Description:

Space-separated list of identifiers. Specifies the architectures (ABIs, processor models) to which the binary is targeted. When this build setting specifies more than one architecture, the generated binary may contain object code for each of the specified architectures.

Values:

See VALID_ARCHS (Valid Architectures).

Effector:

NATIVE_ARCH.

Default value:

$NATIVE_ARCH

Example value:

ppc i386

Companion:

VALID_ARCHS (Valid Architectures), ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH (Build Active Architecture Only).

Prerequisite for:

PREBINDING (Prebinding).

Description:

Number. Specifies the compatibility version of a dynamic library product. See Dynamic Library Design Guidelines in Dynamic Library Programming Topics for details on assigning version numbers of dynamic libraries.

Default value:

1

Companion:

DYLIB_CURRENT_VERSION (Current Library Version).

Description:

Number. Specifies the current version of a dynamic library product. See “Dynamic Library Design Guidelines” in Dynamic Library Programming Topics for details on assigning version numbers of dynamic libraries.

Default value:

1

Companions:

DYLIB_COMPATIBILITY_VERSION (Compatibility Version).

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether to generate the product’s package information file. For details on the package information file, see “Additional Configuration Tips” in Runtime Configuration Guidelines.

Values:

• YES: Generates the product’s package information file.

• NO: Does not generate the product’s package information file.

Default value:

• YES: In application targets.

• NO: In other target types.

Companions:

PKGINFO_FILE_PATH.

Description:

Identifier. Specifies the binary’s type. For information on binary types, see “Building Mach-O Files” in Mach-O Programming Topics.

Effector:

Target type, specified at the time the target is created.

Default value:

• mh_executable: Executable binary. Application, command-line tool, and kernel extension target types.

• mh_bundle: Bundle binary. Bundle and plug-in target types.

• mh_object: Relocatable object file.

• mh_dylib: Dynamic library binary. Dynamic library and framework target types.

• staticlib: Static library binary. Static library target types.

Affects:

GCC_ENABLE_SYMBOL_SEPARATION (Separate PCH Symbols), EXECUTABLE_EXTENSION.

Specified in:

New Project Assistant, New Target Assistant.

Description:

Identifier. Specifies the name of the product the target builds.

Default value:

The name of the target at the time it was created.

Example value:

MyProduct

Affects:

EXECUTABLE_NAME, WRAPPER_NAME.

Description:

Identifier. Specifies the name of the project that defines the target.

Default value:

The name of the project at the time it was created.

Example value:

MyProject

Affects:

DSTROOT (Installation Build Products Location), PROJECT_TEMP_DIR.

Specified in:

Project navigator.

Description:

Identifier. Identifies the target being processed.

Default value:

The name of the target at the time it was created.

Example value:

MyProduct

Affects:

TARGET_TEMP_DIR.

Specified in:

New Project Assistant.

Description:

Space-separated list of identifiers. Specifies the architectures for which the binary may be built. During the build, this list is intersected with the value of ARCHS build setting; the resulting list specifies the architectures the binary can run on. If the resulting architecture list is empty, the target generates no binary.

Default value:

m68k i386 sparc hppa ppc ppc7400 ppc970 ppc64 x86_64 armv6 armv7

Affects:

CURRENT_ARCH.

Companion:

ARCHS (Architectures).

Description:

Identifier. Identifies the type of build to perform on the target.

Values:

• build: Build the product and place it in the product build directory (CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR).

• clean: Remove the product and build files in the product build directory (CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR) and the intermediate build files directory (CONFIGURATION_TEMP_DIR).

• install: Build the product and place it in its installation destination (INSTALL_PATH).

• installhdrs: Copy the product’s public and private header files into the public headers directory (PUBLIC_HEADERS_FOLDER_PATH) and the private headers directory (PRIVATE_HEADERS_FOLDER_PATH), respectively.

• installsrc: Copy the target’s source files into the project directory (SRCROOT).

Default value:

build: In xcodebuild invocations.

Affects:

BUILD_COMPONENTS, DEPLOYMENT_POSTPROCESSING (Deployment Postprocessing), DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION (Deployment Location).

Companions:

CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR (Per-Configuration Build Products Path), CONFIGURATION_TEMP_DIR (Per-Configuration Intermediate File Path), INSTALL_DIR, SRCROOT,PRIVATE_HEADERS_FOLDER_PATH,PUBLIC_HEADERS_FOLDER_PATH, INSTALLHDRS_COPY_PHASE.

