diff --git a/src/mono/mono/tools/offsets-tool/clang/cindex.py b/src/mono/mono/tools/offsets-tool/clang/cindex.py
index 0ed1c199ba44dd..eeb94a72401fdd 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/tools/offsets-tool/clang/cindex.py
+++ b/src/mono/mono/tools/offsets-tool/clang/cindex.py
@@ -1352,6 +1352,8 @@ def __repr__(self):
 
 CursorKind.DLLEXPORT_ATTR = CursorKind(418)
 CursorKind.DLLIMPORT_ATTR = CursorKind(419)
+# Temporary fake value to work around xcode 15 beta / clang 15
+CursorKind.XCODEBETA_ATTR = CursorKind(437)
 CursorKind.CONVERGENT_ATTR = CursorKind(438)
 CursorKind.WARN_UNUSED_ATTR = CursorKind(439)
 CursorKind.WARN_UNUSED_RESULT_ATTR = CursorKind(440)
diff --git a/src/tasks/AppleAppBuilder/AppleAppBuilder.cs b/src/tasks/AppleAppBuilder/AppleAppBuilder.cs
index 1a95122bab27fc..dce2a877ef2961 100644
--- a/src/tasks/AppleAppBuilder/AppleAppBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/tasks/AppleAppBuilder/AppleAppBuilder.cs
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ public void ValidateRuntimeSelection()
 
     public override bool Execute()
     {
+        bool shouldStaticLink = true;
         bool isDevice = (TargetOS == TargetNames.iOS || TargetOS == TargetNames.tvOS);
 
         ValidateRuntimeSelection();
@@ -287,9 +288,9 @@ public override bool Execute()
             assemblerFilesToLink.Add(nativeDependency);
         }
 
-        if (!ForceInterpreter && (isDevice || ForceAOT) && (assemblerFiles.Count == 0 && !UseNativeAOTRuntime))
+        if (!ForceInterpreter && (shouldStaticLink || ForceAOT) && (assemblerFiles.Count == 0 && !UseNativeAOTRuntime))
         {
-            throw new InvalidOperationException("Need list of AOT files for device builds.");
+            throw new InvalidOperationException("Need list of AOT files for static linked builds.");
         }
 
         if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(DiagnosticPorts))
@@ -323,7 +324,7 @@ public override bool Execute()
         if (GenerateXcodeProject)
         {
             XcodeProjectPath = generator.GenerateXCode(ProjectName, MainLibraryFileName, assemblerFiles, assemblerDataFiles, assemblerFilesToLink, extraLinkerArgs, excludes,
-                AppDir, binDir, MonoRuntimeHeaders, !isDevice, UseConsoleUITemplate, ForceAOT, ForceInterpreter, InvariantGlobalization, HybridGlobalization, Optimized, EnableRuntimeLogging, EnableAppSandbox, DiagnosticPorts, RuntimeComponents, NativeMainSource, UseNativeAOTRuntime);
+                AppDir, binDir, MonoRuntimeHeaders, !shouldStaticLink, UseConsoleUITemplate, ForceAOT, ForceInterpreter, InvariantGlobalization, HybridGlobalization, Optimized, EnableRuntimeLogging, EnableAppSandbox, DiagnosticPorts, RuntimeComponents, NativeMainSource, UseNativeAOTRuntime);
 
             if (BuildAppBundle)
             {
@@ -349,7 +350,7 @@ public override bool Execute()
         else if (GenerateCMakeProject)
         {
              generator.GenerateCMake(ProjectName, MainLibraryFileName, assemblerFiles, assemblerDataFiles, assemblerFilesToLink, extraLinkerArgs, excludes,
-                AppDir, binDir, MonoRuntimeHeaders, !isDevice, UseConsoleUITemplate, ForceAOT, ForceInterpreter, InvariantGlobalization, HybridGlobalization, Optimized, EnableRuntimeLogging, EnableAppSandbox, DiagnosticPorts, RuntimeComponents, NativeMainSource, UseNativeAOTRuntime);
+                AppDir, binDir, MonoRuntimeHeaders, !shouldStaticLink, UseConsoleUITemplate, ForceAOT, ForceInterpreter, InvariantGlobalization, HybridGlobalization, Optimized, EnableRuntimeLogging, EnableAppSandbox, DiagnosticPorts, RuntimeComponents, NativeMainSource, UseNativeAOTRuntime);
         }
 
         return true;