From my previous posts I mentioned how to deploy GData by using all-in-one static library, and official build procedures. But both methods have their trade-offs:
- Using all-in-one static library is easy but need to import a big image file.
- Following official procedures generate small image file but tedious. Also, you need to re-compile hundreds of source file every time after cleaning your build, which is quite clumsy if you are under active development.
So the question is: How can we generate GData static library for specific API, such that its reasonably small and save some re-compiling time after cleaning the build? Here is how:
- Download GData Objective-C client and open its project in XCode
- Select the Build Settings of GDataTouchStaticLib target
- Add -DGDATA_REQUIRE_SERVICE_INCLUDES=1 in the Debug setting of “Other C Flags”
- Suppose I want to implement Youtube API only, add -DGDATA_INCLUDE_YOUTUBE_SERVICE=1 in both Debug and Release setting of “Other C Flags”. Just change this entry to other API name (say -DGDATA_INCLUDE_CONTACTS_SERVICE=1) if you want to implement other API. You can see all the API names in GData Srouces folder in the source tree.
- In Build Phases of the same target, click Add Build Phase at the lower right corner and select Add Run Script. Then paste the following shell script:
[sourcecode language=”bash”]
# Version 2.0 (updated for Xcode 4, with some fixes)
# Changes:
# – Works with xcode 4, even when running xcode 3 projects (Workarounds for apple bugs)
# – Faster / better: only runs lipo once, instead of once per recursion
# – Added some debugging statemetns that can be switched on/off by changing the DEBUG_THIS_SCRIPT variable to "true"
# – Fixed some typos
#
# Purpose:
# Create a static library for iPhone from within XCode
# Because Apple staff DELIBERATELY broke Xcode to make this impossible from the GUI (Xcode 3.2.3 specifically states this in the Release notes!)
# …no, I don’t understand why they did this!
#
# Author: Adam Martin – http://twitter.com/redglassesapps
# Based on: original script from Eonil (main changes: Eonil’s script WILL NOT WORK in Xcode GUI – it WILL CRASH YOUR COMPUTER)
#
# More info: see this Stack Overflow question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3520977/build-fat-static-library-device-simulator-using-xcode-and-sdk-4
#################[ Tests: helps workaround any future bugs in Xcode ]########
#
DEBUG_THIS_SCRIPT="false"
if [ $DEBUG_THIS_SCRIPT = "true" ]
then
echo "########### TESTS #############"
echo "Use the following variables when debugging this script; note that they may change on recursions"
echo "BUILD_DIR = $BUILD_DIR"
echo "BUILD_ROOT = $BUILD_ROOT"
echo "CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR = $CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR"
echo "BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR = $BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR"
echo "CONFIGURATION_TEMP_DIR = $CONFIGURATION_TEMP_DIR"
echo "TARGET_BUILD_DIR = $TARGET_BUILD_DIR"
fi
#####################[ part 1 ]##################
# First, work out the BASESDK version number (NB: Apple ought to report this, but they hide it)
# (incidental: searching for substrings in sh is a nightmare! Sob)
SDK_VERSION=$(echo ${SDK_NAME} | grep -o ‘.\{3\}$’)
# Next, work out if we’re in SIM or DEVICE
if [ ${PLATFORM_NAME} = "iphonesimulator" ]
then
OTHER_SDK_TO_BUILD=iphoneos${SDK_VERSION}
else
OTHER_SDK_TO_BUILD=iphonesimulator${SDK_VERSION}
fi
echo "XCode has selected SDK: ${PLATFORM_NAME} with version: ${SDK_VERSION} (although back-targetting: ${IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET})"
echo "…therefore, OTHER_SDK_TO_BUILD = ${OTHER_SDK_TO_BUILD}"
#
#####################[ end of part 1 ]##################
#####################[ part 2 ]##################
#
# IF this is the original invocation, invoke WHATEVER other builds are required
#
# Xcode is already building ONE target…
#
# …but this is a LIBRARY, so Apple is wrong to set it to build just one.
# …we need to build ALL targets
# …we MUST NOT re-build the target that is ALREADY being built: Xcode WILL CRASH YOUR COMPUTER if you try this (infinite recursion!)
#
#
# So: build ONLY the missing platforms/configurations.
if [ "true" == ${ALREADYINVOKED:-false} ]
then
echo "RECURSION: I am NOT the root invocation, so I’m NOT going to recurse"
else
# CRITICAL:
# Prevent infinite recursion (Xcode sucks)
export ALREADYINVOKED="true"
echo "RECURSION: I am the root … recursing all missing build targets NOW…"
echo "RECURSION: …about to invoke: xcodebuild -configuration \"${CONFIGURATION}\" -target \"${TARGET_NAME}\" -sdk \"${OTHER_SDK_TO_BUILD}\" ${ACTION} RUN_CLANG_STATIC_ANALYZER=NO"
xcodebuild -configuration "${CONFIGURATION}" -target "${TARGET_NAME}" -sdk "${OTHER_SDK_TO_BUILD}" ${ACTION} RUN_CLANG_STATIC_ANALYZER=NO BUILD_DIR="${BUILD_DIR}" BUILD_ROOT="${BUILD_ROOT}"
ACTION="build"
#Merge all platform binaries as a fat binary for each configurations.
# Calculate where the (multiple) built files are coming from:
CURRENTCONFIG_DEVICE_DIR=${SYMROOT}/${CONFIGURATION}-iphoneos
CURRENTCONFIG_SIMULATOR_DIR=${SYMROOT}/${CONFIGURATION}-iphonesimulator
echo "Taking device build from: ${CURRENTCONFIG_DEVICE_DIR}"
echo "Taking simulator build from: ${CURRENTCONFIG_SIMULATOR_DIR}"
CREATING_UNIVERSAL_DIR=${SYMROOT}/${CONFIGURATION}-universal
echo "…I will output a universal build to: ${CREATING_UNIVERSAL_DIR}"
# … remove the products of previous runs of this script
# NB: this directory is ONLY created by this script – it should be safe to delete!
rm -rf "${CREATING_UNIVERSAL_DIR}"
mkdir "${CREATING_UNIVERSAL_DIR}"
#
echo "lipo: for current configuration (${CONFIGURATION}) creating output file: ${CREATING_UNIVERSAL_DIR}/${EXECUTABLE_NAME}"
lipo -create -output "${CREATING_UNIVERSAL_DIR}/${EXECUTABLE_NAME}" "${CURRENTCONFIG_DEVICE_DIR}/${EXECUTABLE_NAME}" "${CURRENTCONFIG_SIMULATOR_DIR}/${EXECUTABLE_NAME}"
#########
#
# Added: StackOverflow suggestion to also copy "include" files
# (untested, but should work OK)
#
if [ -d "${CURRENTCONFIG_DEVICE_DIR}/usr/local/include" ]
then
mkdir -p "${CREATING_UNIVERSAL_DIR}/usr/local/include"
# * needs to be outside the double quotes?
cp "${CURRENTCONFIG_DEVICE_DIR}/usr/local/include/"* "${CREATING_UNIVERSAL_DIR}/usr/local/include"
fi
fi
[/sourcecode]
- Build the project (⌘B), then get the build products by clicking the little arrow in Organizer -> Projects -> Derived Data. There should be 3 directories (iphoneos, simulator, and universal) in your project’s Build/Products directory. Copy out the Headers subdirectory from iphoneos, and libGDataTouchStaticLib.a from the universal directory.
Thats all! You now have your GData static library for specific API. Its reasonably small and easy to use, just like other static library you download elsewhere ~~
Here is how to use your static library:
- Drag the headers and library image into your project
- In your target’s Build Phases -> Link Binary With Libraries, add libxml2.dylib
- In your target’s Build Settings, set /usr/include/libxml2 in “Header Search Paths”
- Finally, put #import “GData.h” in your source code.
Happy coding 🙂
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