Specified in:

• Xcode application: Product menu.

• xcodebuild: <build_action> argument.

Description:

Space-separated list of identifiers. Specifies subsets of the product.

Effectors:

ACTION

Value:

• headers build: When $ACTION = build or $ACTION = install,

• headers: When $ACTION = installhdrs,

• Empty: When $ACTION = installsrc.

Description:

Space-separated list of identifiers. Specifies the binary variants of the product. You can create additional variant names for special purposes. For example, you can use the name of a build configuration as a variant name to create highly customized binaries.

Values:

• normal: Use to produce a normal binary.

• profile: Use to produce a binary that generates profile information.

• debug: Use to produce a binary with debug symbols, additional assertions, and diagnostic code.

Default value:

normal

Affects:

CURRENT_VARIANT,OBJECT_FILE_DIR_<VARIANT>, OTHER_CFLAGS_<VARIANT>.

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether to compress PNG files that are resources of the active target as they are copied to the application bundle. This applies only to iOS applications.

Values:

• YES: PNG files (those with the .png suffix) are compressed as they’re copied to the application bundle.

• NO: No PNG compression takes place.

Default value:

YES

Description:

Identifier. Identifies the build configuration (for example, Debug or Release) the target uses to generate the product.

Values:

Debug, Release, and custom build configuration names.

Affects:

CURRENT_VARIANT, CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR (Per-Configuration Build Products Path), CONFIGURATION_TEMP_DIR (Per-Configuration Intermediate File Path).

Specified in:

• Schema > Build phase.

• xcodebuild -configuration.

Description:

Identifier. Identifies the architecture on which the build is being performed.

Values:

See ARCHS (Architectures).

Example value:

i386

Same as:

NATIVE_ARCH.

Description:

Identifier. Identifies the build variant being processed.

Effectors:

BUILD_VARIANTS (Build Variants), CONFIGURATION.

Value:

• $CONFIGURATION: When $CONFIGURATION IN $BUILD_VARIANTS.

• normal: Is the alternative.

Example values:

• debug: $CONFIGURATION = debug AND $BUILD_VARIANTS = debug profile.

• normal: $CONFIGURATION = release AND $BUILD_VARIANTS = debug profile.

Description:

Identifier. Identifies the format used to store the binary’s debug information.

Values:

• stabs: Use the Stabs format and place the debug information in the binary.

• dwarf: Use the DWARF format and place the debug information in the binary.

• dwarf-with-dsym: Use the DWARF format and place the debug information in a dSYM file.

Default value:

dwarf

Prerequisite for:

GCC_ENABLE_SYMBOL_SEPARATION (Separate PCH Symbols).

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether the binary receives deployment postprocessing. Deployment postprocessing involves stripping the binary, and setting its file mode, owner, and group.

Effectors:

ACTION.

Values:

• YES: Binary receives deployment postprocessing.

• NO: Binary does not receive deployment postprocessing.

Default value:

• YES: When $ACTION = install.

• NO: Is the alternative.

Prerequisite for:

STRIP_INSTALLED_PRODUCT (Strip Linked Product).

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether data gathered from header-file scans is used in the build process.

Values:

• YES: The build uses data gathered from header-file scans.

• NO: The build does not use data gathered from header-file scans.

Default value:

YES

Companion:

PATH_PREFIXES_EXCLUDED_FROM_HEADER_DEPENDENCIES.

Description:

Identifier. Identifies the architecture on which the build is being performed (same as CURRENT_ARCH).

Values:

See ARCHS (Architectures).

Example value:

i386

Same as:

CURRENT_ARCH.

Companion:

ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH (Build Active Architecture Only).

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether the product includes only object code for the native architecture.

Values:

• YES: The product includes only code for the native architecture (NATIVE_ARCH).

• NO: The product includes code for the architectures specified in ARCHS (Architectures).

Default value:

NO

Description:

Space-separated list of directory paths. Identifies the directories to exclude from header-file scans when the build uses header-file dependencies.

Default value:

/usr/include /usr/local/include /System/Library/Frameworks /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks /Developer/Headers

Companions:

ENABLE_HEADER_DEPENDENCIES.

