For https://inputapp.io we have put together an SDK to compile QGIS and all its dependencies on iOS: https://github.com/lutraconsulting/input-sdk
It should be straightforward to use the sdk for full-blown QGIS on another ARM based architecture. Kind regards Saber On Tue, 23 Jun 2020 at 11:07, Christoph Jung <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Yesterday at the WWDC, Apple announced to switch from Intel-CPUs to their > self designed ARM SoCs. My experiences as a software developer are in the > field of Java, python and Swift (I try to keep distance to the heap, stack, > pointers etc. ^^). Because of my lack of knowledge I am interested about to > know, if Apples move to change the underlying platform of macOS will have > an impact on QGIS running on this OS. Is the Qt-library the interface > between the QGIS-Code and the CPU, so if a Qt-version could compile against > the ARM-platform, QGIS will run without problems on an ARM-CPU? Could their > a problem using libraries like gdal or Geos on an ARM-platform or have they > to be build for this platform before using it? Maybe they already could be > used on this paltform? Or maybe this will not to be a problem because > everything will work a like a charm also on another platform (but I think > this is unrealistic ^^)? I know that Apple users are the minority of the > QGIS community and most users will not be effected by this problem. But as > a passionate Mac- und QGIS-User and after reading the news about the > conference yesterday, my first thought was: will QGIS run on the new > platform? > > Sincerely, > Christoph > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > [email protected] > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user -- Saber Razmjooei www.lutraconsulting.co.uk +44 (0)7568 129733
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