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Nibedit Dey is a software engineer turned serial entrepreneur with over a decade of experience in building complex software-based products with amazing user interfaces. Before starting his entrepreneurial journey, he worked for Larsen and Toubro and Tektronix in different R&D roles. He holds a bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering and a master's degree in digital design and embedded systems. Specializing in Qt and embedded technologies, his current role involves end-to-end ownership of products right from architecture to delivery. Currently, he manages two technology-driven product startups named ibrum technologies and AIDIA Health. He is a tech-savvy developer who is passionate about embracing new technologies.
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Running a Qt application on macOS and iOS

We have already discussed how to build and run applications on Windows and Linux platforms in earlier chapters. Let's move on to learn how to run our applications on platforms such as macOS and iOS. To build a Qt application on macOS and iOS, you will need Xcode from the App Store. Xcode is the IDE for macOS, comprising a suite of software development tools for developing applications in macOS and iOS. If you have already installed Xcode, Qt Creator will detect its existence and will automatically detect the suitable kits. As for the kit selection, Qt for macOS supports kits for Android, clang 64-bit, iOS, and iOS Simulator.

You can see a sample desktop kit configuration on macOS in the following screenshot:

Figure 5.6 – Desktop kit configuration on macOS

You can also manually add a debugger in the Debuggers tab if you don't want to use the Auto-detected debugger, as illustrated in the following...

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Nibedit Dey is a software engineer turned serial entrepreneur with over a decade of experience in building complex software-based products with amazing user interfaces. Before starting his entrepreneurial journey, he worked for Larsen and Toubro and Tektronix in different R&D roles. He holds a bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering and a master's degree in digital design and embedded systems. Specializing in Qt and embedded technologies, his current role involves end-to-end ownership of products right from architecture to delivery. Currently, he manages two technology-driven product startups named ibrum technologies and AIDIA Health. He is a tech-savvy developer who is passionate about embracing new technologies.
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