[WIP] Add separate `simulator` flag for iOS build, change main library to `xcframework` format.

misc/dist/ios_xcode/godot_ios.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj

@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
 
 /* Begin PBXBuildFile section */
 		1F1575721F582BE20003B888 /* dylibs in Resources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 1F1575711F582BE20003B888 /* dylibs */; };
-		DEADBEEF2F582BE20003B888 /* $binary.a in Frameworks */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = DEADBEEF1F582BE20003B888 /* $binary.a */; };
+		DEADBEEF2F582BE20003B888 /* $binary.xcframework in Frameworks */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = DEADBEEF1F582BE20003B888 /* $binary.xcframework */; };
 		$modules_buildfile
 		1FF8DBB11FBA9DE1009DE660 /* dummy.cpp in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 1FF8DBB01FBA9DE1009DE660 /* dummy.cpp */; };
 		D07CD44E1C5D589C00B7FB28 /* Images.xcassets in Resources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = D07CD44D1C5D589C00B7FB28 /* Images.xcassets */; };
-		9039D3BE24C093AC0020482C /* MoltenVK.a in Frameworks */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 9039D3BD24C093AC0020482C /* MoltenVK.a */; };
+		9039D3BE24C093AC0020482C /* MoltenVK.xcframework in Frameworks */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 9039D3BD24C093AC0020482C /* MoltenVK.xcframework */; };
 		9073252C24BF980B0063BCD4 /* vulkan in Resources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 905036DC24BF932E00301046 /* vulkan */; };
 		D0BCFE4618AEBDA2004A7AAE /* InfoPlist.strings in Resources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = D0BCFE4418AEBDA2004A7AAE /* InfoPlist.strings */; };
 		D0BCFE7818AEBFEB004A7AAE /* $binary.pck in Resources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = D0BCFE7718AEBFEB004A7AAE /* $binary.pck */; };
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@
 
 /* Begin PBXFileReference section */
 		1F1575711F582BE20003B888 /* dylibs */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = folder; name = dylibs; path = "$binary/dylibs"; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
-		DEADBEEF1F582BE20003B888 /* $binary.a */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = archive.ar; name = godot; path = "$binary.a"; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		DEADBEEF1F582BE20003B888 /* $binary.xcframework */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = wrapper.xcframework; name = godot; path = "$binary.xcframework"; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		$modules_fileref
 		1FF4C1881F584E6300A41E41 /* $binary.entitlements */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = text.plist.entitlements; path = "$binary.entitlements"; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		1FF8DBB01FBA9DE1009DE660 /* dummy.cpp */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.cpp.cpp; path = dummy.cpp; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
-		9039D3BD24C093AC0020482C /* MoltenVK.a */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = archive.ar; name = MoltenVK; path = MoltenVK.a; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		9039D3BD24C093AC0020482C /* MoltenVK.xcframework */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = wrapper.xcframework; name = MoltenVK; path = MoltenVK.xcframework; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		905036DC24BF932E00301046 /* vulkan */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = folder; name = vulkan; path = "$binary/vulkan"; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		D07CD44D1C5D589C00B7FB28 /* Images.xcassets */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = folder.assetcatalog; path = Images.xcassets; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		D0BCFE3418AEBDA2004A7AAE /* $binary.app */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; explicitFileType = wrapper.application; includeInIndex = 0; path = "$binary.app"; sourceTree = BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR; };
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@
 			isa = PBXFrameworksBuildPhase;
 			buildActionMask = 2147483647;
 			files = (
-				9039D3BE24C093AC0020482C /* MoltenVK.a in Frameworks */,
-				DEADBEEF2F582BE20003B888 /* $binary.a */,
+				9039D3BE24C093AC0020482C /* MoltenVK.xcframework in Frameworks */,
+				DEADBEEF2F582BE20003B888 /* $binary.xcframework */,
 				$modules_buildphase
 				$additional_pbx_frameworks_build
 			);
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@
 		D0BCFE3618AEBDA2004A7AAE /* Frameworks */ = {
 			isa = PBXGroup;
 			children = (
-				9039D3BD24C093AC0020482C /* MoltenVK.a */,
-				DEADBEEF1F582BE20003B888 /* $binary.a */,
+				9039D3BD24C093AC0020482C /* MoltenVK.xcframework */,
+				DEADBEEF1F582BE20003B888 /* $binary.xcframework */,
 				$modules_buildgrp
 				$additional_pbx_frameworks_refs
 			);

