IOS applications: Differences between the pre-version 17 and the final version 17

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Generation directory of the Xcode project
Functions for managing the directories of the iPhone/iPad application

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IOS applications: Differences between the pre-version 17 and the final version 17

Warning
From version 18, these features correspond to the standard operating mode. This help page concerns the version 17 only.

Overview

Several improvements have been made for the development of iPhone/iPad applications between the pre-version 17 and the final version 17. Some of these modifications change the behavior of the application, especially:

Generation directory of the project for Xcode.
Implementation of functions for managing the directories.
Image catalog:
To insert images and icons into your iPhone/iPad applications, the image catalog proposes specific images. All you have to do is select the "iOS" theme during your search.

Differences

Generation directory of the Xcode project

In pre-version, the Xcode project was directly generated in the EXE sub-directory of the project.
In final version, the Xcode project is generated in the "Project_Name.xcode.gen" sub-directory of the EXE directory of project. All you have to do is copy this entire directory onto the MAC to compile the application.

Functions for managing the directories of the iPhone/iPad application

In pre-version 17, fExeDir returned the "app" directory of the application.
In final version 17, this function returns the path of the root directory of the application.
Several new functions used to manage the directories have been introduced. See summary table of functions for directory management per platform for more details.