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diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/ios.section.md b/doc/languages-frameworks/ios.section.md index 768e0690b96..04b013be12e 100644 --- a/doc/languages-frameworks/ios.section.md +++ b/doc/languages-frameworks/ios.section.md @@ -1,9 +1,4 @@ ---- -title: iOS -author: Sander van der Burg -date: 2019-11-10 ---- -# iOS +# iOS {#ios} This component is basically a wrapper/workaround that makes it possible to expose an Xcode installation as a Nix package by means of symlinking to the @@ -25,8 +20,8 @@ Hydra. The Xcode build environment implements a number of features. -Deploying a proxy component wrapper exposing Xcode --------------------------------------------------- +## Deploying a proxy component wrapper exposing Xcode {#deploying-a-proxy-component-wrapper-exposing-xcode} + The first use case is deploying a Nix package that provides symlinks to the Xcode installation on the host system. This package can be used as a build input to any build function implemented in the Nix expression language that requires @@ -60,8 +55,8 @@ lrwxr-xr-x 1 sander staff 61 1 jan 1970 xcodebuild -> /Applications/Xcode.a lrwxr-xr-x 1 sander staff 14 1 jan 1970 xcrun -> /usr/bin/xcrun ``` -Building an iOS application ---------------------------- +## Building an iOS application {#building-an-ios-application} + We can build an iOS app executable for the simulator, or an IPA/xcarchive file for release purposes, e.g. ad-hoc, enterprise or store installations, by executing the `xcodeenv.buildApp {}` function: @@ -104,6 +99,7 @@ xcodeenv.buildApp { ``` The above function takes a variety of parameters: + * The `name` and `src` parameters are mandatory and specify the name of the app and the location where the source code resides * `sdkVersion` specifies which version of the iOS SDK to use. @@ -156,8 +152,8 @@ the `xcodeenv.composeXcodeWrapper {}` function takes. For example, the `xcodeBaseDir` parameter can be overridden to refer to a different Xcode version. -Spawning simulator instances ----------------------------- +## Spawning simulator instances {#spawning-simulator-instances} + In addition to building iOS apps, we can also automatically spawn simulator instances: @@ -218,8 +214,8 @@ xcode.simulateApp { By providing the result of an `xcode.buildApp {}` function and configuring the app bundle id, the app gets deployed automatically and started. -Troubleshooting ---------------- +## Troubleshooting {#troubleshooting} + In some rare cases, it may happen that after a failure, changes are not picked up. Most likely, this is caused by a derived data cache that Xcode maintains. To wipe it you can run: |