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diff --git a/packaging/ios/README b/packaging/ios/README index b3d49cd55..a155768f6 100644 --- a/packaging/ios/README +++ b/packaging/ios/README @@ -1,13 +1,12 @@ Tool repo to crosscompile subsurface for iOS -------------------------------------------- -This is very rough - the interaction between the different tools seems quite -fragile. +The interaction between the different tools seems quite fragile. Dependencies: - This only works on a Mac -- XCode with iOS SDK and Qt5.6 +- XCode with iOS SDK and Qt5.6 or later - cmake Steps to install: @@ -19,7 +18,9 @@ And QT for android from: http://qt-project.org/downloads, including the iOS bits Step 2. Extract and install these into known directories. Have a look in the top of build.sh for where the cross build tool expects -them. By default thats is: ../../../Qt/5.6 +them. Create a symbolic link named Qt in this directory to point to the top +of the Qt installation, e.g. +ln -s ~/Qt5.7.1 Qt Step 3. Run bash build.sh in the terminal. @@ -27,14 +28,20 @@ The script will download and build the whole dependency chain, but not the actua Subsurface-mobile binary Step 4. -Launch QtCreator with the Subsurface-mobile/Subsurface-mobile.pro +Launch the version of QtCreator that was installed in Step 2 above and open +Subsurface-mobile/Subsurface-mobile.pro Build Subsurface-mobile in QtCreator - you can build for the simulator and for a device and even deploy to a connected device. -This will likely require an Apple Developer account ($$$). In order to create a -bundle that can be distributed things get even more complex and the interaction -between QtCreator, Xcode and the Apple Developer Portal is still quite -confusing to me. +Everything up to here you can do without paying for an Apple Developer account. + +In order to create a bundle that can be distributed things get even more +complex and an Apple Developer account definitely is necessary in order for you +to be able to sign the bundle. + +The easiest way to do that appears to be to open the Subsurface-mobile.xcodeproj +in the build directory that QtCreator used in Xcode and to create an archive there. + WARNING: ======== |