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# <QtSystemDetection> - Platform-specific Macro Definitions

The <QtSystemDetection> header file includes various platfrom-specific macros. More...

Header: | `#include <QtSystemDetection>`

## Macros

| Q_OS_AIX
| Q_OS_ANDROID
| Q_OS_APPLE
| Q_OS_BSD4
| Q_OS_CYGWIN
| Q_OS_DARWIN
| Q_OS_FREEBSD
| Q_OS_HPUX
| Q_OS_HURD
| Q_OS_IOS
| Q_OS_LINUX
| Q_OS_LYNX
| Q_OS_MAC
| Q_OS_MACOS
| Q_OS_NETBSD
| Q_OS_OPENBSD
| Q_OS_OSX
| Q_OS_QNX
| Q_OS_SOLARIS
| Q_OS_TVOS
| Q_OS_UNIX
| Q_OS_VISIONOS
| Q_OS_WASM
| Q_OS_WATCHOS
| Q_OS_WIN32
| Q_OS_WIN64
| Q_OS_WIN
| Q_OS_WINDOWS

## Detailed Description

The <QtSystemDetection> header file declares a range of macros (Q_OS_*) that are defined for the specified platforms. For example, Q_OS_UNIX which is defined for Unix-based systems.

The purpose of these macros is to enable programmers to add platform-specific code to their application.

## Macro Documentation

### Q_OS_AIX

Defined on AIX.

### Q_OS_ANDROID

Defined on Android.

### Q_OS_APPLE

Defined on Apple operating systems such as macOS, iOS, watchOS, and tvOS.

### Q_OS_BSD4

Defined on any BSD 4.4 system.

### Q_OS_CYGWIN

Defined on Cygwin.

### Q_OS_DARWIN

Defined on Darwin-based operating systems such as macOS, iOS, watchOS, and tvOS.

Note: Unless you are dealing with code specific to the Darwin kernel, prefer Q_OS_APPLE to refer to the family of Apple operating systems.

### Q_OS_FREEBSD

Defined on FreeBSD.

### Q_OS_HPUX

Defined on HP-UX.

### Q_OS_HURD

Defined on GNU Hurd.

### Q_OS_IOS

Defined on iOS.

### Q_OS_LINUX

Defined on Linux.

### Q_OS_LYNX

Defined on LynxOS.

### Q_OS_MAC

Deprecated synonym for `Q_OS_DARWIN`. Do not use.

### Q_OS_MACOS

Defined on macOS.

### Q_OS_NETBSD

Defined on NetBSD.

### Q_OS_OPENBSD

Defined on OpenBSD.

### Q_OS_OSX

Deprecated synonym for `Q_OS_MACOS`. Do not use.

### Q_OS_QNX

Defined on QNX Neutrino.

### Q_OS_SOLARIS

Defined on Sun Solaris.

### Q_OS_TVOS

Defined on tvOS.

### Q_OS_UNIX

Defined on any UNIX BSD/SYSV system.

### Q_OS_VISIONOS

Defined on visionOS.

### Q_OS_WASM

Defined on Web Assembly.

### Q_OS_WATCHOS

Defined on watchOS.

### Q_OS_WIN32

Defined on 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows.

### Q_OS_WIN64

Defined on 64-bit versions of Windows.

### Q_OS_WIN

Defined on all supported versions of Windows. That is, if Q_OS_WIN32 or Q_OS_WIN64 is defined.

### Q_OS_WINDOWS

This is a synonym for Q_OS_WIN.