Help Building In XCode 4 and Lion?

[jergason]

I am an XCode newb, so I am a little lost on how exactly I am supposed to create the Pomodoro.app from the sources. When I open up the XCode project in XCode 4, I click the "Run" button, which seems to compile stuff. However, I can't see any .apps being created. Is there a step-by-step guide for people new to XCode on how to create the app? What scheme do I pick? Do I need to select "Run", or "Build"? Which menu option for "Build" do I pick if that is the case?

If this has been addressed anywhere, I can't find it, but would love to be pointed to the right place. If this gets answered than I can write up the process and put it on the wiki, as I imagine that there are others in my same position.

[zellux]

First click Product -> Build in the menu bar, and then you can find a compiled package under <Your Home Directory>/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/Pomodoro-blahblahblah/Build/Products/Debug.

[roryokane]

And there’s an easier way to get there than navigating in the Finder to that location. After you Build, show the Project navigator by clicking on the folder icon at the top of the left pane. Then open the Products folder and you will see Pomodoro.app. You can right-click on it and choose Show in Finder.

Also, I’m not sure if the above steps are complete; it may be better to, before building, go to Product > Edit Scheme… and change the Build Configuration to Release. I’m not sure if it matters.

[desheikh]

This might be an issue with setting the 'active scheme'. Try setting 'Pomodoro' as the active scheme (top left)

[mcamiano]

I had the same stumbling block... turned out that the Shortcut recorder framework was the active scheme of the project when first opened. After changing it to Pomodoro, it built, albeit with a ton of deprecation messages, a few semantic issues, and several "Update to recommended settings" (I'm using XCode 4.2).

(I should add... though it ran and some panes were available, it wouldn't do anything when Start Pomodoro was clicked.)

I did it this way:

1. Build a copy for archiving. Product menu -> Build for -> Build for Archiving
2. Open the organizer. Window menu -> Organizer
3. Create a copy of the application. Hit the Share button
4. Choose "Application" from the drop-down menu, and then save it to your Applications folder.

The above post has been added to the README. Can close this issue.

[dankozlowski]

@sashalaundy Those directions aren't any good: there is no share button on my Organizer.

@dankozlowski, can you try the following instead of step 1 and let me know how it goes? If it works, I'll update the README.

From the Scheme toolbar menu, choose a scheme. (Pomodoro: My Mac __-bit)
From the same menu, choose Edit Scheme to display the scheme dialog.
In the left column, select Archive.
Choose a build configuration.
Specify a name for the archive and click OK.
Choose Product > Archive.

[LittleDragonInc]

@sashalaundy
i had the same no "share button" as dankozlowski, running your extra steps works. Below is just extra steps if necessary

Organizer will popup after compile, right click pomodoro, select show in finder.
right click the archive file, select show package contents
file is located in /products/applications

@Riceslayer Thanks. What version of Xcode are you running?

[LittleDragonInc]

@sashalaundy 4.2

[emilbayes]

I had trouble building using the directions in the Readme, but found a solution using the steps wirtten by @sashalaundy.

The main problem I had was that in the Scheme pane ShortcutRecorder.framework was selected by default, so everytime I built, it didn't output the app (rookie mistake, I know :p).
I then found the .app file in ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/Pomodoro-[LONG STRING HERE]/Build/Products/Release/Pormodo.app

[ryandeussing]

@sashalaundy just thanks!