My project depends on several sub-projects (static libraries) which configured properly and put their .h file in place (using Copy public headers build phase). All of sub-projects have two configurations: Debug and Release.
In my main project I have several configurations. When I chose configuration that differs from Debug or Release, the project fails to build as it can't find my dependencies. And I know why - for all the dependencies, Release configuration was invoked and all the dependencies' products were places in the Release-iphoneos folder, whereas main project by default is seeking for dependencies in its' $(BUILD_DIR)/$(CONFIGURATION)$(EFFECTIVE_PLATFORM_NAME) folder which eventually resolves into <Target Name>-iphoneos. The question here - is how should I force Xcode to place dependencies' products into the correct build folder, dictated by the main project (i.e. <Target Name>-iphoneos)?
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We have different build configurations in our project, like the release, debug, sandbox, etc. The interesting case is when I archived from the release or debug build configuration, all archive files extracted as expected as shown in Image 1, but If I change build configuration to sandbox, some files and folders are missing as shown in Image 2.
Although we created custom build configurations by duplicating from debug or release, the archive doesn't contain all files or folders like in Image 1.
We use carthage(for internal network) and cocoapods(for others) as a dependency manager.
I tried many suggestions but couldn't find a solution.
Like,
setting skip install to NO in build settings,
removing all archive and derived data files, clean and re-archive,
giving the archive folder to read & write permission
Thank you all
If you're using Carthage for internal frameworks you should have same custom build configurations for them, too. Otherwise, it will bootstrap with Release configuration automatically which won't generate SwiftSupport files etc.
You also can avoid this by adding below before archiving in your custom configurations.
carthage bootstrap --configuration Debug
You should make sure that those files are included in Build Phases -> Copy Bundle Resources
I have several frameworks embedded in my Xcode workspace. In my scheme list, I have four schemes - 2 products: 1 release, 1 beta version of each. Each scheme has its own info.plist, product name, build settings, build path. In my main scheme, my app will build and archive correctly.
When I change to the alternate scheme (release or beta) I get a build error because my embedded frameworks are building in the original build/Release-iphoneos directory and not the build/Release AlternateName-iphoneos. I have tried everything I can think of to get my Framework SearchPaths and Library SearchPaths to point to the embedded framework build directory but I'm having no luck.
Has anyone run into this problem before or have any suggestions? Would the best solution be to have a run script phase that copies the embedded builds into the target directory?
I have 2 projects, which build one static library each, as well as another project which uses both static libraries.
One of the two static libraries builds fine. The other one does not and the reason for that is that its public headers are not copied to the build folder before the custom shell script runs.
Here is a demonstration of what happens:
SampleA (the one that works)
Compile MyClass1.cpp ...
Compile MyClass2.cpp ...
Libtool /Users/user/Library/Developer/XCode/DerivedData/.....
Libtool /Users/user/Library/Developer/XCode/DerivedData/.....
Libtool /Users/user/Library/Developer/XCode/DerivedData/.....
Create universal binary libSampleA.a ...
Copy SampleA.h ...in /Users/user/....
Copy MyClass1.h ...in /Users/user/....
Copy MyClass2.h ...in /Users/user/....
Run custom shell script 'Prepare Framework'
Stripping libSampleA.a
--- Build complete
SampleB (the one that does NOT work)
Compile OtherClass1.cpp ...
Compile OtherClass2.cpp ...
Libtool /Users/user/Library/Developer/XCode/DerivedData/.....
Libtool /Users/user/Library/Developer/XCode/DerivedData/.....
Libtool /Users/user/Library/Developer/XCode/DerivedData/.....
Create universal binary libSampleB.a ...
// >>>>> NO HEADER FILES ARE COPIED <<<<<<
Run custom shell script 'Prepare Framework'
--- Build fails (header folder does not exist)
My current setup is a workspace that includes all 3 projects, but I used to have 1 project with one nested project for each static library as well. The issue I have remains the same in both setups.
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I have tried virtually every instruction, tip and advice I found online for making this work.
