Installation in iOS

Required Packages

• CMake 2.8.8 or higher
• Xcode 4.2 or higher

Getting the Cutting-edge OpenCV from Git Repository

Launch GIT client and clone OpenCV repository from here

In MacOS it can be done using the following command in Terminal:

cd ~/<my_working _directory>
git clone https://github.com/Itseez/opencv.git

Building OpenCV from Source, using CMake and Command Line

1. Make symbolic link for Xcode to let OpenCV build scripts find the compiler, header files etc.

   cd /
   sudo ln -s /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer Developer
   

2. Build OpenCV framework:

   cd ~/<my_working_directory>
   python opencv/platforms/ios/build_framework.py ios
   

If everything’s fine, a few minutes later you will get ~/<my_working_directory>/ios/opencv2.framework. You can add this framework to your Xcode projects.

Further Reading

You can find several OpenCV+iOS tutorials here OpenCV iOS.