I was able to build a universal library with support for the simulator by following the instructions here: Build fat static library (device + simulator) using Xcode and SDK 4+
I hope that helps you too.
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USING PODS
pod 'ZBarSDK'
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Recompile ZBar for iphone 5. You can download recompiled ZBAR from here to skip the following
Steps
Download the source code (you must have Mercurial for mac):
Open Terminal and run following commands
a. hg clone http://zbar.hg.sourceforge.net:8000/hgroot/zbar/zbar
b. cd zbar
c. hg checkout iPhoneSDK-1.3.1
d. open iphone/zbar.xcodeproj
In the xcode project edit the "libzbar" scheme and select Release in Build configuration
Go to Build Settings set following Architectures
a. Architectures - >Standard architectures(armv7,armv72,arm64)
b. Valid Architectures -> arm64,armv7 armv7s
Compile libzbar for device AND for simulator, here the configuration:
Find the compiled libzbar.a and go in the folder using Teminal.app,
In My Case : /Users/kappe/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/zbar-gyozyrpbqzvslmfoadhqkwskcesd/Build/Products
In this folder you you should have two sub folder Release-iphoneos and Release-iphonesimulator
using xcode command line tools build your universal lib:
lipo -create Release-iphoneos/libzbar.a Release-iphonesimulator/libzbar.a -o libzbar.a
Now you can use the libzbar.a created, both in device and simulator.
Ref : http://www.federicocappelli.net/2012/10/05/zbar-library-for-iphone-5-armv7s/