通过命令行将文件添加到 Xcode 项目？ 在 Xcode 中使用 project.pbxproj 文件？

Question

I was trying to add a plist file to a xcode project through command line, some of the blogs suggested to edit the project.pbxproj file. I searched about the project.pbxproj file but was not able to get much information about it. Can anyone let me know what is use of the project.pbxproj file in xcode? How does one add entries to it?

I am using this repo to work with it.

the script that I wrote is as follows:

import sys
import os
from mod_pbxproj import XcodeProject


def addPlistInProject(corodova_proj_name, xcode_proj_name, plist_file_name):
    print "Cordova project name : " + corodova_proj_name
    present_directory = os.getcwd()
    path_to_xcode_proj = present_directory + '/' + corodova_proj_name + '/platforms/ios/' + xcode_proj_name + '.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj'
    print "Xcode Project Path : " + path_to_xcode_proj
    project = XcodeProject.Load(path_to_xcode_proj)
    project.get_or_create_group('new group')
    project.add_file(plist_file_name)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    corodova_proj_name = sys.argv[1]
    xcode_proj_name = sys.argv[2]
    plist_file_name = sys.argv[3]
    print "Xcode Project Name = : " + xcode_proj_name
    print "Plist File Path = : " + plist_file_name
    addPlistInProject(corodova_proj_name, xcode_proj_name, plist_file_name)

I will be invoking the script as:

python myscript.py hello HelloWorld manisha-rules_camdo.plist

myscript.py is the script I wrote, hello is the existing cordova project and HelloWorld is the Xcode project created by using cordova platform add iOS .

The command Sequence I will be following will be as follows:

cordova create hello com.example.hello HelloWorld
cordova platform add iOS
py myscript.py hello HelloWorld manisha-rules_camdo.plist

Where hello is the name of cordova project and HelloWorld name of iOS target.

Answer 1

There is a Ruby API from Cocoapods for editing Xcode projects. It also have an active community of developers:

https://github.com/CocoaPods/Xcodeproj

Answer 2

Another great option, especially for Cordova projects, is to use the XCODE node module: node-xcode ; you can easily add it via NPM.

Once in place, you can create an after_prepare hook to modify the pbxproj, injecting custom source files, additional frameworks, etc, on every build. In fact, Cordova itself leverages this module during its own build processes.

Within my solution, I first added the module via npm:

npm install xcode --save-dev

And then I created and after_prepare hook to add extra frameworks into my XCode project:

var xcode = require('xcode'),
    fs = require('fs'),
    rootdir = process.argv[2],
    projectPath = rootdir + '/platforms/ios/my-project/project.pbxproj',
    proj = new xcode.project(projectPath);

proj.parse(function(err) {
    if (err) {
        console.log("Oh noes! XCODE project failed to parse:");
        console.log(err);
    } else {
        proj.addFramework('Fabric.framework', {customFramework:true});
        proj.addFramework('Crashlytics.framework', {customFramework:true});
        proj.addFramework('AdSupport.framework');
        proj.addFramework('FacebookSDK.framework', {customFramework:true});

        fs.writeFileSync(projectPath, proj.writeSync());
        console.log("Updated XCODE project with references to social libs!");
    }
});

The XCODE module is smart enough to know if the frameworks / files / etc that you are trying to add are already present, and won't try to add them again.

Answer 3

What you are asking to do is not the most straightforward thing. The Xcode pbxproj file format looks like XML, but I think there's quite a few proprietary / undocumented pieces to it (much like everything iOS). As far as I can tell, Xcode doesn't have any way to add files from the command line.

I did find a Python script that you might be able to use to modify Xcode's project files, but it's a few years old and it might be out of date.

Here is the Blog post that talks about it and here is the current GitHub repo (last updated five months ago, as of the date of me typing this answer).

Give this a try and let me know if it works for you.