App Store does not let upload ios static library as embedded

[WaqasGameDev]

Describe the bug

Hi, I was trying to upload ios build using static library of yours and I found 2 issues in your build scripts causing issues.

1. Since you copy static library at build time from streaming assets to plugins folder, by default unity marks the Add to Embedded Binaries flag true which was causing your static library to be embedded as a binary into frameworks instead of just linking as a library. I had to use this post build script to fix that.

public static void FixLLMIOSPlugins()
{
  // Path to your .a in Plugins/iOS (relative to Assets)
  string pluginPath = "Assets/Plugins/iOS/LLMUnity/undreamai-v1.2.1-llamacpp/libundreamai_ios.a";

  // Attempt to get the PluginImporter for this file
  var importer = AssetImporter.GetAtPath(pluginPath) as PluginImporter;
  if (importer == null)
  {
    Debug.LogError($"Could not find PluginImporter at path: {pluginPath}");
    return;
  }

  // Ensure it’s enabled for iOS, but not embedded
  importer.SetCompatibleWithPlatform(BuildTarget.iOS, true);

  // Different Unity versions name these keys slightly differently,
  // but typically "AddToEmbeddedBinaries" or "AddToXcodeEmbeddedFrameworks"
  importer.SetPlatformData(BuildTarget.iOS, "AddToEmbeddedBinaries", "false");

  // Make sure it’s added to Xcode, so it gets linked
  importer.SetPlatformData(BuildTarget.iOS, "AddToXcode", "true");

  // Some Unity versions also have:
  //   importer.SetPlatformData(BuildTarget.iOS, "AddToXcodeLinkFramework", "true");

  importer.SaveAndReimport();

  Debug.Log("Fixed iOS plugin import settings for: " + pluginPath);
}

2. After copying the library, your build scripts did not delete original files from streaming assets so it was being ended copied as raw files into ipa and app store did not allow it. So I had to make sure to remove them as well.

It would be great if you can fix these issues for future releases. Thanks,

Steps to reproduce

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LLMUnity version

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Operating System

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[amakropoulos]

Thank you for the detailed debugging! I'll look into it

[amakropoulos]

Which version are you using?
In v2.4.2 the library should be in "Link Binary With Libraries" section instead of the "Embedded Frameworks" in v2.4.1 (PR #298 )