CMakeLists.txt - Purpose and Usage

cocos2d-x C++
#1

Hi,
Question: What is the CMakeLists.txt file in the template project for?

I am currently trying to automate adding files to a project, as adding them manually to each platform is quite annoying.

In the process I discovered the CMakeLists.txt and that it is possible to generate an XCode project automatically from this file. Unfortunately the created project does not compile, but throws weird errors like:

syntax error : ‘string’

Looking at the CMakeLists.txt file at close it seems, that it is only configured to create the linux project. Can someone confirm that?

#2

same question. Especially on cocos2d-x 3.0beta, it seem lost some header includes in cocos2d.h, I think it should use CMakeList to add them

#3

CMakeLists is a makefile for use with CMake (cmake.org). It can generate XCode projects. I dont know its current status with doing it. I haven’t used CMake in a number of months at this point.

If you want an XCode project, why not use create-project.py? It will give you Android, Linux, VS as well, but you could just delete those if you aren’t going to target those platforms…