{"id":3233,"date":"2017-09-29T13:43:37","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T20:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualgdb.com\/w\/?p=3233"},"modified":"2020-04-10T17:06:22","modified_gmt":"2020-04-11T00:06:22","slug":"targeting-multiple-platforms-in-one-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visualgdb.com\/tutorials\/porting\/multiplatform\/","title":{"rendered":"Targeting Multiple Platforms in One Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

This tutorial shows how to create multi-platform Visual Studio projects with VisualGDB. We will start with a basic Win32 console project and show how to add platforms for Linux, Android and a barebone ARM device (STM32).<\/p>\n

Combining multiple platforms in one project is an advanced task that requires editing several configuration files, so we will give a detailed explanation of the involved settings and will show all the necessary edits. Before you begin, install VisualGDB 5.3 or later.<\/p>\n

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  1. Start with creating a regular Windows project:\"01-winprj\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Select “Console Application” and uncheck the “precompiled header” and “SDL checks” checkboxes: \"02-multiplatform\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Press “Finish” to build the project and replace the code in the main source file with this:\n
    include <iostream>\r\n\r\n#ifdef _WIN32\r\n#include <winsock.h>\r\n#pragma comment (lib, \"ws2_32\")\r\n#else\r\n#include <unistd.h>\r\n#endif\r\n\r\nint main()\r\n{\r\n#ifdef _WIN32\r\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0WSADATA data;\r\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2, 0), &data);\r\n#endif\r\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 char name[512];\r\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 gethostname(name, sizeof(name));\r\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 std::cout << \"Hello, \" << name << std::endl;\r\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 return 0;\r\n}<\/pre>\n
    \"03-prj\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. You could normally use the VisualGDB Configuration Wizard<\/a> to add a new Linux configuration to the existing project, however it would not allow combining VisualGDB MSBuild configurations with other configuration types (such as normal Win32 or Android), so we will show how to add a new platform manually instead. Begin with creating a new temporary Linux project:\"04-linux\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Select “MSBuild” on the first page:\"05-msbuild\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Then select the machine you would like to use for building:\"06-machine\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. Finally select where to store the source files:\"07-source\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. Press “Finish” to create the project and open its directory in Explorer. The project directory will include 2 important types of files:\n