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Greg
Greg

Reputation: 472

Confirming compile time scripts execution in Xcode

I am downloading data from a remote server using curl in Build Phases > Run Script. Downloading takes 5-15s, not that much, but multiple times a day it consumes considerable time. Is there a better way to skip a script than commenting it out? Ideally, it would be some kind of confirmation at compile time (e.g Do you really need to download X? y/n).

Upvotes: 0

Views: 47

Answers (1)

matt
matt

Reputation: 535801

You can’t make the run script interactive in the console as far as I know. But you can use a shell conditional with an AppleScript interactive dialog, because AppleScript itself blocks while dialog is shown. See for example https://cantina.co/adding-interactivity-to-the-xcode-build-process/.

However, introducing uncertainty into a build is dangerous. Plus you’d never be able to automate the build. In my view you’d be better off flipping a custom build setting / environment variable.

Upvotes: 1

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