Theos

[GreatNateDev]

could godot somehow use theos https://theos.dev/ to build to ios from windows?

[Calinou]

Using Theos would require replacing the entire SCons buildsystem with it. Given how complex Godot's usage of SCons is, this is not technically viable.

Also, Theos seems to cater to jailbroken iOS devices first and foremost. It's unclear whether you can submit apps compiled with it to the iOS App Store.

[GreatNateDev]

fair guess not everyone will have jb + most people who compile for ios have a mac

[bruvzg]

Cross-building iOS export template (static library) is already supported with OSXCross (that's how official templates are built), on Windows you can use WSL / Podman / VM to build it.

The export process for iOS currently works like this:

• Godot extract static library and Xcode project for the export template.
• Project metadata is changed according to the project/export settings.
• Packed resources and other static/dynamic libraries (GDExtension or .NET) are added to the project.
• [everything up to this point can be done on any platform]
• Godot runs xcodebuild to build the project.

Since Theos doesn't provide xcodebuild equivalent (neither do OSXCross), it's won't help with this step.