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freakboy3742

opened on Aug 27, 2025

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Feature or enhancement

Proposal:

CPython can be configured to build an iOS Framework; however, the redistributable unit of pre-compiled code on iOS is an XCframework that contains a "slice" for each supported ABI (device and simulator).

The construction of an XCframework is currently documented in the iOS/README.rst, but these instructions should be codified so there is a simple interface to build and test an iOS XCframework.

This script would be an analog of the script used to build and test Android release products.

Has this already been discussed elsewhere?

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Linked PRs

• gh-138171: Migrate iOS testbed location and add Apple build script #138176
• [3.14] gh-138171: Migrate iOS testbed location and add Apple build script (#138176) #139204

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1. freakboy3742

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10. machathc-dev commented on Oct 21, 2025

    

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    how please show me

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11. mhsmith commented on Oct 21, 2025

    

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    If you want to run Python on iOS, you should start with BeeWare or Kivy, rather than trying to build it yourself.
12. freakboy3742 commented on Oct 21, 2025

    

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    Agreed that if you want to use Python on iOS, building it yourself is almost certainly not what you want to do; but if you do need to compile it for some reason, the iOS README contains details.
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