Update Stockfish iPhone App

[MichaelB7]

It’s still on the Stockfish version 2.13 , anyway we can update the engine? The GUI is great , it’s just the engine that is getting a little long in the tooth. If there is a fee from Apple that is a hindrance (for a developer account - $99?), I would be willling to fund that expense - up to $100. If there are any takers- the source is available on Stockfish website I believe.

[snicolet]

I am using the Stockfish iPhone app too, and it is very nice indeed :-)

I forward your proposition to Tord Romstad (@romstad), as he is (among other things) the author of the app: maybe he can recompile it with Stockfish 9?

[scchess]

I've volunteered my time. https://github.com/student-t/Stockfish_iOS. It works on my phone.

[snicolet]

@student-t
Thanks a lot, that was quick!
I have an iPhone 4 with IOS 7, eager to test it if possible :-)

[scchess]

The updated deployment target is 10.0 which means your iPhone 4 won’t work. I will downgrade it and then upload to Apple so you can test it.

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[MichaelB7]

This is awesome - but now how do I get it or install it?

[snicolet]

@student-t Any update on this subject? How is the rebuilding doing? :-)

[scchess]

@snicolet I thought I've sent you an email for the instructions? @MichaelB7 had it. I sent to stephanenicoletsuriphone@gmail.com.

[MichaelB7]

I have been “testing” every day 😊, using all the functions - there was one time where I could not move a piece as expected , tried to take a snapshot and realized my phone was misbehaving, rebooted and all was well. Seemed to be more of an iPhone issue than an app issue.

[snicolet]

This email address I had never made public, but now Google has it indexed, OK :-)

Anyway I have now checked your invitation, and I can't test because testing requires IOS 8.
Maybe the final version will be IOS 7 compatible, then I will use it!

[MichaelB7]

So far Ted it's been working perfectly!. You will need to update the "about" screen item ;-)

[scchess]

@snicolet The earliest iOS deployment the Apple compiler could do is iOS 8. Do you want to upgrade your device?

[SuperGeroy]

The app compiles and works on my XCode 9.2 simulator for an iPhone 8. Thanks @student-t !
Do you have any links or resources on how to use the engine in a Swift project?

[scchess]

@SuperGeroy Swift is not recommended as it has poor support with C++.

[snicolet]

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