title: How to add AFNetworking to XCode app
body: <p><b>I'm relatively new to XCode and iOS.</b>  My background for understanding how to add libraries/dependencies to a project is in the world of Java and Maven.</p>
  
  <p><b>I need to add AFNetworking</b> to my project and have been unable to do so successfully.</p>
  
  <p>First, I tried going to <code>my project -&gt; Build Phases -&gt; Link Binary</code> With Libraries, clicking the "+" button, and then search for <code>AFNetworking</code> from the list.  <i>It wasn't in the list.</i></p>
  
  <p>So, I figured I'd have to add it using the "Add Other..." option.  Which means, of course, I'd need to download <code>AFNetworking</code> somehow.  I'm not sure I was able to download it in the correct form -- it seems all I could get was the <code>AFNetworking</code> project itself, rather than a framework (if I understand correctly, frameworks are analogous to jars?  Can you generate a framework by building an iOS project in a certain way?).  I downloaded it from their <a href="https://github.com/AFNetworking/AFNetworking"><b>GitHub page</b></a>.  (I also tried their "Getting Started" guide, but it had me using <code>CocoaPods</code>, which I couldn't get to work right and I'd rather avoid it for now.)</p>
  
  <p>I've tried adding project files and folders from <code>AFNetworking</code> just to see if they worked (but of course they don't -- I think I need some sort of <code>.framework</code> file).</p>
  
  <p><b>Bottom line</b>:  I can't seem to find a way to add <code>AFNetworking</code> to my project.  How can I do it?</p>