ajdt.pdebuild.scripts not set during AJDT headless PDE build - aspectj

I have an eclipse rcp application being developed in eclipse 3.5. I am able to successfully execute pde headless build in ant (from command shell outside eclipse) via the following target entry:
<target name="compile">
<java classname="org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main" fork="true" failonerror="true" dir="some-dir">
<arg value="-application" />
<arg value="org.eclipse.ant.core.antRunner" />
<arg value="-buildfile" />
<arg value="${eclipse.location}/plugins/org.eclipse.pde.build_${some-version}/scripts/productBuild/productBuild.xml" />
<arg value="-Dtimestamp=${timestamp}" />
<arg value="-propertyfile" />
<arg value="${some-dir}/ant.properties" />
<classpath>
<pathelement
location="${eclipse.location}/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_${some-version}.jar" />
</classpath>
</java>
</target>
But once AspectJ (AJDT) got involved, I modified the target above like so:
<target name="compile">
<java classname="org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main" fork="true" failonerror="true" dir="${some-dir}">
<arg value="-application" />
<arg value="org.eclipse.ant.core.antRunner" />
<arg value="-buildfile" />
**<arg value="${eclipse.location}/plugins/org.eclipse.ajdt.pde.build_2.0.2.e35x-release-20101021-0900/scripts/productBuild/productBuild.xml" />**
<arg value="-Dtimestamp=${timestamp}" />
<arg value="-propertyfile" />
<arg value="${some-dir}/ant.properties" />
**<jvmarg value="-Dajdt.pdebuild.home=${eclipse.location}/plugins/org.eclipse.ajdt.pde.build_2.0.2.e35x-release-20101021-0900" />**
<classpath>
<pathelement
location="${eclipse.location}/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_${some-version}.jar" />
</classpath>
</java>
</target>
Unfortunately, I am now getting the following error:
c:\eclipse-3.5\plugins\org.eclipse.ajdt.pde.build_2.0.2.e35x-release-20101021-0900\scripts\productBuild\productBuild.xml:8: Cannot find ${ajdt.pdebuild.scripts}/productBuild/allElements.xml imported from c:\eclipse-3.5\plugins\org.eclipse.ajdt.pde.build_2.0.2.e35x-release-20101021-0900\scripts\productBuild\productBuild.xml
does anyone have any idea on how to set the ajdt.pdebuild.scripts value? thank you!!!

See this blog post:
http://contraptionsforprogramming.blogspot.com/2010/03/ajdt-pde-builds-redux.html
You should not be using AJDT-PDE. That is the old way of doing things and is no longer supported. Instead, you should be making changes to your build.properties file:
# required
compilerAdapter=org.eclipse.ajdt.core.ant.AJDT_AjcCompilerAdapter
sourceFileExtensions=*.java, *.aj
# optional
compilerArg=-aspectpath other.jar
Read the blog post for more details.

there are several steps needed to wrangle ajdt-pde headless build to execute in eclipse 3.5:
1) add ajdt.pdebuild.scripts param with its respective value as a "jvmarg" to the above-shown "java" block.
2) in .../scripts/productBuild/productBuild.xml, change property name="allElementsFile" value="productBuild/allElements.xml" to this property name="allElementsFile" value="${ajdt.pdebuild.scripts}/productBuild/allElements.xml"
3) in .../scripts/productBuild/productBuild.xml, comment out import file="${ajdt.pdebuild.scripts}/productBuild/allElements.xml"
4) in .../scripts/productBuild/productBuild.xml, paste the following import statement: import file="${ajdt.pdebuild.scripts}/build.xml"

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I want to have gwt.args= -localWorkers 4 to make my builds faster but this option is not available in the project.properties file. So I was searching if I could have it worked for me.
Can I use GWT compilation arguments in Jenkins when invoking ant, not from property files?
Please help in light of your experience!
Assuming that your build.xml file has already been configured to use the gwt.args property:
<target name="gwtc" depends="javac" description="GWT compile to JavaScript">
<java failonerror="true" fork="true" classname="com.google.gwt.dev.Compiler">
<classpath>
[...]
</classpath>
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you only have to add that property to the jenkins build to set that variable appropriately.
