Comments on: Compiling Boost for the iPhone

By: foogy

foogy — Wed, 26 May 2010 23:34:46 +0000

Thanks Matt, actually I also had to modify user-config.jam.
I removed the tags from the file. (Thanks to grafikrobot on the boost irc channel for that)

Also, some part of 1.42 and 1.43 clash with objective-c because of the use of “id” as a variable name in basic_regex_creator.hpp and perl_matcher_common.hpp.
https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/4132

This issue is fixed in the trunk.

By: Matt Galloway

Matt Galloway — Wed, 26 May 2010 14:18:19 +0000

@foogy – Yep I’ve compiled 1.43. It should “just work” without needing to do anything to Darwin.jam I am pretty sure. I.e. all you need to do is run the `bjam’ lines from the boost-1.42 section.

By: foogy

foogy — Wed, 26 May 2010 14:14:41 +0000

Did anyone successfully build boost 1.43 for iPhone?
The modifications to .macosx-version in Darwin.jam doesnt seem to apply for 1.43.

By: Matt Galloway

Matt Galloway — Tue, 04 May 2010 08:07:13 +0000

@Gabriel – Thanks for the heads up with regard to the private API calls.

By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Tue, 04 May 2010 04:08:51 +0000

Thank you so much for your instruction! I’ve compiled boost successfully for iPhone SDK 3.1.3.

By the way, it may not be a good idea to copy the missing headers (bzlib.h and crt_externs.h) to compile for the device. Some guys in the imagemagick forum have got their app rejected for using these API:

http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=16043&start=0

Last time I checked, the missing headers are required only by boost::programoptions and boost::iostreams. Not a big deal, I guess

By: Matt Galloway

Matt Galloway — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 22:24:04 +0000

@Paul Solt – thanks for that! Ironically I just today compiled it for the simulator for 3.1.3. I’ve updated the post to show how to compile for simulator. I’ve shown it for 3.1.3 but it can also be used for 3.2 like you’ve done.

By: Paul Solt

Paul Solt — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 22:00:40 +0000

Thank you for the post. I am using Boost so that I can use the unofficial Boost Logging Utility on the iPhone/iPad.

You didn’t included the updated command for the iPhone Simulator and Boost 1.42, so I updated the command to the following:

./bjam –prefix=${HOME}/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneSimulator3.2.sdk/usr toolset=darwin architecture=x86 target-os=iphone macosx-version=iphonesim-3.2 link=static install

By: Matt Galloway

Matt Galloway — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:36:15 +0000

@Steven – in Boost >1.40 they added some things to the bjam to enable easy compiling for iPhone.

I haven’t looked at 1.42 yet, but I’ll try to do so and give a quick update on what has changed.

By: Steven Jones

Steven Jones — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:19:32 +0000

Great guide but unfortunately im using boost 1.42. Will you be updating this guide soon? That would be super helpful.

By: Matt Galloway

Matt Galloway — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:15:23 +0000

Hi Carles,

Yes it seems in 1.41 Boost has become much easier to compile for the iPhone. I’m leaving this here for reference but will endeavour to update it with some 1.41 specifics soon.