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iOS build (Internal use only)

To building a remote trget iOS, we need to use a toolchain CMake.

CMake Toolchain​

The toolchain for iOS is generate from project : https://github.com/leetal/ios-cmake

xtd io toolchain

Commands to generate xtd​

  • For an iOS with the arm64 architecture.
mkdir build-ios && cd buidl_ios
cmake .. -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../scripts/cmake/toolchain/ios.cmake -DPLATFORM=OS64 -DXTD_BUILD_LIBRARIES_XTD_DRAWING=OFF -DXTD_BUILD_LIBRARIES_XTD_FORMS=OFF -DXTD_BUILD_TOOL_GUIDGEN_COMMAND_LINE=OFF -DXTD_BUILD_TOOL_GUIDGEN_GUI=OFF -DXTD_BUILD_TOOL_SLEEPFOR_COMMAND_LINE=OFF -DXTD_BUILD_TOOL_SLEEPFOR_COMMAND_LINE=OFF -DXTD_BUILD_TOOL_XTDC_GUI=OFF
  • For a FAT-libraries for the given platform (OS64, TVOS and WATCHOS)
mkdir build-ios && cd buidl_ios
cmake .. -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../scripts/cmake/toolchain/ios.cmake -DPLATFORM=OS64 -DXTD_BUILD_LIBRARIES_XTD_DRAWING=OFF -DXTD_BUILD_LIBRARIES_XTD_FORMS=OFF -DXTD_BUILD_TOOL_GUIDGEN_COMMAND_LINE=OFF -DXTD_BUILD_TOOL_GUIDGEN_GUI=OFF -DXTD_BUILD_TOOL_SLEEPFOR_COMMAND_LINE=OFF -DXTD_BUILD_TOOL_SLEEPFOR_COMMAND_LINE=OFF -DXTD_BUILD_TOOL_XTDC_GUI=OFF

Note : The options called *COMBINED (OS64COMBINED, TVOSCOMBINED and WATCHOSCOMBINED) will build complete FAT-libraries for the given platform. These FAT-libraries include slices for both device and simulator, making the distribution and usage of the library much more simple!​

Check macOS and iOS target :​

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5919996/how-to-detect-reliably-mac-os-x-ios-linux-windows-in-c-preprocessor

Prerequisites​

std::filesystem::path is not supported on iOS.

  • For a full compatibility the following classes must be implemented
    • xtd::io::directory
    • xtd::io::directory_info
    • xtd::io::drive_info
    • xtd::io::file_info
  • Remove all references to std::filesystem::path in xtd implementation.