Written by Cihat Gündüz Federico Zanetello

Description: Learn how you can build apps for multiple Apple platforms using Xcode 14. We'll show you how to streamline app targets, maintain a common codebase, and share settings by default. We'll also explore how you can customize your app for each platform through conditionalizing your settings and code.

Multiplatform app target

• support many destinations across multiple platforms
• common codebase and settings
• new ways to conditionalize individual settings and files

Configure project

Support many destinations across multiple platforms

• recommended especially for SwiftUI or Mac Catalyst projects
• if you're starting from scratch, use the improved Multiplatform App template
• it's also possible to upgrade an existing codebase:
  • in Xcode, open your project editor and select the app target
  • in the General tab, we can see a list of all the destinations our app support
  • there we can ass as many destinations as we like

Conditionalize individual settings and files

• Most settings in the target editor now come with a Conditions option
• Conditions lets us specify different values based on which SDK is being targeted (macOS, iOS, ..)

• App capabilities that can be shared across different destinations will get combined into a single entitlements file

Resolve build issues

Framework availability

Quick way:

#if canImport(ARKit)
import ARKit
#endif

This is useful if I don't want to manage a list of known platforms a framework is available for and simply say if it's not available, don't include it.

If, instead, we want to entirely exclude a file entirely when targeting a specific SDK:

• open your target editor and go to the Build Phases tab
• select your file and, in the Filters column, specify for which SDK(s) this file should be included

API availability

Use the #if os(iOS) compiler macro

#if os(iOS)
@Environment(\.editMode) private var editMode
#endif

It can be used to hide properties, SwiftUI modifiers, etc.

Platform experience

• Utilize each platform features
• Refine choices for new expectations
• Rely on SwiftUI for best practices
• Refer to Human Interface Guidelines

Publish app

• Just because we have a single target, it doesn't mean we only have a single product
• We'll need to archive for each platform and upload those individually
• If you're building and archiving locally, you'll need to select a destination that has the SDK you want to create an archive for
• Once I have a destination selected, I can choose "Product Archive" to create the archive
• Once my archives are complete, I can use the Organizer window in Xcode to upload them to App Store Connect