The settings on both projects, as far as I can tell, are identical. Comparing the two project files wasn't very effective. I also haven't compared all the settings of both projects one by one to make sure they are the same (yet).
The problem is the same in both Debug and Archive builds (I know that archiving behaves differently)
I have added "$(BUILD_ROOT)/../IntermediateBuildFilesPath/UninstalledProducts/include" and/or "$(PROJECT_TEMP_DIR)/../UninstalledProducts/include"
I have added the headers to the "Build Phases > Copy Headers > Public" section - didn't work
I have deleted the "Build Phases > Copy Headers" phase completely, as Apple suggest and added the headers to the Copy Files phase - didn't work
I have added a new group in the static lib project and added all its headers, setting no target to "Add to Targets" - didn't work
I have quit XCode and tried again, or even restart the mac - didn't work
One difference between the two libraries is that SampleB (the one that does not build) includes various headers from SampleA. There are no compiler or linker errors, just the error at the end of the build that I describe.
Sources
Some of the sources I have used for the creation of the library, as well as for trying to solve the issue:
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/technotes/iOSStaticLibraries/Articles/creating.html
Xcode 4 can't locate public header files from static library dependency
Compile, Build or Archive problems with Xcode 4 (and dependencies)
http://www.blog.montgomerie.net/easy-xcode-static-library-subprojects-and-submodules
So, do you know what triggers the headers to be copied or not be copied, during the build?
I would suspect that even if one header file is added to the Copy Headers phase or the Copy Files phase, at least this should be copied. But as it turns out, this is not what happens, at least in my case.
Following Apple's instructions, and just creating a CocoaTouch static library project from the template:
Ensure you have placed your custom "Run Script" phase after the "Copy Files" phase:
Then, when building, the transcript will look as this:
In my setup I have a parent project with a nested project, which emits a static library.
I tried with a Headers phase, I couldn't get Xcode to copy the headers in the right spot when archiving. Plus the headers and the static library were copied into the archive, which you don't want. So I ended up using a Copy Files phase and setting Skip Install to YES while pointing the Header Search Paths in tha parent project to BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR.
Does anyone have a script that can copy files from one target to another, during the build process?
I have a project with one target that builds an app and another target that builds a library. The library needs to contain a large subset of the files from the app and I want to avoid manually copying them over.
In the build phase of an XCode 4.x project you can add a build phase to either copy files or just run a script (that does your copying for you)
See this SO question adding-external-scripts-to-xcode4, for additional details
Here is the situation I have:
ProjectA - Xcode static library project.
ProjectA contains logical code group ExternLib with file ExternLib.h. ExternLib.h itself is in the folder Classes/lib/ExternLib (relative to ProjectA folder). Within ProjectA, I use ExternLib.h simply as: #import "ExternLib.h". This works fine.
Next I have ProjectB. This includes ProjectA as a linked Xcode project. The target has been added correctly etc. However, when I include a file in ProjectB which in turn includes ExternLib.h, upon building ProjectB, I get an error saying that the file ExternLib.h cannot be found.
I have tried adding the path to ExternLib.h to the header search path (all types: relative, absolute, with recursion etc.) but to no avail. I have checked that static library target has the copy headers step and the file ExternLib.h is included in it.
Anybody able to shed some light on how to get around this?
Add a Run Script Build Phase to the target for ExternLib that executes
mkdir -p "${BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR}ExternLibHeaders"
Add a Copy Files build phase that copies the ExternLib header files into ${BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR}ExternLibHeaders, and add all of ExternLib's headers into that phase.
In the app target for ProjectB, add ${BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR}/ExternLibHeaders/ to the Header Search Paths for all configurations.
In Xcode > Preferences > Build, set the Build Products Directory to some common location.
The fourth step is crucial; it ensures that BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR is the same for both projects.
It's really hard to say what might have gone wrong.
I'd start from scratch with a tutorial on building and using static libraries, and see if any of the steps jog any ideas out of you.