameworks from bundles (why cannot that be done?)

[akauppi]

I'm curious why frameworks cannot be accessed from within plugins (bundles). As far as i've found, this is only stated (rather, in between lines) but the real-world need for such is obvious:

e.g. SDL, SDL_image etc. libraries are -appropriately- available as frameworks for OS X.

my application uses runtime linked dynamic libs for accessing them (enhancing a system with e.g. SDL support). This cannot be done on OS X because bundles cannot call frameworks.

Is there a bypass / other way of doing this?

 

[anarchie]

This is pretty much theory, but I believe you could build the SDL_image framework with an installation path which reflects the framework's location relative to the program which loaded the bundle:

@executable_path/../Plugins/MySDLPlugin.plugin/Contents/Frameworks/

I'll come back and test this once I get my iMac working again =(

[EDIT]

Yes, this method works, with the restriction that your plugin must reside at a fixed location relative to the app which loads it, or at a fixed absolute path.