You can specify compiler arguments in the ant file target and set it up in Jenkins
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unable to perform headless PDE build using AJDT in eclipse 3.6

i have several simple plugin projects being developed in eclipse 3.6 as part of an rcp application. i also have a very simple aspect. i have read Andrew Eisenberg's article (http://contraptionsforprogramming.blogspot.com/2010/03/ajdt-pde-builds-redux.html) on phasing out ajdt-pde build approach starting in eclipse 3.6, and that allowed me to make the my application work directly in eclipse. however, our official build is headless using Ant, and the following block is how it is compiled:
<target name="compile">
<java classname="org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main" fork="true" failonerror="true" dir="some-dir">
<arg value="-application" />
<arg value="org.eclipse.ant.core.antRunner" />
<arg value="-buildfile" />
<arg value="${eclipse.location}/plugins/org.eclipse.pde.build_${some-version}/scripts/productBuild/productBuild.xml" />
<arg value="-Dtimestamp=${timestamp}" />
<arg value="-propertyfile" />
<arg value="${some-dir}/ant.properties" />
<classpath>
<pathelement
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because build.properties is not involved in Ant-based PDE headless build, i am not clear as to where the following entries should be placed:
compilerAdapter=org.eclipse.ajdt.core.ant.AJDT_AjcCompilerAdapter
sourceFileExtensions=*.java, *.aj
please help me. thank you for your time!!!
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Testing iPhone apps effectively with release builds

We have an app that has crashed on armv6 iOS devices coming from the App Store. armv7 iOS devices ran it just fine. When the app was built and tested as debug, it ran just fine on both armv6 and armv7. In the logs, I was getting EXC_BAD_INSTRUCTION when it tried to construct an object from a library. The crash appeared to be a linking error on the release build since I have several static libraries from three20. At first I thought it was an iOS version problem, but its now looking like a "fat binary" issue.
Is ad-hoc the best way to have a simulated App Store for testing? What is the best way to test a release build on an device? What would be the best way to test the linking with the different devices on a release build?
I can't find a reference to the iOS compatibility testing labs but I heard this is presently available. If I can find this resource, I'll update my response.
In the mean time, you can find UI automation testing advice here: Automated testing for iPhone
Unfortunately, you'll have to find a 3g iPhone to verify arm6 compatibility. I expect you should be able to find one easy enough just by asking everyone you know who has a new iPhone. They probably have their old phone sitting in a drawer like I do. I use mine for testing.
If you can justify a sophisticated solution, you could permanently attach the old iPhone to a mac mini and drive the UI using the above referenced UI testing frameworks using Hudson or CruiseControl. This would be the most reliable and least time consuming approach if you can make that up front investment.
You can change the code signature authority on a built app using the codesign command-line tool. After building your distribution target, the app file will have a "distribution" authority; you need to change it to development authority. After the change, you can then install the build on a development device and test away.
To see a verbose dump of the app signature:
$ codesign -d -vv MyApp.app/MyApp
To change the codesign authority:
$ codesign -f -s "My iPhone Developer Name" -vv MyApp.app/MyApp
You might need to create an environment variable to grab the correct version of codesign_allocate:
$ export CODESIGN_ALLOCATE=/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/bin/codesign_allocate
I found these directions on Craig Hockenberry's blog, with lots of additional information on this process: http://furbo.org/2008/11/12/the-final-test/
I was able to test it using ad-hoc distribution.
I use ANT to create releases, utilizing the xcodebuild command line utility. The ant target looks like this:
<target name="build-adhoc">
<echo>Running XCODE compiler</echo>
<exec executable="xcodebuild" failonerror="true" vmlauncher="false" dir="${connect_src}">
<arg value="build"/>
<arg value="-target" />
<arg value="myappname" />
<arg value="-configuration"/>
<arg value="AdHoc"/>
<arg value="SYMROOT=${export_app}-${version.number}/AdHoc" />
<env key="USER_HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS" value="/tmp/build/trunk/Libraries/somesource/**\ /tmp/build/trunk/Libraries/somemoresource/**"/>
</exec>
<echo>xcode build complete</echo>
</target>
Create a configuration for your ad hoc release and make sure it uses an ad hoc ready provisioning profile. Or, you can create a normal, non-ad hoc configuration that uses your Developer provisioning profile. If you do the former, you can email the product, along with your provisioning profile, to testers. If you do the latter, you can use the iPhone Config Utility to install on any device in the profile.
