One main difference between Android and iOS development with Qt is that you cannot build and run iOS apps on Qt Creator at all, as it is not allowed by Apple. Therefore, Qt Creator can only be used for developing the app and generating the Xcode file. Xcode is the de facto programming tool and compiler for all Apple platforms, including iOS. Once the required Xcode files have been generated by Qt Creator, you then have to do the rest on Xcode.
Let's take a look at how we can set up our Qt Creator for iOS development.
First, when you create a new project, you will see quite a variety of different kits available to you. Kits with the word clang are for macOS development, which you can also use to test your app's GUI before deploying to an iOS simulator or device. The kit with the keyword for iOS is for deploying to a physical iOS device (an...