Customizing File Linkage for a Build Configuration (Not Buil Target)

Question

I have a project that has several build configurations (FREE version, male-only, female-only, etc.). I am avoiding using multiple build targets because (A) the products are mostly all the same and (B) I don't want to have to do checkbox-management to keep every file I have included with all the targets.

However, I have just a few files it would be nice NOT to include in certain builds. For example, I have male and female voice files, but I only want the male files in the male build and female voices in the female build.

Question...is there a way to manage the build configuration to prevent these files from being included/linked in? What are my options?

Answer 1

Your best bet would be to use multiple targets with different copy files build phases. However, if you really want to make it harder on yourself, you could write a shell script which will remove the unwanted files from the product before code signing and set up a new shell script phase in your build process.

Usually, duplicating your existing target and removing unwanted files there is the easiest choice though.