Migrate iOS sub-project to required UIKit scene-based lifecycle#1260
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I can't test myself, but I'm sure this works fine on iOS.
Just had a remark on copyright changes.
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With the copyright remarks addressed, I'm fine with merging this. |
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Merged. Thank you very much for all your contributions! |
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Thanks @SaschaWillems for merging. Happy to contribute here. |
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Apple is requiring iOS apps to adopt their new UIKit scene-based lifecycle. iOS 26 is the final version that will support the old-style application-based lifecycle. Users of the Vulkan examples project on iOS and the iOS Simulator currently receive deprecation warnings that apps built with the old-style lifecycle will not run in future iOS versions.
I thought I would get a start on this before the dead end arrives and the project will not run. The attached code updates the Vulkan examples iOS sub-project to adopt UIKit's SceneDelegate class and scene management concepts. It was not too difficult but I struggled initially before making sure I was using a Metal-capable backing layer for the application view, otherwise Vulkan swapchain creation would not succeed. This was more automatic in the older setup, and now has to be more explicit.
Anyways, all good now and the iOS examples project should work without any deprecation warnings.
Tested using Xcode 26.3 on macOS Sequoia 15.7.4 targetting: