macOS xCode and compiling

[zakkhoyt]

Hi guys. I'm working on a static library which is compiled by gcc/make. That library is then used in a cocoa project that I am writing using xcode.

What I'd like to see is that when I tell xCode "build and go" (or any of those functions) to run the makefile first, then compile the cocoa project. This is pretty easy to do in VS2xxx, but I cannot see where/how to do it in xcode.

Thx

 

[Soulstorm]

Hi guys. I'm working on a static library which is compiled by gcc/make. That library is then used in a cocoa project that I am writing using xcode.

What I'd like to see is that when I tell xCode "build and go" (or any of those functions) to run the makefile first, then compile the cocoa project. This is pretty easy to do in VS2xxx, but I cannot see where/how to do it in xcode.

Thx

I can't remember how this is done in Xcode, but have you tried to build the static library first and include that in your project without having to compile it each time?

I have written an article on that.

 

[zakkhoyt]

Well, I do have the static library included as part of the project (as the cocoa app must link to it), but I'm developing the library in parallel with the cocoa app.

 

[zakkhoyt]

The answer is actually quite simple. Either under Project -> New Build Phase , or with the context menu of you're target, tell it to add a New Run Script Build Phase. The top field is the shelling program (default to /bin/sh), then you enter your script. You can do this, or add scripts under the "run script" directory it creates.

I personally am using to run a makefile. I am at a loss of how to view the output however. Halfway there


-Zakk