Import an Existing Project

The manual procedure for importing an existing project from a standard IDE into embedXcode consists on four steps:

• Create an New Project ,
• Drag-and-Drop Headers and Code Files ,
• Copy-Paste the Main Sketch , and
• Check Additional Parameters .

Create a New Project

To import an existing project,

• Create a new project with Xcode as described in the procedure Create a New Project .

• Call the menu Product > Build or press Cmd+B or click on the Run icon to perform the preparation of the project as described in the procedure Prepare the Project .

• Ensure Xcode shows the Project Navigator.

• If necessary, select the Project Navigator.

Drag-and-Drop Headers and Code Files

• Open the folder with the existing project from a standard IDE.

• Select all the files except the .ino main sketch, drag-and-drop them on the left pane on top of the .ino main sketch.



• Check Copy items if needed to make a copy and select the target Index to ensure code-sense.

Copy-Paste the Main Sketch

• Open the .ino main sketch with Arduino, select all the code and paste it on the main sketch on Xcode, in this example embed.ino.

• Make sure to keep the pre-processing statements #include, as they are required by embedXcode.

For more information,

• Please refer to Include Core Library on Main Sketch .

Check Additional Parameters

Depending on the project, some additional steps might be required.

• If functions are called before they are defined, declare prototypes for them.

For more information on prototypes,

• Please refer to Declare Prototypes on Main Sketch .

Finally, if the sketch calls libraries,

• List them in the main Makefile.

For more information on libraries,

• Please refer to List all the Used Libraries in main Makefile .

A special section is dedicated to compatibility between standard IDEs and embedXcode. For more information,

• Please refer to section Manage Compatibility with Standard IDEs .