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Plugin Development

2000-02-22

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Plugin Development

Introduction

XMake supports the plugin module and we can develop ourself plugin module conveniently.

We can run command xmake -h to look over some builtin plugins of xmake

Plugins: 
    l, lua                                 Run the lua script.
    m, macro                               Run the given macro.
       doxygen                             Generate the doxygen document.
       hello                               Hello xmake!
       project                             Create the project file.
  • lua: Run a given lua script.
  • macro: Record and playback some xmake commands repeatly.
  • doxygen:Generate doxygen document automatically.
  • hello: The demo plugin and only print: ‘hello xmake!’
  • project:Generate project file for IDE, only generate makefile now and will generate vs, xcode project in the future

Quick Start

Now we write a simple plugin demo for printing ‘hello xmake!’

-- define a plugin task 
task("hello")

    -- set the category for showing it in plugin category menu (optional)
    set_category("plugin")

    -- the main entry of the plugin
    on_run(function ()

        -- print 'hello xmake!'
        print("hello xmake!")
    end)

    -- set the menu options, but we put empty options now.
    set_menu {
                -- usage
                usage = "xmake hello [options]"

                -- description
            ,   description = "Hello xmake!"

                -- options
            ,   options = {}
            }

The file tree of this plugin:

hello
 - xmake.lua

Now one of the most simple plugin finished, how was it to be xmake detected it, there are three ways:

  1. Put this plugin directory into xmake/plugins the source codes as the builtin plugin.
  2. Put this plugin directory into ~/.xmake/plugins as the global user plugin.
  3. Put this plugin directory to anywhere and call add_plugindirs("./hello") in xmake.lua as the local project plugin.

Run Plugin

Next we run this plugin

xmake hello

The results is

hello xmake!

Finally, we can also run this plugin in the custom scripts of xmake.lua


target("demo")
    
    -- run this plugin after building target
    after_build(function (target)
  
        -- import task module
        import("core.project.task")

        -- run the plugin task
        task.run("hello")
    end)

Builtin Plugins

Macros Recording and Playback

Introduction

We can record and playback our xmake commands and save as macro quickly using this plugin.

And we can run this macro to simplify our jobs repeatly.

Record Commands
# begin to record commands
$ xmake macro --begin

# run some xmake commands
$ xmake f -p android --ndk=/xxx/ndk -a armv7-a
$ xmake p
$ xmake f -p mingw --sdk=/mingwsdk
$ xmake p
$ xmake f -p linux --sdk=/toolsdk --toolchains=/xxxx/bin
$ xmake p
$ xmake f -p iphoneos -a armv7
$ xmake p
$ xmake f -p iphoneos -a arm64
$ xmake p
$ xmake f -p iphoneos -a armv7s
$ xmake p
$ xmake f -p iphoneos -a i386
$ xmake p
$ xmake f -p iphoneos -a x86_64
$ xmake p

# stop to record and  save as anonymous macro
xmake macro --end 
Playback Macro
# playback the previous anonymous macro
$ xmake macro .
Named Macro
$ xmake macro --begin
$ ...
$ xmake macro --end macroname
$ xmake macro macroname
Import and Export Macro

Import the given macro file or directory.

$ xmake macro --import=/xxx/macro.lua macroname
$ xmake macro --import=/xxx/macrodir

Export the given macro to file or directory.

$ xmake macro --export=/xxx/macro.lua macroname
$ xmake macro --export=/xxx/macrodir
List and Show Macro

List all builtin macros.

$ xmake macro --list

Show the given macro script content.

$ xmake macro --show macroname
Custom Macro Script

Create and write a macro.lua script first.

function main()
    os.exec("xmake f -p android --ndk=/xxx/ndk -a armv7-a")
    os.exec("xmake p")
    os.exec("xmake f -p mingw --sdk=/mingwsdk")
    os.exec("xmake p")
    os.exec("xmake f -p linux --sdk=/toolsdk --toolchains=/xxxx/bin")
    os.exec("xmake p")
    os.exec("xmake f -p iphoneos -a armv7")
    os.exec("xmake p")
    os.exec("xmake f -p iphoneos -a arm64")
    os.exec("xmake p")
    os.exec("xmake f -p iphoneos -a armv7s")
    os.exec("xmake p")
    os.exec("xmake f -p iphoneos -a i386")
    os.exec("xmake p")
    os.exec("xmake f -p iphoneos -a x86_64")
    os.exec("xmake p")  
end

Import this macro script to xmake.

$ xmake macro --import=/xxx/macro.lua [macroname]

Playback this macro script.

$ xmake macro [.|macroname]
Builtin Macros

XMake supports some builtins macros to simplify our jobs.

For example, we use package macro to package all architectures of the iphoneos platform just for once.

