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Building DynCall for apple's iOS platforms (iPhone, iPod touch, iPad)
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Environment Setup for Cross-Compilation using iPhone SDK:
$ source ./buildsys/scripts/setenv-sdk-ios.sh
Package Configuration
$ ./configure --target=iOS --sdk=<MAJOR>.<MINOR>
Building
$ make
Details:
This builds by default universal binaries (armv7,arm64).
Required configure switches:
--target=[iOS|iPhoneSimulator]
--sdk=<version> (tested versions 2.0..4.0, 6.1, 8.3)
Supported Tool-chains
gcc, clang
Other ways to build
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Building directly with Makefile.embedded ..
ARMv7 for iOS 6.1
$ make -f Makefile.embedded ios61-os
$ cd test && make -f Makefile.embedded ios61-os
ARMv7 (no thumb) for iOS 6.1
$ make -f Makefile.embedded ios61-os-nothumb
$ cd test && make -f Makefile.embedded ios61-os-nothumb
Simulator for iOS 6.1
$ make -f Makefile.embedded ios61-sim
$ cd test && make -f Makefile.embedded ios61-sim
ARMv7/ARM64 Universal build for iOS 8.3
$ make -f Makefile.embedded ios83-os-universal
$ cd test && make -f Makefile.embedded ios83-os-universal
Tested Mac OS X platforms: 10.[7,8,10]
Tested Xcode toolchains: 4.6, 6.3
Building directly with Makefile.generic ..
$ source buildsys/scripts/setenv-sdk-ios.sh
$ source buildsys/scripts/setenv-cross-ios.sh
make -f Makefile.generic ...
uses armv6 and sdk 4.3 as default, can be changed in 'setenv-cross-ios.sh'.