2023-05-26Version 3.57

- Added a dedicated dialog box to easily edit extra compiler and linker flags.

- Looks like you're interested in reading the changelog. Please read this one til the end.

- LLVM modules cache path moved from Toolchain to SDK directory (because these modules are specific to a certain SDK).

- Compiler cache (ccache) path moved to SDK directory (same rationale).

- LLVM modules are now enabled by default.

- Added the missing iOS glue to the Dispatch Swift framework to be able to build Swift code for iOS that uses threads.

- The Swift compiler is invoked in -frontend mode (as Xcode does) and not in driver mode (as Apple recommends).

- Added a -visibility flag to pbxprojparse to use with -headers so as to specify the desired visibility.

- Proper handling of header visibilities (private/public/project) when constructing LLVM modules.

- Improved waitfor utility for correctly watching over multiple instances of multiple compiler types in driver and frontend modes in multithreaded mode.

- One last thing. The toolchain is now able to build Swift code. Please report any issues on the support forum.

2023-05-15Version 3.56

- Upgraded LLVM/Clang compiler (Apple branch) to release tag "clang-15.0.0/swift-5.8.0-RELEASE".

- Upgraded the Apple binary utilities to cctools-986 with patches.

- Upgraded the Apple linker to ld64-711 with patches.

- Disabled C++ modules at compiler level to replicate exactly what Apple's own fork of Clang does (an undocumented "feature") - thanks Stefan Vasilev for the hint.

- Patched the LLVM linker so that it allows symbols duplicates in archives to replicate the Apple linker behaviour which is able to link the Firebase 10 frameworks in spite of their duplicated symbols.

2023-03-05Version 3.55.1

- Fixed error when pthread_impl.h internal definitions were missed out (_PTHREAD_MUTEX_SIG_init, _PTHREAD_COND_SIG_init...) in some versions of the iOS SDK.

- Selective stubbing of previously missing pre-5.1 Swift compatibility library symbols now that Apple provides them in libswiftCompatibility51.a.

2023-02-27Version 3.55

- More robust handling of the libGameAssembly build delegation to the Unity il2cpp compiler.

- When using OTA deployment, a system sound is played when the app is ready for download.

2022-12-26Version 3.54

- Upgraded LLVM/Clang compiler (Apple branch) to release tag "clang-14.0.0/swift-5.7.2-RELEASE".

- Switched to the much faster LLVM linker (LLD version 16.0.0git from llvm.org) in place of Apple's ld64 (with a possibility to use Apple's linker when necessary).

- This was necessary to provide support for Objective-C msgSend stubs as implemented by Apple in Xcode 14 and whose source code was not pushed back to LLVM.org yet.

- Also fixes linking errors of the like "missing symbol: _objc_msgSend$...", affecting Unity projects containing precompiled libraries that were built with Xcode 14 (such as the newest ARKit samples).

- Implemented transparent .xcframework directory layout support in LLD.

- Fixed detection of Unity IL2CPP compiler install location to support GameAssembly host-compiled IL2CPP libraries.

2022-10-18Version 3.53

- Fixed a bug in the Mach-O dependency validation tool where the Swift system libraries could be unnecessarily embedded within the app, causing cryptic App Store rejections messages.

2022-09-22Version 3.52

- Reordered the run-time load paths in the final binary to better match what Xcode does.

- The link-time optimization issues that were occurring with the previous compiler version should now be gone.

- Added the ability to change a private key's passphrase from the Keychain UI (in the keys' right-click context menu).

- The Swift system libraries are now placed in the Frameworks subdirectory to comply with Apple's guidelines (https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/placing_content_in_a_bundle) and prevent App Store and TestFlight upload rejections.

- The app now tries to load the Swift system libraries supplied by iOS before trying to load the embedded ones (solves the "This copy of libswiftCore.dylib requires an OS version prior to 12.2.0" console error).

- The image conversion tool (imgconvert) now guesses the input image file format from its contents instead of inferring it from its extension.

2022-09-21Version 3.51.2

- Second hotfix for Clang 14 addressing copy/delete race conditions.

2022-09-19Version 3.51.1

- Hotfix for Clang 14 for a temporary file renaming issue causing "permission denied" errors.

2022-09-17Version 3.51

- Upgraded LLVM/Clang compiler (Apple branch) to release tag "clang-14.0.0/swift-5.7-RELEASE".

- The upload tool now displays some information about the .ipa from its Info.plist (display name, bundle ID and version numbers).

- Separated "build number" (CFBundleVersion) and "version number" (CFBundleShortVersionString) settings in Info.plist in automatic versioning mode. Automatic versioning only affects the build number now.

2022-06-17Version 3.50.1

- Hotfix for Clang 13 causing permission problems during output file renaming in some Windows 10 setups.

2022-06-16Version 3.50

- Fixed a regression in the code signer that was probably introduced in v3.49 and prevented some apps from being signed correctly.

- Upgraded LLVM/Clang compiler (Apple branch) to release tag "clang-13.0.0/swift-5.6.1-RELEASE".

- Upgraded the compiler cache (ccache) to version 4.6.1.

- Fixed an "Insufficient memory" error given by the legacy Microsoft file copy tool when a path is too long (thanks MH6).

- Improved .xcframework platform/architecture detection in builder UI.

- Added an option to disable ccache (the compiler cache), to solve possible erroneous cache hash collision problems.

- Improved the "validatedeps" utility so that dependency run paths inherit from the main executable run paths.

- Improved third-party binary libraries and frameworks embedding logic in the master build script: in most cases a pre-packaging script is no longer necessary.

2022-06-05Version 3.49

- CocoaPods daemon: added macOS-like base64 userland utility (used by the "BoringSSL" pod).

- Improved support in the code signer for files containing foreign UTF-8 characters in app bundles.

- Extended the dependency validation mechanism using validatedep to the Unity framework.

2022-05-28Version 3.48

- Improved Mach-O binary dependency checking and validation thanks to a new command-line tool (validatedep).

- Fix: the upload tool no longer attemps to re-sign app packages with the default signing identity if the "Re-sign" checkbox is not checked.

- Re-fixed a regression that was already fixed in 3.35.4 but broke during build logic reorganization where Unity calls sched_yield() without including <pthread/sched.h> first (as seen in UnityWebRequest.mm)... looks like the Unity team hasn't noticed the issue yet.

- Added 3 shortcuts in the Windows SendTo menu for advanced users to easily dissecate Apple Mach-O binary files.

2022-04-25Version 3.47

- Project localization files (xxx.lproj) should now be handled correctly. Please notify me if it was not the case.

- Updated optional Cocoapods daemon to version 11.3 and fixed a problem where Podfiles containing lines longer than 125 characters would cause issues in Windows 7.

- Improved the Xcode project parser (pbxprojparse) so that file-specific compiler flags are supported (helps building Google's Protobuf library).

2022-03-29Version 3.46

- The Keychain tool automatically keeps the root and intermediate certificates up-to-date with the contents of https://www.apple.com/certificateauthority/

- Fix: the code signer is now able to distinguish between different Apple root certificates that have been created out of the same private key.

- Fix: the builder UI now allows OTA deployment using Ad Hoc certificates.

- Improved trust chain construction logic in the code signer.

- Fixed a problem where .ipa files couldn't be uploaded from a user's home directory containing non-ANSI characters.

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