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== Testing under the iPhone Simulator == | == Testing under the iPhone Simulator == | ||
− | For the moment, create a simple iPhone application with Xcode, then | + | For the moment, create a simple iPhone application with Xcode, then compile it for the simulator. Once done, you can go in: |
+ | ~/Library/Application\ Support/iPhone\ Simulator/User/Applications | ||
+ | and find the directory corresponding to the application you just created. Once done go into that directory and into the Application bundle. Delete the binary and create a symbolic link to the application compiled via EiffelStudio in the W_code directory. | ||
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+ | Now to test your application, you can simply launch the simulator and start your application from there. The simulator is located at: | ||
+ | /Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/Applications | ||
== Testing under the iPhone Device == | == Testing under the iPhone Device == |
Revision as of 22:10, 22 June 2009
Contents
Requirements
To develop in Eiffel for the iPhone, you need:
- a Mac running Mac OS X 10.5.7
- the latest iPhone SDK 3.0 and the latest Xcode
- the official EiffelStudio 6.4 release for the Mac
Getting ready
The iPhone development requires 2 targets and each target has its own value for the environment variable ISE_PLATFORM:
- iphone-x86: when testing under the iPhone simulator
- iphone-arm: when compiling for the actual iPhone device.
Every piece of C code has to be compiled for both targets. Therefore repeat the compilation instructions below twice, one for each target.
Preparing the delivery
Under $ISE_EIFFEL/studio/spec, replicate the macosx-x86 into iphone-x86 and iphone-arm. Do the same in $ISE_EIFFEL/precomp/spec and $ISE_EIFFEL/studio/config.
Compiling
Then you need to check out the source code. The easiest is to create a directory 65dev, go in this directory and then checkout the source code by doing:
svn co https://svn.eiffel.com/eiffelstudio/trunk/Src .
Then set the environment variable ISE_LIBRARY and EIFFEL_SRC to the 65dev directory above.
The Eiffel C runtime
Set ISE_PLATFORM accordingly and in $EIFFEL_SRC/C, type:
./quick_configure
Once compiled do:
cp config.sh $ISE_EIFFEL/studio/spec/$ISE_PLATFORM/include cd run-time cp *.h $ISE_EIFFEL/studio/spec/$ISE_PLATFORM/include/ cp lib* $ISE_EIFFEL/studio/spec/$ISE_PLATFORM/lib/
The Eiffel C libraries
You need to compile some C code. Go in the $ISE_LIBRARY/experimental/library/objc_base/Clib and type
finish_freezing -library
then go in $ISE_LIBRARY/experimental/library/iPhone/Clib and type again
finish_freezing -library
Compiling your first iPhone application
Compile the project in $ISE_LIBRARY/examples/iphone/basic. Once done you have a binary called `basic'.
Testing under the iPhone Simulator
For the moment, create a simple iPhone application with Xcode, then compile it for the simulator. Once done, you can go in:
~/Library/Application\ Support/iPhone\ Simulator/User/Applications
and find the directory corresponding to the application you just created. Once done go into that directory and into the Application bundle. Delete the binary and create a symbolic link to the application compiled via EiffelStudio in the W_code directory.
Now to test your application, you can simply launch the simulator and start your application from there. The simulator is located at:
/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/Applications