Also, we have the ANT target setup with dependencies on doing a fresh checkout from source control and doing the build from there. Finally, we do a build right after that using a real App Store-ready configuration so we can test the first build and ship the second to Apple, with some level of certainty that the code behavior will be the same.
Here is a summary of our ANT targets in order of processing:
set env vars needed for builds
clear checkout and build directories
checkout HEAD from source control
modify plists to remove debug and elements only for internal use (using PLISTBUDDY)
Increment build version (using agvtool)
Run unit tests (this needs the sdk setting set to iphonesimulator4.x and a special target -- see iPhone Developers Guide for unit testing)
Do internal build (using either dev profile or ad hoc profile)
Do distribution build (using App Store distribution certificate)
Checkin plist files that have the new build version
Do a tag in source control indicating the build
Report build statistics (build version, location, etc.)
NOTE: make sure you set the SYMROOT env variable in the xcodebuild command syntax so your build ends up in the proper directory. We've had problems copying App Store builds after the fact.
Here is the full ANT script used to create multiple builds, one for testing and one for distribution. For example: "ant distribution" will create one build using the dev profile and one using the App Store distribution profile.
This script is "cleaned," so it only serves as a model from which to start:
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<project basedir="." default="xcode-build" name="Temp">
<property file="build.properties" />
<property name = "CONFIGURATION_INTERNAL" value = "InternalRelease" />
<property name = "CONFIGURATION_DISTRIBUTION" value = "Distribution" />
<property name = "CONFIGURATION_ADHOC" value = "InternalAdHoc" />
<property name="cvsroot" value=":pserver:${username}:${password}#${cvsurl}"/>
<tstamp>
<format property="TODAY"
pattern="MM-dd-yyyy"
locale="en,US"/>
</tstamp>
<target name="init">
<echo message="deleting old directories" />
<delete dir="${check_out_location}"/>
<mkdir dir="${check_out_location}"/>
</target>
<target name="set-source-trees" depends="init">
<echo message="exporting source tree variables" />
<echo message="${somesourcedir}" />
<exec executable="/bin/bash" os=" Mac OS X">
<arg value="-c" />
<arg value="${export_src_trees}"/>
<arg value="${anothersourcedir}"/>
</exec>
<exec executable="/bin/bash" os=" Mac OS X">
<arg value="-c" />
<arg value="${export_src_trees}"/>
<arg value="${yetanothersourcedir}"/>
</exec>
</target>
<target name="cvs-login" depends="init" description="CVS Login">
<echo>Login CVS</echo>
<cvs cvsroot=":pserver:${username}:${password}#${cvsurl}" command="login" />
</target>
<target name="checkout" depends="cvs-login" description="Check out source from CVS">
<echo message="check out from CVS ...." />
<echo message="${check_out_location}" />
<cvs cvsroot="${cvsroot}" command=" -Q checkout -P -d${project_trunk} ${project_repository_root}/${project_trunk} " dest="${check_out_location}" compression="true" />
<echo message="...check out from CVS done" />
</target>
<target name="strip-settings" depends="checkout" description="Remove elements from the Settings.bundle that we don't want in the distribution">
<echo message="Removing Settings not valid for distribution"/>
<exec executable="/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy" failonerror="TRUE" dir="${app_src}/Resources">
<arg value="-c"/>
<arg value="Delete :PreferenceSpecifiers:3"/>
<arg value="Settings.bundle/Root.plist"/>
</exec>
<exec executable="/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy" failonerror="TRUE" dir="${app_src}/Resources">
<arg value="-c"/>
<arg value="Delete :PreferenceSpecifiers:3"/>
<arg value="Settings.bundle/Root.plist"/>
</exec>
</target>
<target name="build-version" depends="checkout">
<property name = "LOGLEVEL" value = "DEBUG" />
<!-- GET THE NEXT VERSION NUMBER (major and minor) -->
<exec executable="/tmp/build/trunk/Build/version.sh" failonerror="TRUE" outputproperty="version.number" dir="${app_src}"></exec>
<echo message="Increment Build Number"/>
