Building on osx without Xcode

cocos2d-x C++
#1

Hello,

I was wondering how I can build a cocos2d-x project on my mac without Xcode.

Is this possible?

Any help much appreciated.

#2

Why do you want to build on a mac without Xcode? Yes, it is possible however this will be much harder than just using XCode.

#3

I’m not sure if using xcode command line works for you? Do you mean “without Xcode” or “without Xcode IDE”?

#4

ok it works perfect with the command line… thanks

#5

Would is be possible to build the cocos2d-x project with gcc (since the good support of c++11)? on windows / mac?

#6

Hi!

Do you have a sample of how to compile a cocos2dx project with a command line?

I need that, because compiling inside the IDE is taking ages to complete!

Thanks

Jose

#7

just navigate to your xcode project folder with the terminal and type `xcodebuild` thats all.

Of course you can add tons of options and parameters but it should work with all the default options.

But I still can manage to build a cocos2dx project with gcc under windows or mac :frowning:

#8

hi

with just ‘xcodebuild’ the build is the latest choosen in the IDE?

how do you build for distribution?

#9

xcodebuild builds the project in the folder where you call cxodebuild. If you have more than one project in this folder you have to specify it with -project “projectname”.
For other build configurations (Debug/Release) you have to check the xcodebuild man page.