$ xmake macro package -p iphoneos 
Advance Macro Script

Let’s see the package macro script:

-- imports
import("core.base.option")
import("core.project.config")
import("core.project.project")
import("core.platform.platform")

-- the options
local options =
{
    {'p', "plat",       "kv",  os.host(),   "Set the platform."                                    }
,   {'f', "config",     "kv",  nil,         "Pass the config arguments to \"xmake config\" .."     }
,   {'o', "outputdir",  "kv",  nil,         "Set the output directory of the package."             }
}

-- package all
--
-- .e.g
-- xmake m package 
-- xmake m package -f "-m debug"
-- xmake m package -p linux
-- xmake m package -p iphoneos -f "-m debug --xxx ..." -o /tmp/xxx
-- xmake m package -f \"--mode=debug\"
--
function main(argv)

    -- parse arguments
    local args = option.parse(argv, options, "Package all architectures for the given the platform."
                                           , ""
                                           , "Usage: xmake macro package [options]")

    -- package all archs
    local plat = args.plat
    for _, arch in ipairs(platform.archs(plat)) do

        -- config it
        os.exec("xmake f -p %s -a %s %s -c %s", plat, arch, args.config or "", ifelse(option.get("verbose"), "-v", ""))

        -- package it
        if args.outputdir then
            os.exec("xmake p -o %s %s", args.outputdir, ifelse(option.get("verbose"), "-v", ""))
        else
            os.exec("xmake p %s", ifelse(option.get("verbose"), "-v", ""))
        end
    end

    -- package universal for iphoneos, watchos ...
    if plat == "iphoneos" or plat == "watchos" then

        -- load configure
        config.load()

        -- load project
        project.load()

        -- enter the project directory
        os.cd(project.directory())

        -- the outputdir directory
        local outputdir = args.outputdir or config.get("buildir")

        -- package all targets
        for _, target in pairs(project.targets()) do

            -- get all modes
            local modedirs = os.match(format("%s/%s.pkg/lib/*", outputdir, target:name()), true)
            for _, modedir in ipairs(modedirs) do
                
                -- get mode
                local mode = path.basename(modedir)

                -- make lipo arguments
                local lipoargs = nil
                for _, arch in ipairs(platform.archs(plat)) do
                    local archfile = format("%s/%s.pkg/lib/%s/%s/%s/%s", outputdir, target:name(), mode, plat, arch, path.filename(target:targetfile())) 
                    if os.isfile(archfile) then
                        lipoargs = format("%s -arch %s %s", lipoargs or "", arch, archfile) 
                    end
                end
                if lipoargs then

                    -- make full lipo arguments
                    lipoargs = format("-create %s -output %s/%s.pkg/lib/%s/%s/universal/%s", lipoargs, outputdir, target:name(), mode, plat, path.filename(target:targetfile()))

                    -- make universal directory
                    os.mkdir(format("%s/%s.pkg/lib/%s/%s/universal", outputdir, target:name(), mode, plat))

                    -- package all archs
                    os.execv("xmake", {"l", "lipo", lipoargs})
                end
            end
        end
    end
end

If you want to known more options, please run: `xmake macro --help`

Run the Custom Lua Script

Run the given script

Write a simple lua script:

function main()
    print("hello xmake!")
end

Run this lua script.

$ xmake lua /tmp/test.lua

You can also use `import` api to write a more advance lua script.

Run the builtin script

You can run xmake lua -l to list all builtin script name, for example:

$ xmake lua -l
scripts:
    cat
    cp
    echo
    versioninfo
    ...

And run them:

$ xmake lua cat ~/file.txt
$ xmake lua echo "hello xmake"
$ xmake lua cp /tmp/file /tmp/file2
$ xmake lua versioninfo
Run interactive commands (REPL)

Enter interactive mode:

$ xmake lua
> 1 + 2
3

> a = 1
> a
1

> for _, v in pairs({1, 2, 3}) do
>> print(v)
>> end
1
2
3

And we can import modules:

> task = import("core.project.task")
> task.run("hello")
hello xmake!

If you want to cancel multiline input, please input character q, for example:

> for _, v in ipairs({1, 2}) do
>> print(v)
>> q             <--  cancel multiline and clear previous input
> 1 + 2
3

Generate IDE Project Files

Generate Makefile
$ xmake project -k makefile
Generate compiler_commands

We can export the compilation commands info of all source files and it is JSON compilation database format.

$ xmake project -k compile_commands

The the content of the output file:

[
  { "directory": "/home/user/llvm/build",
    "command": "/usr/bin/clang++ -Irelative -DSOMEDEF=\"With spaces, quotes and \\-es.\" -c -o file.o file.cc",
    "file": "file.cc" },
  ...
]

Please see JSONCompilationDatabase if need known more info about compile_commands.

Generate VisualStudio Project
$ xmake project -k [vs2008|vs2013|vs2015|..]

v2.1.2 or later, it supports multi-mode and multi-architecture generation for vs201x project.

For example:

$ xmake project -k vs2017 -m "debug,release"

It will generate four project configurations: debug|x86, debug|x64, release|x86, release|x64.

Or you can set modes to xmake.lua:

set_modes("debug", "release")

Then, we run the following command:

$ xmake project -k vs2017

The effect is same.

Generate Doxygen Document

Please ensure that the doxygen tool has been installed first.

$ xmake doxygen

More Plugins

Please download and install from the plugins repository xmake-plugins.

Convert .app to .ipa

$ xmake app2ipa --icon=/xxx.png /xxx/ios.app -o /xxx.ios.ipa

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