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether the binary is stripped.

Values:

• YES: Binary is not stripped.

• NO: Binary is stripped.

Default value:

NO

Affects:

BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR.

Companion:

DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION (Deployment Location).

Related to:

SKIP_INSTALL.

Description:

Identifier. Specifies the output encoding for strings files.

Values:

• UTF-8

• UTF-16

Default value:

UTF-16

Description:

Comma-separated list of numeric identifiers. Specifies the device families on which the product must be capable of running.

Identifiers:

• 1: iPhone/iPod touch.

• 2: iPad.

Default value:

1

Example value:

1,2

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether to run product-validation tests.

Values:

• YES: The build runs validation tests on the generated product.

• NO: The build does not run validation tests on the generated product.

Default value:

NO

Description:

Directory path. Identifies the directory under which all the product’s files can be found. This directory contains either product files or symbolic links to them. Run Script build phases can use the value of this build setting as a convenient way to refer to the product files built by one or more targets even when these files are scattered throughout a directory hierarchy (for example, when DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION is set to YES.

Effectors:

RETAIN_RAW_BINARIES, CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR (Per-Configuration Build Products Path), DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION (Deployment Location).

Value:

• $SYMROOT/BuiltProducts: When DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION = YES AND RETAIN_RAW_BINARIES = YES,

• $CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR: Is the alternative.

Description:

File path. Identifies the file used to cache build-time information that must persist between launches of the Xcode application.

Value:

/var/folders/<some_directory>/com.apple.Xcode.<user_id>

Example value:

/var/folders/Aq/AqPz2MexGfqyTWrWDAVsOE++12Q/-Caches-/com.apple.Xcode.501

Affects:

SHARED_PRECOMPS_DIR (Precompiled Headers Cache Path).

Alias:

CCHROOT

Description:

Directory path. Identifies the directory under which all build-related files for the active build configuration are placed.

Effectors:

CONFIGURATION,SYMROOT (Build Products Path).

Default value:

$SYMROOT/$CONFIGURATION

Example value:

/Users/genica/MyProject/build/Debug

Affects:

BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR, TARGET_BUILD_DIR, TARGET_TEMP_DIR.

Description:

Directory path. Identifies the directory that holds temporary files for the active build configuration.

Effectors:

CONFIGURATION, PROJECT_TEMP_DIR.

Default value:

$PROJECT_TEMP_DIR/$CONFIGURATION

Example value:

/Users/genica/MyProject/build/MyProject.build/Debug

Affects:

TARGET_TEMP_DIR.

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether product files are placed in the installation (specified by DSTROOT) or the build directory (identified by SYMROOT).

Effector:

ACTION.

Values:

• YES: Product files are placed in $DSTROOT.

• NO: Product files are placed in $SYMROOT.

Default value:

• YES: When $ACTION = install.

• NO: Is the alternative.

Affects:

TARGET_BUILD_DIR.

Companions:

DSTROOT (Installation Build Products Location), SYMROOT (Build Products Path),.

Related to:

RETAIN_RAW_BINARIES,BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR, SKIP_INSTALL.

Description:

Directory path. Identifies the directory into which derived source files—such as those generated by lex and yacc—are placed.

Effectors:

TARGET_TEMP_DIR.

Value:

$TARGET_TEMP_DIR/DerivedSources

Aliases:

DERIVED_FILES_DIR, DERIVED_SOURCES_DIR

Description:

Directory path. Identifies the directory into which the product is placed. In this directory, the product is laid out exactly as it would be installed in a user’s filesystem.

Effectors:

PROJECT_NAME.

Default value:

/tmp/$PROJECT_NAME.dst

Example value:

/tmp/MyProject.dst

Affects:

INSTALL_DIR, TARGET_BUILD_DIR.

Description:

Directory path. Identifies the directory in the developer’s filesystem into which the installed product is placed.

Effectors:

DSTROOT (Installation Build Products Location), INSTALL_PATH (Installation Directory).

Value:

$DSTROOT/INSTALL_PATH

Example value:

/tmp/MyProduct.dst/Users/genica/Library/Bundles

Description:

Directory path. Identifies the directory in the user’s filesystem into which the installed product is placed.

Effectors:

Product type (chosen when the project was created), DSTROOT (Installation Build Products Location), SYSTEM_LIBRARY_DIR, USER_LIBRARY_DIR, HOME.

