A CMake toolchain file for iOS and tvOS development

ios-cmake

Tested with the following combinations:

XCode 5.x, iOS SDK 7
XCode 6.1.x, iOS SDK 8.1
XCode 8.2.x, iOS SDK 10.2
XCode 9.4.x, iOS SDK 11.4

Example usage

NOTE: The below commands will build for 64-bit simulator only. Change the -DIOS_PLATFORM to the applicable value if targeting another platform.

cd example/example-lib
mkdir build
cd build
cmake .. -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../../ios.toolchain.cmake -DIOS_PLATFORM=SIMULATOR64
make
make install

This will build and install the library for the given IOS_PLATFORM.

Options

Set -DIOS_PLATFORM to "SIMULATOR" to build for iOS simulator 32 bit (i386)
Set -DIOS_PLATFORM to "SIMULATOR64" (example above) to build for iOS simulator 64 bit (x86_64)
Set -DIOS_PLATFORM to "OS" to build for Device (armv7, armv7s, arm64)
Set -DIOS_PLATFORM to "TVOS" to build for tvOS (arm64)
Set -DIOS_PLATFORM to "SIMULATOR_TVOS" to build for tvOS Simulator (x86_64)

Additional Options

-DENABLE_BITCODE=(BOOL) - Enabled by default, specify FALSE or 0 to disable bitcode

-DENABLE_ARC=(BOOL) - Enabled by default, specify FALSE or 0 to disable ARC

-DENABLE_VISIBILITY=(BOOL) - Disabled by default, specify TRUE or 1 to enable symbol visibility support

-DIOS_ARCH=(STRING) - Valid values are: armv7, armv7s, arm64, i386, x86_64. By default it will build for all valid architectures based on -DIOS_PLATFORM (see above)

The resulting binary will consist of only one platform. To combine all platforms into the same fat-library, use the LIPO tool. More information on this is available on the net.

Thanks To

natbro for adding tvOS support

Notes