Can I skip XCODE_WORKSPACE / PROJECT?

[morsagmon]

Hello team.
When writing a workflow for iOS, it is mentioned to define vars in the environment:

XCODE_WORKSPACE: 
XCODE_SCHEME:

However, what if I never used Xcode with my app?
It was developed in VSCode IDE and I want CodeMagic to take the code and build it without me having to upload the app to XCode and manage the project there.
(I only used my Mac to generate the CSR for the certificate and profile keys).

How would my yaml workflow look like in this case, without these vars?
Thanks!

[icarusdust]

Hi @morsagmon, each iOS app has its scheme/s and workspace and your project built upon them. You must use Xcode to debug your app locally. You need to make sure that you app runs ok locally and only then you should try it on a CI/CD.

[morsagmon]

Thanks!

[morsagmon]

Getting back to this issue.
I have manually deployed the app to an ios device using xcode.
Still, I'm not sure what values should I set to these two vars in the codemagic yaml file:

XCODE_WORKSPACE:
XCODE_SCHEME:

I guess I have a confusion about the way codemagic builds the deployed code. I assumed that it uses its own xcode on its own mac_mini machine, having nothing to do with my (local) xcode. So, are these two vars values coming from my local xcode (doesn't make sense) or something else?

[icarusdust]

• Not entirely, your local project which was prepared on your machine is in Github together with its workspace and scheme/s and Codemagic uses them, does not create anything by itself.
• Yes (M1 machines)
• The main thing here is not the env var but its value, you can name it as BLA_BLA_BLA or anything you want but its values must be correct. Or you can skip using env vars and use your workspace and scheme directly in scripts. These steps do not have anything to do with Codemagic, these are just simple way of working with env vars or Xcode project.

[icarusdust]

If you open your project in VS code, you will see your workspace name if you have pods installed. And if you go to .xcodeproj, you should see your scheme/s. Generally, these are all set in your local Xcode.

[morsagmon]

Thanks for the clarification!
Which folders/files are holding this info (so that I can make sure they're not gitignored)?

[icarusdust]

They cannot be in .gitignore, a workspace holds your project or projects.

[icarusdust]

I strongly suggest you to check the links I sent above, so that you can get familiar with Xcode workspace/schemes and even projects.