I doubt anyone in the source forum will be able to help with you specific questions. I will get back to you directly with some answers.
On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 4:36 PM Ian Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > Has anyone got recent experience of building an Xcode project (XP) for iOS, > having the j901 source code directly embedded as a "group"? > > By "recent" I mean Xcode version 11 running on macOS Mojave. > > I have a working iOS prototype that calls libj.dylib, and runs on my > private iPad. I was rather pleased with it. But when I uploaded it to App > Store for TestFlight release Apple told me the dylib needs to be separately > reviewed and granted a certificate. *Any* change to the dylib thereafter > needs a new certificate – which needs a new review. > > So… although it is possible to ship an iOS app containing a dylib, Apple > really wants to see a monolithic block of code in the app, plus having the > archived XP for inspection. > > I reluctantly conclude I'll get an easier ride through the development > cycle if I include jsource directly in the XP of the app. Which is just > what the j701 release for iOS did. > > You'd think it would be a simple matter to replace the *.c and *.h files of > the original j701 XP with its j901 counterpart: jsource-master/jsrc/. It > isn't. (Not with my present level of knowledge of how jsource works). > > But has anyone done it – or anything remotely like it with Xcode? Which .c > or .h files do I customize -- or omit? (They don't all compile). How do I > find my way among the battalion of compiler directives? > > My main sticking point is: cpuinfo.c. I also have problems with > andjnative.c, linenoise.*, not to mention aes*.* . None of these files were > present in 701 jsource (…which I think I now broadly understand). I managed > to hack the 901 code to make it compile and build, but the resulting app > was corrupt, and made my iPad gag. Obviously I'd thrown the baby out with > the bathwater. > > Is the iOS platform supported by jsource? I'd guess not. But there's code > in there which engages with it. Which makes me think that someone has tried > already. Did they succeed? > > Ian Clark > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
