Install iOS Header for Theos on OS X Mountain Lion/Mavericks

The default Theos installation, as outlined in this wiki, does not include all iOS headers. The following process installs the necessary headers and patches for OSX Mountain Lion/Mavericks.

  • Follow the official wiki to install theos.
  • Add iphoneheader to theos/include
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git clone https://github.com/rpetrich/iphoneheaders.git
  • Copy IOSurfaceAPI.h from OSX library
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cp /System/Library/Frameworks/IOSurface.framework/Headers/IOSurfaceAPI.h theos/include/IOSurface
  • Patch IOSurfaceAPI.h by commenting out two lines
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/* This call lets you get an xpc_object_t that holds a reference to the IOSurface.
Note: Any live XPC objects created from an IOSurfaceRef implicity increase the IOSurface's global use
count by one until the object is destroyed. */
//xpc_object_t IOSurfaceCreateXPCObject(IOSurfaceRef aSurface)
//      IOSFC_AVAILABLE_STARTING(__MAC_10_7, __IPHONE_NA);
/* This call lets you take an xpc_object_t created via IOSurfaceCreatePort() and recreate an IOSurfaceRef from it. */
IOSurfaceRef IOSurfaceLookupFromXPCObject(xpc_object_t xobj)
IOSFC_AVAILABLE_STARTING(__MAC_10_7, __IPHONE_NA);

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