iOSCompile

Development environment

To develop VLC for iOS, you need:

We provide source code packages for every release. You can find the latest on our Download VLC for iOS website. Older releases are also available.

Build it for the simulator.

sh compileVLCforiOS.sh -s

Wait, and grab a coffee.

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

sh compileVLCforiOS.sh

Grab a second coffee. :)

Have a look at the output provided by -h to see further options which can be useful to speed-up partial recompilations.

If you encounter an issue, join us on the forum.

Open the .xcworkspace (not .xcodeproj) in Xcode and click on Run.

Buliding release version needs code signing

Before running simulator in Xcode, run .sh with -s first; Before running iphoneos in Xcode, run .sh without -s first.

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...

If everything goes well, congratulations to Lucky You! If not, please report any problem to our mailing list ios@v.o, or on our IRC.

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

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