IOSCompile

Development environment

To develop VLC for iOS, you need:

• Mac OS X Lion (or later)
• Latest XCode version (4.6.3 works so far)
• A correct shell (we recommend iTerm2 and zsh)

Get the source

If you want to develop VLC for iOS, it is highly recommended that you use the git version:

git clone git://git.videolan.org/vlc-ports/ios.git

Build it

Build it for the simulator.

sh buildAspenProject.sh -s

Wait, and grab a coffee.

Manually assign the code sign in Xcode, and build it for devices.

sh buildAspenProject.sh

Grab a second coffee. :)

Deploy

Open the project in Xcode and click on Run.

If you want to run in the simulator after running buildAspenProject.sh without the -s option, you need to run it again with the -s option, and vice versa.

Send patches

You can create patches and send them to our mailing list ios@v.o, or on our IRC.

Please see Git#Submitting_patches on how to send patches...

Notes

History

The first version of this howto was written by jb on 18 July 2013.

Previous Version

The old version of the app can be compiled using this howto.