rules_xcodeproj Changelog

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New

• Added support for pre- and post-actions on autogenerated schemes, including explicit build post-action failure handling: #3307
• Added run_build_post_actions_on_failure to custom scheme xcschemes.run(...) configuration for explicit build post-action failure handling: #3307

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Adjusted

• bazel_env is now resolved earlier to reduce analysis cache invalidation when environment values are resolved dynamically: #3305
• Integrated Samba rsync from BCR so that users no longer need to install it via Homebrew: #3265

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Fixed

• Fixed “Make” variable expansion for test rules under Bazel 9: #3297

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New

• Added --@rules_xcodeproj//xcodeproj:suppress_code_coverage flag option to bypass building for Coverage even if it’s configured in the scheme: #3285

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Adjusted

• Added support for Bazel 9: #3286

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Fixed

• Fixed conflicting environment variables among test targets in custom schemes: #3284

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New

• Added support for enabling Code Coverage for all targets in scheme test action: #3111
• Enabled code coverage in Xcode: #3250, #3257

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Adjusted

• Additional mixed_language_library output files are now collected: #3261

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Fixed

• xcdatamodel files are now collected correctly for mixed_language_library targets: #3268
• Fixed mixed_language_library resource propagation: #3277

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New

• Support Code Coverage in Xcode schemes: #3111
• Display inline Code Coverage in the Xcode Source Editor: #3250

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Fixed

• Fixed regression caused by #3232: #3249

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New

• Added --@rules_xcodeproj//xcodeproj:separate_index_build_output_base flag to configure the generator to use a separate output base for index builds: #3243
• Added support for viewing and editing .xcmappingmodel files: #3242
• Added support for StoreKit configuration files to xcschemes.run, for use with StoreKit Testing: #3245

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Fixed

• Fixed potential stale --xcode_version in runner.sh: #3232

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Adjusted

• Moved generator path inside main output base: #3234
• Now sets --remote_download_outputs=toplevel on the rules_xcodeproj config: #3239

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Fixed

• Fixed incompatible output base causing startup options change: #3229, #3233

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New

• Added xcodeproj_extra_files aspect hint: #3150

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Adjusted

• Improved compile_only_aspect: #3222, #3223
  • Now collects CppCompile action outputs
  • Has a new resources output group to collect generated and processed resources

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Fixed

• Added workaround for “Extract app intents metadata” failure: #3225

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Fixed

• Fixed typo in previous fix: #3218

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Fixed

• Fixed improper capitalization of build diagnostics: #3217

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Adjusted

• Added SIGINT handler for process_bazel_build_log.py: #3200
• Now uses --@rules_swift//swift:copt instead of --swiftcopt: #3206
• Removed --experimental_action_cache_store_output_metadata: #3207
• Optimized out an extra regular expression substitution: #3208

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Fixed

• Fixed build log parsing for fatal error: diagnostics: #3204
• Fixed incorrect sha256 for rules_swift: #3210
• Added Testing.framework to testing frameworks: #3211
• Added support for new convention for WMO module deps artifacts naming in Xcode 26 beta 3: #3212
• Fixed Metal toolchains in Xcode 26 betas: #3213

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New

• Public APIs are now in their own files, deprecating defs.bzl: #3194

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Adjusted

• Added support for rules_swift 3.0: #3187

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Fixed

• Fixed _allow_remote_write_target_build_settings typo: #3191

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Adjusted

• Now uses BCR for kylef/PathKit and tuist/xcodeproj deps: #3153
• Now skips targets without compiles output group in compile_only aspect: #3172

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Fixed

• Fixed more rsync permission issues: #3175
• Fixed argument length error for WriteSwiftDebugSettings: #3173
• Adopted latest index-import version (v6.1.0.1) to fix issue with libzstd.1.dylib: #3174

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Fixed

• Fixed index-import to work on all Xcode 16.x versions: #3162

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New

• Added compile_only aspect: #3156

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Fixed

• Fixed rsync on macOS 15.4: #3157
• Fixed comm on macOS 15.4: #3161

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Adjusted

• Now defaults LANG to en_US.UTF-8 in project generation: #3143
• Indexstore .filelist creation has been simplified: #3144
• WriteTargetBuildSettings can now optionally use remote cache or RBE: #3149
• Now uses --action_env=TOOLCHAINS= instead of --define=SWIFT_CUSTOM_TOOLCHAIN=: #3123
• Changed instances of --experimental_remote_download_regex to --remote_download_regex: #3125

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Fixed

• Now uses md5sum when not on macOS: #3145
• xcode-select or DEVELOPER_DIR are no longer required to generate a project: #3147
• Fixed incremental_installer.sh when running on Linux: #3148
• swift_compiler_plugin sources are now added to the generated project: #3142
• Removed duplicate post/pre actions: #3122

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New

• Added ExtensionKit support: #3109

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Fixed

• Fixed support for Bazel 8 and 9: #3117

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New

• Environment variables are now resolved in bazel_env: #2983
• additional_*_inputs are now collected as extra files in incremental generation mode: #2972
• swiftc_inputs are now collected as extra files in incremental generation mode: #2971

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Adjusted

• Reduced work that incremental generation mode installer does for generated directories: #2956, #2965
• The adjusted Info.plist is now used for extension_infoplists in incremental generation mode: #2966
• exec configuration targets are no longer processed in incremental generation mode: #2968

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Fixed

• Indentation-related project_options are now applied in incremental generation mode: #2959
• Uncategorized files are no longer collected for unfocused targets in incremental generation mode: #2960, #2982
• The Swift generated header is now excluded from the project in incremental generation mode: #2961
• Fixed build_mode to be set to bazel when passed None or "": #2987