I'm looking to support iPad only on iOS. I don't really understand what this armv6/armv7 thing is about, is it a bit like the days when you could decide to target 386/486/Pentium instruction sets? Are there any strong benefits to set up for armv7 only, or strong reasons why not to?
If I have some libs prebuilt as armv6 will they work nicely with armv7 or must every lib be built using identical compiler settings?
iOS - armv6 & armv7
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masterfalcon
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Re: iOS - armv6 & armv7
It's similar. They are different processor families, all iPads use armv7 variants. Any libs that you have that are armv6 only will need to be recompiled.
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DanielSefton
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Re: iOS - armv6 & armv7
Just to add to that, check out the list of armv6-only devices: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_iOS_devices
As you can see, it's totally not worth bothering to support armv6 anymore. So just make sure everything is at least compiled with armv7.
As you can see, it's totally not worth bothering to support armv6 anymore. So just make sure everything is at least compiled with armv7.