Add Resources to an Xcode Project Recursively with Applescript

Question

Is it possible to add a folder to an Xcode project as a group with Applescript, recursively adding everything below it as if it were dragged to the Groups & Files list?

Answer 1

I don't do exactly that, but I do a very similar thing. I run the following shell command as a post-build command: (I've broken it into several lines so it's easier to read)

/Developer/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DevToolsCore.framework/Resources/pbxcp
   -exclude .DS_Store -exclude CVS -exclude .svn -resolve-src-symlinks
   $FOLDER $APP_FOLDER

This command copies $FOLDER to your app, and $APP_FOLDER is the location of the (built) .app folder, not the Xcode project. For example, my command expands out to

/Developer/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DevToolsCore.framework/Resources/pbxcp
   -exclude .DS_Store -exclude CVS -exclude .svn -resolve-src-symlinks
   /Users/beder/src/myproj/data
   /Users/beder/src/myproj/build-iphone/Debug-iphonesimulator/Myproj.app

(My build system uses CMake, which is why the .app folder is in a bit of an unconventional location.)

The net result is that the data folder is copied to the .app folder (as you would expect - ../Myproj.app/data/). This bypasses copying it to Xcode, but I've found that I have no need for the folder to appear in Xcode. After each build, it copies the folder, so I can use the files in it as if I had dragged the folder to Xcode.

Obviously this isn't applescript, but you can execute a shell command in applescript by

do shell script "whatever"

Answer 2

I needed all files in subdirectories, apart from lproj directories, to be flat in the .app bundle. The assets were in this structure:

${assetsDir}/${targetCode}/
    Icon.png
    en.lproj
    ja.lproj
    ...
    *.lproj
    resources{$targetCode/
        Target.plist
        audio/Audio.plist
             *.mp3

I added a Run Script build phase prior to "Copy Bundle Resources" with something similar to following:

COPY_COMMAND="$DEVELOPER_LIBRARY_DIR/PrivateFrameworks/DevToolsCore.framework/Resources/pbxcp"
copyPNGCommand="$PLATFORM_DEVELOPER_LIBRARY_DIR/Xcode/Plug-ins/iPhoneOS Build System Support.xcplugin/Contents/Resources/copypng"

lprojDirectories=$( find ${assetsDirectory}/${targetCode} -type d -name *lproj )

for lprojDirectory in $lprojDirectories; do
 "$COPY_COMMAND" -exclude .DS_Store -exclude .svn -resolve-src-symlinks "$lprojDirectory"  "$CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR/$UNLOCALIZED_RESOURCES_FOLDER_PATH"
done

MP3s=$( find ${assetsDirectory}/${targetCode}/resources${targetCode} -type f -name *.mp3 )

for MP3 in $MP3s; do
 filename=$( basename "$PNG" )
 "$COPY_COMMAND" -resolve-src-symlinks "$MP3"  "$CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR/$UNLOCALIZED_RESOURCES_FOLDER_PATH"
done

PNGs=$( find ${assetsDirectory}/${targetCode}/resources${targetCode} -type f -name *.png )

for PNG in $PNGs; do
 if [ -x "$copyPNGCommand" ]; then
  filename=$( basename "$PNG" )
  "$copyPNGCommand" -compress "" "$PNG" "$CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR/$UNLOCALIZED_RESOURCES_FOLDER_PATH/$filename"
 else
  "$COPY_COMMAND" -resolve-src-symlinks "$PNG" "$CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR/$UNLOCALIZED_RESOURCES_FOLDER_PATH"
 fi
done

Plists=$( find ${assetsDirectory}/${targetCode}/resources${targetCode} -type f -name '*.plist' )

for Plist in $Plists; do
 "$XCODE_APP_SUPPORT_DIR/Plug-ins/CoreBuildTasks.xcplugin/Contents/Resources/copyplist" --convert binary1 "$Plist" --outdir "$CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR/$UNLOCALIZED_RESOURCES_FOLDER_PATH"
done

Note: copypng only works when building for the device, hence the test