[CMake] MacOS bundle using MACOS_PACKAGE_LOCATION with XCode - files not copied

[Pierre Aufrère]

On 30 mai 2013, at 05:37, clinton at elemtech.com wrote:

> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I'm using cmake to generate an Xcode project which is supposed to build a
>> bundle. Thus, I use the source file property MACOSX_PACKAGE_LOCATION to
>> place my data (database, GUI, localization files, …) in the correct
>> directory in my bundle.
>> 
>> I used to have a general CMakeLists.txt with several commands like follows:
>> 
>> file(GLOB VAR_GUI
>> 	${RESOURCE_PATH}/GUI/*
>> 	)
>> set_source_files_properties(
>> 	${VAR_GUI}
>> 	PROPERTIES
>> 	MACOSX_PACKAGE_LOCATION Resources/GUI
>> 	)
>> 
>> Then one command to concatenate all the independent variables (used to
>> separate the different directories)
>> set(RESOURCES "${VAR_GUI};…")
>> 
>> Finally, in my main CMakeLists.txt i wrote :
>> add_executable(${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME} MACOSX_BUNDLE ${SOURCES} ${HEADERS}
>> ${RESOURCES})
>> 
>> So every data of my project was more or else added by hand. I wanted to
>> automated the process so i wrote a python script that does the job for me.
>> The script proceeds by writing a file in which each directory of my resource
>> directory has its own variable listing the files in it (semi-colon separated
>> element list). It also generate a set of 'source_group' command to organize
>> resources in the IDE.
>> The generated file is included in my main CMakeLists.txt using the 'include'
>> command.
>> 
>> The generated file use commands like follows:
>> 
>> set(RESOURCE_GUI
>> 	<path_to_file_1>;<path_to_file_2>;…
>> 	)
>> 
>> set_source_files_properties(
>> 	${RESOURCE_GUI}
>> 	PROPERTIES
>> 	MACOSX_PACKAGE_LOCATION Resources/GUI
>> 	)
>> 
>> Unfortunately, with this new generated included file, the resources are
>> successfully added to the Xcode project but when I build the project, the
>> resources are no longer copied into the bundle.
>> 
>> I checked that the include command wasn't the issue since my old commands
>> (hand written) works when i put them in the included file (in place of the
>> generated commands).
>> Trying to figure out the issue, I notice that in Xcode, the only difference
>> between resources added by my generated file and the old ones is that the
>> old commands were in the end marking my resources file as target member
>> (target membership is checked in Xcode). With the generated file, the
>> resources are in the project but not marked as member of the target.
>> I thought maybe the 'file' command was setting other source file properties
>> like EXTERNAL_OBJECT so i tried setting it up by hand, but it doesn't work
>> either.
> 
> 
> Does your add_executable() include ${RESOURCE_GUI} after your changes?
> 
> Clint
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Hi,

Thanks for your reply. Yes it does include all the necessary variables.

It appears it's a mistake in my generated file, the property set on source file was not correct (MACOSX_… was missing the 'X'). Even though I did checked it, I managed to miss the error in my script and just find it today. So, my mistake. sorry.

Thanks anyway.

Pierre