Hi,
I’m exploring the idea of using Gradle to build our iOS frameworks and app.
At first, I thought it would be straight forward by creating a custom plugin that uses Gradle’s built-in dependency management, copying those downloaded dependencies into the project directory, and executing xcodebuild to build the project. That works perfectly fine.
The problem comes in when I wanted to substitute some of the dependencies with local directories (like composite builds) and I couldn’t seem to get that working.
After exploring some more, I noticed the native plugins and thought maybe I should be building a new toolchain that uses xcodebuild - kind of like gcc - and follow that whole software model of build types, variants, etc.
I guess what I’m looking for is guidance on what would be the best approach. My requirements are:
- Being able to build with binary dependencies
- Being able to substitute one or more of those binary dependencies with a local directory
- Being able to substitute one or more of those binary dependencies with a source dependency
- Substituting ALL dependencies with source dependencies (basically forcing a build from source)
Any direction would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Pete