<exec executable="agvtool" failonerror="TRUE" dir="${app_src}">
<arg value="new-version"/>
<arg value="-all"/>
<arg value="${version.number}"/>
</exec>
<!-- GET THE MINOR portion of the version number for later use -->
<exec executable="/tmp/build/trunk/Build/minor.sh" failonerror="TRUE" outputproperty="version.minor" dir="${app_src}"></exec>
<!-- SET the version number as reference in the Settings.bundle -->
<exec executable="/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy" failonerror="TRUE" dir="${app_src}">
<arg value="-c"/>
<arg value="Set :PreferenceSpecifiers:1:DefaultValue ${version.number}"/>
<arg value="./Resources/Settings.bundle/Root.plist"/>
</exec>
<echo message="New build number=${version.number}"/>
<!-- SET the log level - NOTE, ANT vars are immutable, if LOGLEVEL was previously set, it cannot be overridden -->
<exec executable="/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy" failonerror="TRUE" dir="${app_src}">
<arg value="-c"/>
<arg value="Set LogLevel.Default ${LOGLEVEL}"/>
<arg value="./Resources/SharedConfig.plist"/>
</exec>
<echo message="Log level set to ${LOGLEVEL}"/>
</target>
<target name="encrypt" depends="build-version">
<!-- SOME ENCRYPTION OF SENSITIVE DATA -->
</target>
<target name="build-internal" depends="test-lib1, test-lib2, test-app, encrypt">
<echo>Running XCODE compiler</echo>
<exec executable="${xcode_builder}" failonerror="true" vmlauncher="false" dir="${app_src}">
<arg value="clean"/>
<arg value="install"/>
<arg value="-target" />
<arg value="MyApp" />
<arg value="-configuration"/>
<arg value="${CONFIGURATION_INTERNAL}"/>
<arg value="SYMROOT=${build_release}" />
<env key="USER_HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS" value="/tmp/build/trunk/Libraries/somesource/**\ /tmp/build/trunk/Libraries/someothersource/**"/>
</exec>
<echo>xcode build complete</echo>
</target>
<target name="test-lib1" depends="checkout">
<echo>Running XCODE compiler</echo>
<exec executable="${xcode_builder}" failonerror="true" vmlauncher="false" dir="${somelib_dir}">
<arg value="clean"/>
<arg value="build"/>
<arg value="-target" />
<arg value="Lib1UnitTests"/>
<arg value="-sdk"/>
<arg value="iphonesimulator4.1"/>
<arg value="SYMROOT=${build_release}" />
</exec>
<echo>xcode build complete</echo>
</target>
<target name="test-lib2" depends="checkout">
<echo>Running XCODE compiler</echo>
<exec executable="${xcode_builder}" failonerror="true" vmlauncher="false" dir="${somelib2_src_dir}">
<arg value="clean"/>
<arg value="build"/>
<arg value="-target" />
<arg value="Lib2UnitTests"/>
<arg value="-sdk"/>
<arg value="iphonesimulator4.1"/>
<arg value="SYMROOT=${build_release}" />
<env key="USER_HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS" value="/tmp/build/trunk/Libraries/Lib1source/**"/>
</exec>
<echo>xcode build complete</echo>
</target>
<target name="test-app" depends="checkout">
<echo>Running XCODE compiler</echo>
<exec executable="${xcode_builder}" failonerror="true" vmlauncher="false" dir="${app_src}">
<arg value="clean"/>
<arg value="build"/>
<arg value="-target" />
<arg value="AppUnitTests"/>
<arg value="-sdk"/>
<arg value="iphonesimulator4.1"/>
<arg value="SYMROOT=${build_release}" />
<env key="USER_HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS" value="/tmp/build/trunk/Libraries/Lib1/**\ /tmp/build/trunk/Libraries/Lib2/**"/>
</exec>
<echo>xcode build complete</echo>
</target>
<target name="build-distribution" depends="internal-release, test-lib1, test-lib2, test-app">
<echo>Running XCODE compiler</echo>
<exec executable="${xcode_builder}" failonerror="true" vmlauncher="false" dir="${app_src}">
<arg value="build"/>
<arg value="-target" />
<arg value="MyApp" />
<arg value="-configuration"/>
<arg value="${CONFIGURATION_DISTRIBUTION}"/>
<arg value="SYMROOT=${export_app}-${version.number}/Distribution" />
<env key="USER_HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS" value="/tmp/build/trunk/Libraries/Lib1/**\ /tmp/build/trunk/Libraries/Lib2/**"/>
</exec>
<echo>xcode build complete</echo>
</target>
<target name="build-adhoc" depends="internal-release, test-lib1, test-lib2, test-app">
<echo>Running XCODE compiler</echo>