misc/dist/ios_xcode/libgodot.iphone.debug.xcframework/Info.plist

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
+<plist version="1.0">
+<dict>
+	<key>AvailableLibraries</key>
+	<array>
+		<dict>
+			<key>LibraryIdentifier</key>
+			<string>ios-arm64</string>
+			<key>LibraryPath</key>
+			<string>libgodot.a</string>
+			<key>SupportedArchitectures</key>
+			<array>
+				<string>arm64</string>
+			</array>
+			<key>SupportedPlatform</key>
+			<string>ios</string>
+		</dict>
+		<dict>
+			<key>LibraryIdentifier</key>
+			<string>ios-arm64_x86_64-simulator</string>
+			<key>LibraryPath</key>
+			<string>libgodot.a</string>
+			<key>SupportedArchitectures</key>
+			<array>
+				<string>arm64</string>
+				<string>x86_64</string>
+			</array>
+			<key>SupportedPlatform</key>
+			<string>ios</string>
+			<key>SupportedPlatformVariant</key>
+			<string>simulator</string>
+		</dict>
+	</array>
+	<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
+	<string>XFWK</string>
+	<key>XCFrameworkFormatVersion</key>
+	<string>1.0</string>
+</dict>
+</plist>

misc/dist/ios_xcode/libgodot.iphone.debug.xcframework/ios-arm64/empty

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Dummy file to make dylibs folder exported

misc/dist/ios_xcode/libgodot.iphone.debug.xcframework/ios-arm64_x86_64-simulator/empty

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Dummy file to make dylibs folder exported

misc/dist/ios_xcode/libgodot.iphone.release.xcframework/Info.plist

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
+<plist version="1.0">
+<dict>
+	<key>AvailableLibraries</key>
+	<array>
+		<dict>
+			<key>LibraryIdentifier</key>
+			<string>ios-arm64</string>
+			<key>LibraryPath</key>
+			<string>libgodot.a</string>
+			<key>SupportedArchitectures</key>
+			<array>
+				<string>arm64</string>
+			</array>
+			<key>SupportedPlatform</key>
+			<string>ios</string>
+		</dict>
+		<dict>
+			<key>LibraryIdentifier</key>
+			<string>ios-arm64_x86_64-simulator</string>
+			<key>LibraryPath</key>
+			<string>libgodot.a</string>
+			<key>SupportedArchitectures</key>
+			<array>
+				<string>arm64</string>
+				<string>x86_64</string>
+			</array>
+			<key>SupportedPlatform</key>
+			<string>ios</string>
+			<key>SupportedPlatformVariant</key>
+			<string>simulator</string>
+		</dict>
+	</array>
+	<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
+	<string>XFWK</string>
+	<key>XCFrameworkFormatVersion</key>
+	<string>1.0</string>
+</dict>
+</plist>

misc/dist/ios_xcode/libgodot.iphone.release.xcframework/ios-arm64/empty

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Dummy file to make dylibs folder exported

misc/dist/ios_xcode/libgodot.iphone.release.xcframework/ios-arm64_x86_64-simulator/empty

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Dummy file to make dylibs folder exported

platform/iphone/detect.py

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ def get_opts():
             " validation layers)",
             False,
         ),
+        BoolVariable("ios_simulator", "Build for iOS Simulator", False),
         BoolVariable("ios_exceptions", "Enable exceptions", False),
         ("ios_triple", "Triple for ios toolchain", ""),
     ]
@@ -107,8 +108,17 @@ def configure(env):
 
