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025b86b
feat: iOS option cmake
vsaint1 May 23, 2026
c80e0c4
feat: iOS configuration build
vsaint1 May 23, 2026
070ab4c
feat: raylib platform processor (ios)
vsaint1 May 23, 2026
c550fbf
iOS opengles extensions imports
vsaint1 May 23, 2026
97af130
feat(apple): default property list
vsaint1 May 23, 2026
02d6041
feat: ios guide device/simulator
vsaint1 May 23, 2026
6fbd024
feat: cmake iOS base example
vsaint1 May 23, 2026
4ff554e
feat: breakout test game
vsaint1 May 23, 2026
6af06ca
feat: platform iOS bridge layer
vsaint1 May 23, 2026
128edde
feat: platform iOS implementation
vsaint1 May 23, 2026
eba14aa
renamed: ios shutdown -> close
vsaint1 May 27, 2026
202a358
feat: add iOS threading and vsync handling
vsaint1 May 27, 2026
bb8ab46
removed iOS example project
vsaint1 May 27, 2026
f3aaba8
removed platform preprocessor
vsaint1 Jun 2, 2026
e72038e
fix: url components and import
vsaint1 Jun 5, 2026
bfbfeeb
Merge branch 'master' into features/ios-platform
vsaint1 Jun 15, 2026
d9c8a09
refactor: global thread/vsync into nsobject (raylibcontroller)
vsaint1 Jun 15, 2026
5d8a8e8
REVIEWED: iOS implementation -WIP-
raysan5 Jun 28, 2026
07fd6d6
fix cleanup
vsaint1 Jul 2, 2026
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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions CMakeLists.txt
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Expand Up @@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ include(CompilerFlags)
# Registers build options that are exposed to cmake
include(CMakeOptions.txt)

if ("${PLATFORM}" STREQUAL "iOS")
enable_language(OBJC)
endif()

if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE AND NOT "${PLATFORM}" MATCHES "DRM" AND NOT "${PLATFORM}" MATCHES "Web" AND NOT "${PLATFORM}" MATCHES "SDL")
if (NOT GLFW_BUILD_WAYLAND AND NOT GLFW_BUILD_X11)
message(FATAL_ERROR "Cannot disable both Wayland and X11")
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion CMakeOptions.txt
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# When configuring web builds with "emcmake cmake -B build -S .", set PLATFORM to Web by default
SET(PLATFORM Web CACHE STRING "Platform to build for.")
endif()
enum_option(PLATFORM "Desktop;Win32;Web;WebRGFW;Android;Raspberry Pi;DRM;SDL;RGFW;Memory" "Platform to build for.")
enum_option(PLATFORM "Desktop;Win32;Web;WebRGFW;Android;iOS;Raspberry Pi;DRM;SDL;RGFW;Memory" "Platform to build for.")

enum_option(OPENGL_VERSION "OFF;4.3;3.3;2.1;1.1;ES 2.0;ES 3.0;Software" "Force a specific OpenGL Version?")

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Expand Up @@ -133,6 +133,24 @@ elseif (${PLATFORM} STREQUAL "Android")
set(LIBS_PRIVATE log android EGL GLESv2 OpenSLES atomic c)
set(LIBS_PUBLIC m)

elseif (${PLATFORM} STREQUAL "iOS")
set(PLATFORM_CPP "PLATFORM_IOS")
set(GRAPHICS "GRAPHICS_API_OPENGL_ES3")

find_library(UIKIT_LIBRARY UIKit)
find_library(QUARTZCORE_LIBRARY QuartzCore)
find_library(OPENGL_ES_LIBRARY OpenGLES)
find_library(COREMOTION_LIBRARY CoreMotion)
find_library(FOUNDATION_LIBRARY Foundation)

set(LIBS_PRIVATE
${UIKIT_LIBRARY}
${QUARTZCORE_LIBRARY}
${OPENGL_ES_LIBRARY}
${COREMOTION_LIBRARY}
${FOUNDATION_LIBRARY}
)

elseif ("${PLATFORM}" STREQUAL "DRM")
set(PLATFORM_CPP "PLATFORM_DRM")

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11 changes: 11 additions & 0 deletions src/CMakeLists.txt
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Expand Up @@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ set(raylib_sources
rtextures.c
)

if (${PLATFORM} STREQUAL "iOS")
list(APPEND raylib_sources
rcore_ios_main.m

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I still have doubts that Objective-C is really needed, afaik, objc functions can be called from C getting the function pointers.

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Technically, we could avoid direct ObjC syntax by using objc_getClass and similar runtime wrappers, but it comes with significant downsides: much worse readability, very fragile objc_msgSend casts and harder class/delegate/view-controller setup. A particularly important limitation is blocks: many modern UIKit/Foundation APIs use Objective-C blocks, and those are really awkward to handle cleanly from plain C.

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endif()

# <root>/cmake/GlfwImport.cmake handles the details around the inclusion of glfw
if (NOT ${PLATFORM} MATCHES "Web")
include(GlfwImport)
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# and you will be able to select more build options
include(CompileDefinitions)

if (${PLATFORM} STREQUAL "iOS")
target_compile_definitions(raylib PRIVATE GLES_SILENCE_DEPRECATION=1)
target_compile_options(raylib PRIVATE -Wno-deprecated-declarations)
endif()

# Registering include directories
target_include_directories(raylib
PUBLIC
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