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Preface
Please note that it will take you probably several hours to setup everything correctly, if you want to develop for mobile. Here you will find many links to other places.
Xcode
You should always use latest Xcode. If you want a specific version, see: Xcode Releases. Prepare for a 10 GB download. You'll need a (free) Apple ID, which is required anyway for deployment to devices.
Install Qt5.15
For mobile we don't want latest Qt6, which currently still misses important QML modules. There is basically no way around the online installer, because you don't want to build the cross-compiled part of Qt for yourself.
See reademe-qt for the Qt online installer. You'll need to register with an email.
Make sure to select the following in the online installer:
You really want the online installer. Yes it's a 1 GB download, but it brings
all the examples, demos, tutorials, documentation, Qt Designer, all QML
modules, so you won't miss anything. And you can easily add/remove parts later
(see ~/Qt/MaintainanceTool after installation), or install Qt6 in parallel in
the future.
Cross-compile ECL
Next step is cross-compiling ECL. See readne-prepare-ios.
Build LQML
Now build both the lqml executable and library, see
readme-build.
You may now try to run a desktop example, to see if it works. Every example has a readme which explains everything.
Install example on iOS device
The best example to take as a template for development on mobile is examples/advanced-qml-auto-reload.
Please see readme and readme-build of that example.