Default value:

$SYSTEM_LIBRARY_DIR/Extensions: Kernel extension project.

$USER_LIBRARY_DIR/Automator: Action project.

$HOME/Applications: Application project.

$HOME/Library/Bundles: Audio unit and bundle projects.

$HOME/bin: Command-line utility project.

$DSTROOT: Apple plug-in project (complete path depends on specific project template).

/usr/local/lib: Dynamic library and static library projects.

Affects:

INSTALL_DIR, TARGET_BUILD_DIR.

Description:

Directory path. Partially identifies the directory into which variant object files are placed. The complete specification is computed using the variants of this build setting.

Effectors:

TARGET_TEMP_DIR.

Value:

$TARGET_TEMP_DIR/Objects

Example value:

/Volumes/Users/genica/MyProject/build/MyProject.build/Debug/MyProduct.build/Objects

Affects:

OBJECT_FILE_DIR_<VARIANT>.

Description:

Directory path. Fully identifies the directory into which variant object files are placed.

For each build variant in BUILD_VARIANTS, Xcode generates an OBJECT_FILE_DIR build setting with the variant name as a suffix. The generated build setting’s value is computed using OBJECT_FILE_DIR and the build variant name.

Effectors:

BUILD_VARIANTS (Build Variants), OBJECT_FILE_DIR.

Value:

$OBJECT_FILE_DIR-<VARIANT>

Example build settings and their values when $BUILD_VARIANTS = normal debug:

• $OBJECT_FILE_DIR_normal = /Volumes/Users/genica/MyProject/ build/MyProject.build/Debug/MyProduct.build/Objects-normal

• $OBJECT_FILE_DIR_debug = /Volumes/Users/genica/MyProject/ build/MyProject.build/Debug/MyProduct.build/Objects-debug

Related to:

BUILD_VARIANTS (Build Variants), OTHER_CFLAGS_<VARIANT>.

Description:

Directory path. Identifies the directory in which the target’s intermediate build files are placed. Intermediate build directories are named after the product name with the extension .build. For example, MyProduct.build.

Effectors:

SRCROOT, Xcode Preferences > Building > “Place Build Products in.”

Default value:

• $SRCROOT/build: When Xcode Preferences > Building > “Place Build Products in” is “Project directory.”

• <custom_directory_path>: When Xcode Preferences > Building > “Place Build Products in” is “Customized location.”

Example value:

/Volumes/Users/genica/MyProject/build

Affects:

PROJECT_TEMP_DIR.

Description:

Directory path. Identifies the directory in which the project’s intermediate build files are placed. This directory is shared between all the targets defined by the project. Run Script build phases should generate intermediate build files in the directory identified by DERIVED_FILE_DIR, not the location this build setting specifies.

Effectors:

PROJECT_NAME,OBJROOT (Intermediate Build Files Path).

Value:

$OBJROOT/$PROJECT_NAME.build

Example value:

/Volumes/Users/genica/MyProject/build/MyProject.build

Affects:

CONFIGURATION_TEMP_DIR (Per-Configuration Intermediate File Path).

Description:

Directory path. Specifies the directory in which the collected Resource Manager resources generated by ResMerger are stored before they are added to the product.

Effectors:

TARGET_TEMP_DIR.

Value:

$TARGET_TEMP_DIR/ResourceManagerResources

Example value:

/Volumes/Users/genica/MyProject/build/MyProject.build/Debug/MyProduct.build/ResourceManagerResources

Affects:

REZ_OBJECTS_DIR.

Description:

Directory path. Specifies the directory in which compiled Resource Manager resources generated by Rez are stored before they are collected using ResMerger.

Effectors:

REZ_COLLECTOR_DIR.

Value:

$REZ_COLLECTOR_DIR/Objects

Example value:

/Volumes/Users/genica/MyProject/build/MyProject.build/Debug/MyProduct.build/ResourceManagerResources/Objects

Description:

Directory path. Specifies the directory of the base SDK to use to build the product.

Values:

• macosx10.5: OS X v10.5.

• macosx10.6: OS X v10.6.

• iphonesimulator3.2: iPhone Simulator 3.2.

• iphonesimulator4.0: iPhone Simulator 4.0.

• iphoneos3.2: iPhone Device 3.2.

