Is there a way to get a blank xcworkspace to work with gym through cli? - fastlane

Question

If I want to have a clean cordova build, I'm not supposed to include the ios platform, instead it gets generated on the build server together with everything else.
I can generate xcworkspace via xcode on CI. But is there some way of configuring xcode over cli like here: https://docs.fastlane.tools/codesigning/XcodeProject/#setting-up-your-xcode-project?

Answer 1

I had the same issue, so I ended up creating a Fastlane plugin for Cordova to solve this.
See how to use it in this blog post or below:
Use the Cordova Fastlane plugin
Add the Cordova Fastlane Plugin to your project:
fastlane add_plugin cordova
When asked Should fastlane modify the Gemfile at path 'Gemfile' for you? (y/n), reply with y.
Then you can integrate the plugin into your Fastlane setup, for example:
platform :ios do
desc "Deploy ios app on the appstore"
lane :create do
produce(app_name: "myapp")
end
lane :deploy do
match(
type: "appstore",
git_url: "https://bitbucket.org/Almouro/certificates" # REPLACE WITH YOUR PRIVATE REPO FOR MATCH
)
cordova(platform: 'ios') # Using the Cordova Fastlane Plugin
appstore(ipa: ENV['CORDOVA_IOS_RELEASE_BUILD_PATH'])
end
end
platform :android do
desc "Deploy android app on play store"
lane :deploy do
cordova(
platform: 'android',
keystore_path: './prod.keystore', # REPLACE THESE LINES WITH YOUR KEYSTORE INFORMATION
keystore_alias: 'prod',
keystore_password: 'password'
) # Cordova Fastlane Plugin
supply(apk: ENV['CORDOVA_ANDROID_RELEASE_BUILD_PATH'])
end
end
with an Appfile such as
app_identifier "com.awesome.app"
apple_id "apple#id.com"
team_id "28323HT"
Piece of cake now!
For iOS, run fastlane ios create once to create your app on the developer member center and iTunes Connect.
Now, you only have to run fastlane ios deploy and fastlane android deploy to deploy to the stores!
Where to go from here
You can see all the plugin options by running fastlane actions cordova at the root of your Cordova app
If you have any issue or idea for improvement on the plugin, please make them know here