     ## Compile flags
 
-    if env["arch"] == "x86" or env["arch"] == "x86_64":
+    if env["ios_simulator"]:
         detect_darwin_sdk_path("iphonesimulator", env)
+        env.Append(CCFLAGS=["-mios-simulator-version-min=13.0"])
+        env.Append(LINKFLAGS=["-mios-simulator-version-min=13.0"])
+        env.extra_suffix = ".simulator" + env.extra_suffix
+    else:
+        detect_darwin_sdk_path("iphone", env)
+        env.Append(CCFLAGS=["-miphoneos-version-min=11.0"])
+        env.Append(LINKFLAGS=["-miphoneos-version-min=11.0"])
+
+    if env["arch"] == "x86" or env["arch"] == "x86_64":
         env["ENV"]["MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET"] = "10.9"
         arch_flag = "i386" if env["arch"] == "x86" else env["arch"]
         env.Append(
@@ -116,11 +126,10 @@ def configure(env):
                 "-fobjc-arc -arch "
                 + arch_flag
                 + " -fobjc-abi-version=2 -fobjc-legacy-dispatch -fmessage-length=0 -fpascal-strings -fblocks"
-                " -fasm-blocks -isysroot $IPHONESDK -mios-simulator-version-min=13.0"
+                " -fasm-blocks -isysroot $IPHONESDK"
             ).split()
         )
     elif env["arch"] == "arm":
-        detect_darwin_sdk_path("iphone", env)
         env.Append(
             CCFLAGS=(
                 "-fobjc-arc -arch armv7 -fmessage-length=0 -fno-strict-aliasing"
@@ -128,16 +137,15 @@ def configure(env):
                 " -fpascal-strings -fblocks -isysroot $IPHONESDK -fvisibility=hidden -mthumb"
                 ' "-DIBOutlet=__attribute__((iboutlet))"'
                 ' "-DIBOutletCollection(ClassName)=__attribute__((iboutletcollection(ClassName)))"'
-                ' "-DIBAction=void)__attribute__((ibaction)" -miphoneos-version-min=11.0 -MMD -MT dependencies'.split()
+                ' "-DIBAction=void)__attribute__((ibaction)" -MMD -MT dependencies'.split()
             )
         )
     elif env["arch"] == "arm64":
-        detect_darwin_sdk_path("iphone", env)
         env.Append(
             CCFLAGS=(
                 "-fobjc-arc -arch arm64 -fmessage-length=0 -fno-strict-aliasing"
                 " -fdiagnostics-print-source-range-info -fdiagnostics-show-category=id -fdiagnostics-parseable-fixits"
-                " -fpascal-strings -fblocks -fvisibility=hidden -MMD -MT dependencies -miphoneos-version-min=11.0"
+                " -fpascal-strings -fblocks -fvisibility=hidden -MMD -MT dependencies"
                 " -isysroot $IPHONESDK".split()
             )
         )
@@ -162,7 +170,6 @@ def configure(env):
             LINKFLAGS=[
                 "-arch",
                 arch_flag,
-                "-mios-simulator-version-min=13.0",
                 "-isysroot",
                 "$IPHONESDK",
                 "-Xlinker",
@@ -173,9 +180,9 @@ def configure(env):
             ]
         )
     elif env["arch"] == "arm":
-        env.Append(LINKFLAGS=["-arch", "armv7", "-Wl,-dead_strip", "-miphoneos-version-min=11.0"])
+        env.Append(LINKFLAGS=["-arch", "armv7", "-Wl,-dead_strip"])
     if env["arch"] == "arm64":
-        env.Append(LINKFLAGS=["-arch", "arm64", "-Wl,-dead_strip", "-miphoneos-version-min=11.0"])
+        env.Append(LINKFLAGS=["-arch", "arm64", "-Wl,-dead_strip"])
 
     env.Append(
         LINKFLAGS=[

platform/iphone/export/export.cpp

@@ -1575,9 +1575,9 @@ Error EditorExportPlatformIOS::export_project(const Ref<EditorExportPreset> &p_p
 		return ERR_SKIP;
 	}
 
-	String library_to_use = "libgodot.iphone." + String(p_debug ? "debug" : "release") + ".fat.a";
+	String library_to_use = "libgodot.iphone." + String(p_debug ? "debug" : "release") + ".xcframework";
 
-	print_line("Static library: " + library_to_use);
+	print_line("Static framework: " + library_to_use);
 	String pkg_name;
 	if (p_preset->get("application/name") != "") {
 		pkg_name = p_preset->get("application/name"); // app_name
@@ -1663,7 +1663,7 @@ Error EditorExportPlatformIOS::export_project(const Ref<EditorExportPreset> &p_p
 		if (files_to_parse.has(file)) {
 			_fix_config_file(p_preset, data, config_data, p_debug);
 		} else if (file.begins_with("libgodot.iphone")) {
-			if (file != library_to_use) {
+			if (!file.begins_with(library_to_use) || file.ends_with(String("/empty"))) {
 				ret = unzGoToNextFile(src_pkg_zip);
 				continue; //ignore!
 			}
@@ -1671,7 +1671,7 @@ Error EditorExportPlatformIOS::export_project(const Ref<EditorExportPreset> &p_p
 #if defined(OSX_ENABLED) || defined(X11_ENABLED)
 			is_execute = true;
 #endif
-			file = "godot_ios.a";
+			file = file.replace(library_to_use, binary_name + ".xcframework");
 		}
 
 		if (file == project_file) {