XCode does not show linked Libraries

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XCode does not show linked Libraries

erikmartinessanches opened this issue 6 months ago · comments

Erik Martinez Sanchez commented 6 months ago

What seems to be the problem?
Libraries (such as spdlog, glfw3) linked in the links{} section do not show up in the xcode project property’s "Frameworks and Libraries" section. Only frameworks such as Cocoa.framework and IOKit.framework appear.

What did you expect to happen?
I expect the library to appear in the generated xcode project properties -> Target -> General -> Framework and Libraries.

What have you tried so far?
See the steps below.

How can we reproduce this?

Install vcpkg for dependency management into vendor/packages: git submodule add -f https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg.git ./vendor/packages
Bootstrap vcpkg ./vendor/packages/bootstrap-vcpkg.sh
Create or edit vcpkg.json to contain { "dependencies": ["spdlog", "glfw3", "vulkan", "glm"] }
Install dependencies into vendor/vcpkg-installed ./vendor/packages/vcpkg install --x-install-root=vendor/vcpkg-installed
Create a premake5.lua:

workspace "Vulkan2"
   configurations { "Debug", "Release" }
   architecture "ARM64"
   location "./"

outputdir = "%{cfg.buildcfg}-%{cfg.system}-%{cfg.architecture}"

project "Vulkan2"
   kind "ConsoleApp"
   language "C++"
   targetdir ("bin/" .. outputdir .. "/%{prj.name}/")
   objdir ("bin-int/" .. outputdir .. "/%{prj.name}/")
   staticruntime "On"
   cppdialect "C++17"
   files { "src/**.h", "src/**.cpp"}

   includedirs{"vendor/vcpkg-installed/" .. "arm64-osx" .. "/include/*"}
   externalincludedirs{"vendor/vcpkg-installed/" .. "arm64-osx" .. "/include/*"} 

   xcodebuildsettings = { ["HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS"] = { "vendor/vcpkg-installed/" .. "arm64-osx" .. "/include/*"}}
   libdirs {"vendor/vcpkg-installed/" .. "arm64-osx" .. "/lib/"}
   links {"spdlog", "glwf3", "vulkan", "Cocoa.framework", "IOKit.framework", "fmt"}

   filter "configurations:Debug"
      defines { "DEBUG" }
      symbols "On"

   filter "configurations:Release"
      defines { "NDEBUG" }
      optimize "On"

Generate xcode project ./vendor/bin/premake/premake5 xcode4

What version of Premake are you using?
5.0.0-dev

Other details
Apple Silicon M1 Macbook Pro.

Nick Clark · Answer 1 · Fri Jan 05 2024 01:26:56 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Can you confirm that you are indeed using v6? It is far from ready and should not be used.

Erik Martinez Sanchez · Answer 2 · Fri Jan 05 2024 01:34:18 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Can you confirm that you are indeed using v6? It is far from ready and should not be used.

By bad, it’s indeed 5.0.0-dev!

Nick Clark · Answer 3 · Fri Jan 05 2024 01:36:05 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Do the other libraries show up as expected?

Erik Martinez Sanchez · Answer 4 · Fri Jan 05 2024 01:39:12 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

The other libraries do not appear in ‘Frameworks and Libraries”, only the frameworks ending in .framework appear.

Nick Clark · Answer 5 · Fri Jan 05 2024 01:40:30 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Okay, good info to know. I don't have access to any apple devices, so I won't be able to triage this myself, but hopefully one of the other devs with access to one will be able to get you a fix.

Joris Dauphin · Answer 6 · Fri Jan 05 2024 06:30:04 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

For info, posted on stackoverflow

Erik Martinez Sanchez · Answer 7 · Fri Jan 05 2024 06:34:14 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

There was a typo in my glfw in my OP!
I have now managed to generate an xcode project that has libvulkan.1.dylib (along with files ending in .framework) listed in “Frameworks and Libraries” with this updated premake5.lua file.

workspace "Vulkan2"
   configurations { "Debug", "Release" }
   architecture "ARM64"
   location "./"
outputdir = "%{cfg.buildcfg}-%{cfg.system}-%{cfg.architecture}"
project "Vulkan2"
   kind "ConsoleApp"
   language "C++"
   targetdir ("bin/" .. outputdir .. "/%{prj.name}/")
   objdir ("bin-int/" .. outputdir .. "/%{prj.name}/")
   staticruntime "On"
   cppdialect "C++17"
   files { "src/**.h", "src/**.hpp", "src/**.cpp" }
   includedirs{"%{prj.location}/vendor/vcpkg-installed/" .. "arm64-osx" .. "/include"}
   externalincludedirs{"%{prj.location}/vendor/vcpkg-installed/" .. "arm64-osx" .. "/include"} 
   xcodebuildsettings = {["HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS"] = { "%{prj.location}/vendor/vcpkg-installed/" .. "arm64-osx" .. "/include/" }}
   libdirs {"%{prj.location}/vendor/vcpkg-installed/" .. "arm64-osx" .. "/lib/"}
   links {"spdlog", "glfw3", "libvulkan.1.dylib", "Cocoa.framework", "IOKit.framework", "fmt"}
   filter "configurations:Debug"
      defines { "DEBUG" }
      symbols "On"
   filter "configurations:Release"
      defines { "NDEBUG" }
      optimize "On"

I suppose it’s not intended for spdlog, glfw3 and fmt (all .a files) to appear in “Frameworks and Libraries”, since if I add them, it says it ignores duplicates. I guess only frameworks and dynamic libraries go here.

However, when trying to add libvulkan.1.dylib with with premake5.lua as in this post, the error in the xcode project is

/Users/erik/Dev/Projects/Vulkan2/libvulkan.1.dylib /Users/erik/Dev/Projects/Vulkan2/libvulkan.1.dylib: No such file or directory

Note that it's looking in the wrong location for the libvulkan.1.dylib. libvulkan.1.dylib is in fact located in %{prj.location}/vendor/vcpkg-installed/" .. "arm64-osx" .. "/lib/.

Is there any was to tell links{} where the libvulkan.1.dylib is located? (How do I generally add a dynamic library?)

Joris Dauphin · Answer 8 · Fri Jan 05 2024 21:06:44 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Just added sample project to test "external" links.
It compiles with xcode4 (on CI, I don't have MacOS).
It is possible though that you cannot see the libraries where you expect in the project (check also in extra link options for example)(that happens also for visual studio for some options).

Is there any was to tell links{} where the libvulkan.1.dylib is located?

Not to only one library, but there is libdirs to add to search path.