iOS

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iOS

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XBMC for iOS is a full port of XBMC to Apple's iOS operating-system. iOS supports both 720p and 1080p hardware accelerated video decoding of H.264 videos, and is compatible several Apple's iDevice's and Apple TVs that uses Apple A4 or higher SoC processors with a jailbroken iOS operating-system. iOS has full touchscreen support as well as video-out cable support for iDevices.

Main topics

Other iOS-specific wiki pages for topics, guides, and advice. For everything else, standard XBMC pages will normally apply.

• HOW-TO:Install XBMC on Apple TV 2
• HOW-TO:Install XBMC for iOS
• XBMC for iOS specific FAQ
• Developing XBMC for iOS
• Touch controls

Requirements

See also: Supported hardware

• To install Kodi for iOS/iPadOS you must have one of the following:
  • a jailbroken iDevice running iOS 6.0 or higher, though iOS 8.0 or higher is recommended
  • a normal iDevice running iOS 6.0 or higher and a Mac running Xcode 7 and higher
• For hardware: iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.

How-to's

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Random notes

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• A community build of XBMC that has hardware video acceleration for 64-bit iOS devices: https://github.com/linusyang/xbmc/releases