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0 pointspjmlp3d ago0 comments

It isn't really the same, exactly because of that divergence, and platform differences not covered by Catalyst.

Also they aren't the only frameworks that are divergent, although that is another discussion.

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Let’s have that discussion. I’m all ears. Can you name any other pair of frameworks that provide identical functionality, but they are divergent such that each framework is mutually exclusive to its target platform?

And no just because the compass is #ifdef’d out when CoreLocation is compiled for MacOs does not count as “divergent”

pjmlpOP3d ago

OpenGL and Metal?

The various incantations of AI frameworks that have been introduced throughout the years?

SwiftUI vs UIKit vs AppKit vs Cocoa Touch vs Catalyst?

SceneKit vs RealityKit?

I understand as target platform also the various versions of macOS.

fingerlocks2d ago

How are any of these divergent between MacOs and iOS? You still link against the same framework, and the code is nearly identical between the two except for occasional differences in the hardware limitations.

Go look at any of Apple’s sample code. Outside of UIKit/Appkit, most of their samples target both platforms simultaneously

rafram2d ago

OpenGL is still supported, and Metal has been around for 12 years.

Cocoa Touch is just the umbrella term for iOS frameworks including UIKit, and Catalyst also uses UIKit.

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