<exec executable="${xcode_builder}" failonerror="true" vmlauncher="false" dir="${app_src}">
<arg value="build"/>
<arg value="-target" />
<arg value="MyApp" />
<arg value="-configuration"/>
<arg value="${CONFIGURATION_ADHOC}"/>
<arg value="SYMROOT=${export_app}-${version.number}/AdHoc" />
<env key="USER_HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS" value="/tmp/build/trunk/Libraries/Lib1/**\ /tmp/build/trunk/Libraries/Lib2/**"/>
</exec>
<echo>xcode build complete</echo>
</target>
<target name="checkin" depends="build-internal" description="Commit source to CVS" >
<echo message="Committing to CVS ...." />
<echo message="${check_out_location}" />
<cvs cvsroot="${cvsroot}" command="commit -m 'Commit of internal release build ${version.number}' MyApp-Info.plist" dest="${check_out_location}/trunk/Applications/MyApp" />
<echo message="...commit done" />
</target>
<target name="tag-release" depends="checkin" description="Tag source in CVS" >
<echo message="Tagging source ... Release-${version.minor}" />
<echo message="${check_out_location}" />
<cvs cvsroot="${cvsroot}" command="tag Release-${version.minor}" dest="${check_out_location}"/>
<echo message="...tag done" />
</target>
<target name="internal-release" depends="tag-release" description="Tag source in CVS" >
<echo message="Creating Internal release ..." />
<echo message="Deploying files to . . .${export_app}" />
<copy todir="${export_app}-${version.number}">
<fileset dir="${prod_dir_internal}"/>
</copy>
<echo message="Internal release ${version.number} complete." />
</target>
<target name="override-default-env" description="Setup Env for Distribution" >
<property name = "LOGLEVEL" value = "WARN" />
</target>
<target name="distribution" depends="override-default-env, strip-settings, build-distribution" description="Create Distribution" >
<echo message="Creating Distribution ..." />
<echo message="Deploying files to . . .${export_app}-${version.number}/Distribution" />
<echo message="Distribution ${version.number} complete." />
</target>
<target name="adhoc" depends="override-default-env, strip-settings, build-adhoc" description="Create Ad Hoc Distribution" >
<echo message="Creating ad hoc distribution ..." />
<echo message="Deploying files to . . .${export_app}-${version.number}/AdHoc" />
<echo message="Ad hoc distribution ${version.number} complete." />
</target>
</project>
Hope this helps.

How to debug GWT using Ant

I know that the job would be simpler if I use Google Plugin for Eclipse.
However, in my situation, I heavily adapted Maven and thus, the plugin cannot suit me. (In fact, it gave me the whole week of headache).
Rather, I relied on a ant script that I learned from http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/doc/latest/tutorial/appengine.html
The document was very clear; I follow the article and successfully invoked DevMode using ant devmode. However, the document didn't tell me about debugging GWT (like Google Plugin for Eclipse can do).
Basically, I want to add some parameter to an ant task that expose a debug port (something like (com.google.gwt.dev.DevMode at localhost:58807)) so that I can connect my eclipse to.
How can I do that?
I have successfully done this with the following ant task (the build.xml file sits in the root of the GWT project):
<target name="devmode" description="Run development mode">
<java failonerror="true" fork="true" classname="com.google.gwt.dev.DevMode">
<classpath>
<pathelement path="${project.class.path}" />
<pathelement path="${project.src.path}" />
</classpath>
<jvmarg value="-Xmx512M" />
<jvmarg value="-Xdebug" />
<jvmarg value="-Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=8000" />
<arg value="-startupUrl" />
<arg value="http://localhost/whatever" />
<arg value="-noserver" />
<!-- Additional arguments like -style PRETTY or -logLevel DEBUG -->
<arg value="-war" />
<arg value="." />
<arg value="-logLevel" />
<arg value="DEBUG" />
<arg value="com.example.Application" />
</java>
</target>
Then I created a "Remote Java Application" launcher that connects to that debug session with "Connection Type" set to "Standard", "Host" set to the hostname of the machine and "Port" set to 8000.
Haven't tested it in a while though but it did work before :)