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What does this PR do?

dev build currently plans products as iOS apps and emits flat bundles. This selects deployment settings, device families, resource paths, and extension paths for iOS, tvOS, macOS, and Mac Catalyst. Mac apps use the standard Contents layout.

The Darwin SDK builder includes available Apple TV SDKs and Catalyst targets. Builds retain the SDK's actual Xcode/platform metadata and stamp the correct SDK version into Mach-O headers while preserving effective deployment minimums. SDK epoch 5 ensures existing installations rebuild with these definitions and the cross-import overlay settings. Linux Catalyst can select an updated linker through XTOOL_LD64_LLD; LLD 23 is required for current SDK arm64e reexports.

Desktop apps with Swift package resource bundles require SwiftBuild, selected automatically with Swift 6.4 or newer. Native SwiftPM builds reject this combination before compilation because their generated Bundle.module accessor cannot find resources in Contents/Resources. The check includes extension-only package resources. Native desktop apps without package resource bundles remain supported.

This does not add an Xcode project importer, asset compiler, or App Store distribution workflow.

How was it tested?

  • Ran swift test --build-system native --jobs 4, swift build --build-system native --jobs 4 --product xtool, and make lint with Swift 6.4 on Linux.
  • Built and installed a fresh Darwin SDK from the real Xcode 27.1 archive. Checked the SDK epoch, platform targets, retained build metadata, and cross-import overlay settings.
  • Built SwiftUI Release smoke apps for iOS, tvOS, macOS, and ARM64/Intel Catalyst using that SDK. The apps include a package resource and, for iOS/Catalyst, a PhotosPicker cross-import overlay. Inspected Mach-O platform, minimum OS, SDK version, and packaged resources.
  • Confirmed native SwiftPM's generated resource accessor uses the incompatible lookup. Checked the new CLI diagnostic with native-backend selection and added regression coverage for app and extension-only resources, accepted SwiftBuild/mobile builds, and native desktop apps with only root resources.
  • After merging main, reran the Linux native tests, product build, and lint. Synthetic tvOS and macOS native builds exercised SDK selection and deployment targets with SwiftPM 6.3 and 6.4. The tvOS fixture included a host plugin and a linker override. The linkers and macOS signing were stubbed. A synthetic SDK also exercised platform macro links. Standalone LLD probes checked simulator Mach-O platform, deployment, and SDK fields.

The follow-up did not rebuild an app against a real Xcode SDK or run it on an Apple device.

Native macOS/device execution, tvOS asset compilation, signing, and App Store processing remain unverified. The Xcode-dependent test was cancelled because XTL_TEST_XCODE_APP was not configured.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added support for iOS, tvOS, macOS, and Mac Catalyst targets.
    • Added platform-aware packaging, bundle layouts, deployment targets, SDK metadata, and linker configuration.
    • Added commands to list supported platforms and display SDK build metadata.
    • Added SDK discovery and definition generation across supported Apple platforms.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved platform-specific metadata, resource placement, simulator handling, and deployment-version selection.
    • Added validation for unsupported targets, resource bundles, SDKs, and linker configurations.
    • Restricted IPA packaging and automatic development signing to supported platforms.
  • Documentation

    • Documented supported platforms, SDK requirements, bundle layouts, signing limitations, and resource constraints.

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The change adds support for iOS, tvOS, macOS, and Mac Catalyst targets. It adds SDK discovery and metadata handling, platform-specific deployment and bundle settings, linker configuration, command validation, and related tests and documentation.

Changes: Apple platform support

Layer / File(s) Summary
Platform and SDK metadata
Sources/PackLib/ApplePlatform.swift, Sources/PackLib/DarwinSDK.swift, Sources/PackLib/SDKBuildMetadata.swift, Tests/XToolTests/ApplePlatformTests.swift, Tests/XToolTests/DarwinSDKTests.swift, Tests/XToolTests/SDKBuildMetadataTests.swift, Tests/XToolTests/PlannerTests.swift
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Sources/PackLib/BuildSettings.swift, Sources/PackLib/LinkerConfiguration.swift, Tests/XToolTests/LinkerConfigurationTests.swift, Tests/XToolTests/BuildSettingsTests.swift
Build settings normalize target triples, add platform SDK options, and apply linker toolsets. Relocatable links continue to use the SDK linker.
SDK construction and status
Sources/XToolSupport/SDKBuilder.swift, Sources/XToolSupport/SDKCommand.swift, Tests/XToolTests/SDKBuilderTests.swift
SDK construction discovers configured Apple platforms and creates target definitions. SDK status resolves target SDKs and can print build metadata.
Planning, packaging, and command behavior
Sources/PackLib/Planner.swift, Sources/PackLib/Packer.swift, Sources/XToolSupport/DevCommand.swift, Tests/XToolTests/PackerTests.swift, Documentation/xtool.docc/Control.md
Planning and packaging use platform-specific deployment targets, bundle layouts, metadata, and resource rules. Commands validate supported targets, signing, and IPA output.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~55 minutes

Change: Feature

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  participant DevBuildCommand
  participant Planner
  participant Packer
  DevBuildCommand->>Planner: validate target platform and create plan
  Planner->>Packer: provide deployment targets and bundle metadata
  Packer-->>DevBuildCommand: produce platform-specific bundle
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