projectGenerator ideas

[dimitre]

In the last days I took some time to write a fork of xcodeProj.cpp to use a different method than pugi::xml

Reading carefully the actual code I've noticed some things that can be improved.

• [ ] Poco::UUID can be used to generate UUID
• [ ] OTHER_CPLUSPLUSFLAGS - there is something strange there. the template only has one parameter which is -D__MACOSX_CORE__ but if you use in your addon CPPFlags it adds to the template the following parameters: --D__MACOSX_CORE__, -mtune=native, -Wreturn-type, -Werror=return-type. we can remove them here or add to the template.
• [ ] local_addons folder can be removed when not used. OR better yet: created by demand.
• [ ] addons.make should not be rewritten as it is now. - https://github.com/openframeworks/projectGenerator/issues/258
• [ ] PG Doesn't overwrite info.plist if it already exist @2bbb

Done

• [x] findArrayForUUID can be replaced. it tries to find UUID of the parent by looking for some children UUID. As everything is already set in emptyExample.pbxproj we can just have the parent UUIDs and not worring about traversing XML
• [x] emptyExample.pbxproj I'm proposing all the general settings (appliable to Release, Debug and AppStore) can be moved to Project.xcconfig, so we have them in a more readable way, and the template gets smaller.
• [x] SOURCE_ROOT is a variable used as a template placeholder to be replaced, but in some parts of the code it goes untouched to the final pbxproj
• [x] void xcodeProject::saveWorkspaceXML is unused and can be removed
• [x] https://github.com/openframeworks/openFrameworks/pull/6937
• [x] https://github.com/openframeworks/projectGenerator/pull/289
• [x] https://github.com/openframeworks/projectGenerator/pull/290

[2bbb]

I think If PG get feature what PG doesn't overwrite Info.plist if it exists, it's so great when develop iOS. (e.g. for usage description)

[dimitre]

@2bbb it can be done like this:

        if (!ofFile::doesFileExist(ofFilePath::join(projectDir, "openFrameworks-Info.plist"))) {

but maybe as an optional parameter of projectGenerator because sometimes info.plist get updated with most modern settings and it is desirable to be overwritten. it would be great to be able to have custom plist settings per project that got appended in info.plist when project is generated :)

[dimitre]

ProjectGenerator template has Release Debug and AppStore xcschemes files, but only make copies of the Debug and Release. Should we copy AppStore too or it is a leftover?

void xcodeProject::saveScheme()

[dimitre]

@2bbb I like a lot the idea of keeping some info untouched by project generator. In fact it would be GREAT to have a recipe to build the project, something similar to platformio which have a separate platformio.ini to serve as a recipe to build everything.

something like this sketch:

; OpenFrameworks Project Configuration File
;
; Please visit documentation for the other options and examples

[software]
name = EmptyExample
version = 0.76

[signing]
bundleidentifier = EmptyExample
team = 

[env:*]
platforms = ios xcode make linux
template = gl4.0

; modular building in the future
libs = cairo boost fmod freeimage
; libs = Cairo Audio 

addons = 
    ofxNetwork
    ofxAssimpModelLoader
    https://github.com/hiroyuki/ofxArtnet@e51e9bf8c42ee67f5eab04d123a96cc641c905ea
    https://github.com/danomatika/ofxMidi
    https://github.com/leadedge/ofxNDI

[2bbb]

sometime I put addons under directory related to project like local_addons on apps/PROJECT/local_addons or apps/myApps/PROJECT/local_addons. then, addon can't get dependencies.

can we make addon search pathes or similar concept? e.g. ADDON_SEARCH_PATHES = 'addons' '../local_addons' './local_addons'

[dimitre]

It is super useful. for team work or project archival. I think PG is so outdated that lots of things needs a rewrite.

[dimitre]

I've made this tool a while ago to get reproduceable projectGenerator settings https://github.com/dimitre/ofbuild

it uses a file of.yml in project folder to act as a guide usage example:

name: Empty

ofpath: ../../..

addons:
- ofxTools
- ofxMicroUI
- ofxScenes
- ofxSvg
# - ofxAssimpModelLoader
# - ofxMidi
# - ofxMicroUIMidiController
- ofxVoronoi
- ofxSyphon

platforms: ["osx", "vscode"]
# templates: ["vscode"]

sources:
# - /Users/d/Desktop/WERK2023/OF/OFLocal/src
# - src2