@anchor{xcode} @chapter Building via Xcode.app @c %**------------------------------------------------------------------------- @anchor{xcode.checkout} @section Checkout Sources @include building/method.checkout.texi @c %**------------------------------------------------------------------------- @anchor{xcode.build} @section Build Perform the following steps to build: @itemize @item Finder - navigate to @file{macosx/} in the @value{HB.name} source tree @item Finder - open @file{HandBrake.xcodeproj} @item Xcode workspace - select scheme @b{HandBrake [RELEASE]} @item Xcode menu - select Product -> Build @item Xcode workspace - Show the Log navigator @item Xcode workspace Log navigator - select top Build item @end itemize @c %**------------------------------------------------------------------------- @anchor{xcode.note.debug} @section Note: Debugging When debugging, Xcode launches the application under the gdb debugger. gdb will encounter a trap when starting the program. This trap is harmless and you should just 'continue'. For the curious, the trap occurs because we add some values to the environment with setenv, then do a brain transplant with execv. Restarting the application with execv triggers the trap. @c %**------------------------------------------------------------------------- @anchor{xcode.note.products} @section Note: Finding Built Products Under default Xcode.app options the products from a build are managed by the Xcode Organizer. Perform the following steps to open Finder at top of build tree and navigate to release products: @itemize @item Xcode menu - select Window -> Organizer @item Xcode organizer - select Projects tab @item Xcode organizer Projects - select @value{HB.name} item @item @value{HB.name} item - click Derived Data location arrow (immediately right of path) @item Finder - navigate to Build -> Products -> release @end itemize @quotation Note There is a bug with Xcode Organizer. The very first time an Xcode project is opened the Project view Derived Data is greyed-out. Workaround glitch by selecting any other tab and then reselecting Projects tab. @end quotation @c %**------------------------------------------------------------------------- @anchor{xcode.note.behaviors} @section Note: Workspace Log Behaviors The default Workspace behavior does not display latest Build log in the navigator and quickly becomes tedious. To automatically switch to Log navigator and show current log: @itemize @item Xcode menu - select Behaviors -> Edit Behaviors @item Xcode behaviors - select Build starts @item navigator - enable, select Show, select Log Navigator @item nagivate to - select current log @end itemize @quotation Note The Log navigator supports some possibly confusing options. It is recommended to only show results for the last build by selecting @b{Recent}. If @b{All} is selected then it will look as though Xcode is performing a build, but in reality it is bringing forward log output from prior builds and it becomes impossible to tell if any single log entry represents actual work performed or if it was brought forward from history. @end quotation @quotation Note When building external target, many 3rd-party contributed modules have warnings and errors which may safely be ignored and are ignored by the external build system. Ultimately, look to the workspace status indicator for @b{Build Succeeded}. @end quotation @c %**------------------------------------------------------------------------- @anchor{xcode.note.external} @section External Target The external target mechanism is used to launch a full terminal-based build from within Xcode. Unfortunately, we do not have hooks in place to offer finer-grained control over per-module make actions. However, you can still use @b{terminal} to accomplish those tasks after launching the build at least once or doing a clean from within Xcode. @b{Be careful to not issue terminal commands simultaneously with Xcode tasks.} Invoking a clean from Xcode always destroys the entire external build tree and subsequently configures it. Changing settings in Xcode such as selecting xcconfig files should always be followed by a clean. This allows the external build system configuration to accurately reflect Xcode project changes. The following are some examples of using @command{make} from the terminal to effect various components of the external build. But first, you must open a terminal at the top of the external build output tree. Here we navigate to external build configured for @b{release}: @itemize @item Xcode menu - select Window -> Organizer @item Xcode organizer - select Projects tab @item Xcode organizer Projects - select @value{HB.name} item @item @value{HB.name} item - click Derived Data location arrow (immediately right of path) @item Finder - navigate to Build -> Products -> release -> external @end itemize Example; external build failed but error is buried in a parallelized log; redo build sequentially: @example make xclean make BUILD.jobs=1 @end example Example; build external x264 module: @example make x264.clean make x264 @end example Example; extract, configure, build and install external x264 module: @example make x264.xclean make x264.install @end example Example; something in a big module is failing; redo build sequentially: @example make ffmpeg.clean make BUILD.jobs=1 ffmpeg @end example @c %**------------------------------------------------------------------------- @anchor{xcode.userdefined} @section User-Defined Settings The following user defined settings are visible in Xcode project and are used for the external build system. @table @samp @item EXTERNAL_BUILD Do not modify; used to specify the build (scratch) directory. @item EXTERNAL_DRIVER Do not modify; used for internal/external build coordination and must always be @samp{xcode}. @item EXTERNAL_JOBS Specifies the concurrency factor for the external build system when builds are launched from within Xcode. Modify for faster external builds if your system has the horsepower and resources. Specifying a value greater than the number of CPU cores (or virtual cores) in your system is unlikely to produce gains and will needlessly consume extra resources. A special string value of @b{auto} sets the factor to the number of active CPUs on the host system. @item EXTERNAL_SRC Do not modify; specifies the top-level source directory for @value{HB.name}, relative to Xcode project. @item EXTERNAL_XCCONFIG Do not modify; specifies which xcconfig file is active. Defined inside xcconfig file. @end table