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ssziparchive

Overview

SSZipArchive is a lightweight and easy-to-use framework for creating, extracting, and modifying ZIP archives in Swift. It provides a simple interface to work with ZIP files and offers functionality such as creating archives, adding files, and extracting files from existing archives.

Installation

You can easily install SSZipArchive in your project using Cocoapods or manually by adding the framework files to your Xcode project.

Usage

Creating a Zip Archive

Here’s how you can create a new ZIP archive using SSZipArchive:

  1. Import the SSZipArchive framework in your Swift file:
import SSZipArchive
  1. Create a new ZIP archive by specifying the path where you want to save it:

let archivePath = "path/to/save/archive.zip"
SSZipArchive.createZipFile(atPath: archivePath, withContentsOfDirectory: "directory/to/compress")

Adding Files to Zip Archive

To add files to an existing ZIP archive, follow these steps:

  1. Import the SSZipArchive framework in your Swift file:
import SSZipArchive
  1. Specify the path of the existing ZIP archive:
let archivePath = "path/to/existing/archive.zip"
  1. Add the files to the archive:

SSZipArchive.createZipFile(atPath: archivePath, withFilesAtPaths: ["file1", "file2"])

Extracting Files from Zip Archive

To extract files from a ZIP archive, use the following steps:

  1. Import the SSZipArchive framework in your Swift file:
import SSZipArchive
  1. Specify the path of the existing ZIP archive:
let archivePath = "path/to/existing/archive.zip"
  1. Extract the files to the desired location:

SSZipArchive.unzipFile(atPath: archivePath, toDestination: "desired/location")

Miscellaneous Operations

SSZipArchive also provides various additional functions for working with ZIP archives, including:

  • Getting Archive Information: Retrieve information about a ZIP archive such as total file count, file name at index, etc.
  • Password Protection: Set a password for a ZIP archive to protect its contents.
  • Delegate Callbacks: Handle delegate callbacks to perform specific actions during the archive creation or extraction process.

Conclusion

This documentation provided a brief overview of SSZipArchive and explained its usage for creating, adding files to, and extracting files from ZIP archives. Additionally, it highlighted miscellaneous operations available with the framework.