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Saturday, September 10, 2022

[FIXED] How to detect reliably Mac OS X, iOS, Linux, Windows in C preprocessor?

 September 10, 2022     c, c-preprocessor, c++, cross-platform, os-detection     No comments   

Issue

If there's some cross-platform C/C++ code that should be compiled on Mac OS X, iOS, Linux, Windows, how can I detect them reliably during preprocessor process?


Solution

There are predefined macros that are used by most compilers, you can find the list here. GCC compiler predefined macros can be found here. Here is an example for gcc:

#if defined(WIN32) || defined(_WIN32) || defined(__WIN32__) || defined(__NT__)
   //define something for Windows (32-bit and 64-bit, this part is common)
   #ifdef _WIN64
      //define something for Windows (64-bit only)
   #else
      //define something for Windows (32-bit only)
   #endif
#elif __APPLE__
    #include <TargetConditionals.h>
    #if TARGET_IPHONE_SIMULATOR
         // iOS, tvOS, or watchOS Simulator
    #elif TARGET_OS_MACCATALYST
         // Mac's Catalyst (ports iOS API into Mac, like UIKit).
    #elif TARGET_OS_IPHONE
        // iOS, tvOS, or watchOS device
    #elif TARGET_OS_MAC
        // Other kinds of Apple platforms
    #else
    #   error "Unknown Apple platform"
    #endif
#elif __ANDROID__
    // Below __linux__ check should be enough to handle Android,
    // but something may be unique to Android.
#elif __linux__
    // linux
#elif __unix__ // all unices not caught above
    // Unix
#elif defined(_POSIX_VERSION)
    // POSIX
#else
#   error "Unknown compiler"
#endif

The defined macros depend on the compiler that you are going to use.

The _WIN64 #ifdef can be nested into the _WIN32 #ifdef because _WIN32 is even defined when targeting the Windows x64 version. This prevents code duplication if some header includes are common to both (also WIN32 without underscore allows IDE to highlight the right partition of code).



Answered By - Evgeny Gavrin
Answer Checked By - Senaida (PHPFixing Volunteer)
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