• iphoneos4.0: iPhone Device 4.0.

Related to:

FRAMEWORK_SEARCH_PATHS (Framework Search Paths), HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS (Header Search Paths), IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET (iOS Deployment Target), MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET (OS X Deployment Target).

Description:

Directory path. Specifies the directory in which to place precompiled headers. Targets can share precompiled headers by specifying the same value for this build setting.

Effectors:

CACHE_ROOT.

Default value:

$CACHE_ROOT/SharedPrecompiledHeaders

Example value:

/var/folders/Aq/AqPz2MexGfqyTWrWDAVsOE++12Q/-Caches-/com.apple.Xcode.501/SharedPrecompiledHeaders

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether to place the product at the location indicated by DSTROOT or the uninstalled products directory inside the directory indicated by TARGET_TEMP_DIR.

Values:

• YES: When $DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION = YES, the product is placed in $TARGET_TEMP_DIR/UninstalledProducts.

• NO: The product is placed in $DSTROOT.

Default value:

NO

Affects:

TARGET_BUILD_DIR.

Companions:

DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION (Deployment Location), DSTROOT (Installation Build Products Location), TARGET_TEMP_DIR.

Description:

Directory path. Identifies the directory containing the target’s source files.

Value:

Path to the project file that defines the target.

Example value:

/Volumes/Users/genica/MyProject

Affects:

OBJROOT (Intermediate Build Files Path), SYMROOT (Build Products Path).

Alias:

SOURCE_ROOT

Description:

Directory path. Identifies the root of the directory hierarchy that contains product files and intermediate build files. Product and build files are placed in subdirectories of this directory.

Effectors:

SRCROOT, Xcode Preferences > Build.

Default value:

• $SRCROOT/build: When Xcode Preferences > Build > “Place Build Products in” is “Project Directory.”

• <custom_directory_path>: When Xcode Preferences > Build > “Place Build Products in” is “Custom location.”

Example values:

• /Volumes/Users/genica/MyProject/build

• /Volumes/A_Volume/MyManyProducts

Affects:

BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR, CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR (Per-Configuration Build Products Path).

Description:

Directory path. Identifies the root of the directory hierarchy that contains the product’s files (no intermediate build files).

Run Script build phases that operate on product files of the target that defines them should use the value of this build setting. But Run Script build phases that operate on product files of other targets should use BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR instead.

Effectors:

CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR (Per-Configuration Build Products Path), DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION (Deployment Location), DSTROOT (Installation Build Products Location), INSTALL_PATH (Installation Directory), TARGET_TEMP_DIR, SKIP_INSTALL.

Value:

• $CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR: When $DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION = NO,

• $DSTROOT/$INSTALL_PATH: When $DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION = YES, $SKIP_INSTALL = NO, and INSTALL_PATH is defined,

• $TARGET_TEMP_DIR/UninstalledProducts: When $DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION = YES AND $SKIP_INSTALL = YES or $SKIP_INSTALL = NO and INSTALL_PATH is not defined.

Example values:

• /Volumes/Users/genica/MyProject/build/Debug

• /tmp/MyProject.dst/Users/genica/Applications

• /Volumes/Users/genica/MyProject/build/UninstalledProducts

Related to:

DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION (Deployment Location), INSTALL_PATH (Installation Directory), SKIP_INSTALL.

Description:

Directory path. Identifies the directory containing the target’s intermediate build files.

Run Script build phases should place intermediate files at the location indicated by DERIVED_FILE_DIR, not the directory identified by this build setting.

Effectors:

TARGET_NAME, CONFIGURATION_TEMP_DIR (Per-Configuration Intermediate File Path).

Value:

$CONFIGURATION_TEMP_DIR/$TARGET_NAME.build

Example value:

/Volumes/Users/genica/MyProject/build/MyProject.build/Debug/MyProduct.build

Affects:

DERIVED_FILE_DIR, OBJECT_FILE_DIR, REZ_COLLECTOR_DIR, TARGET_BUILD_DIR.

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether the header map contains a name/path entry for every header in the target being built.

Values:

• YES: The header map contains a name/path entry for every header in the target.

• NO: The header map does not contain name/path entries for the headers that belong to the target.

Default value:

YES

Related to:

HEADERMAP_INCLUDES_FRAMEWORK_ENTRIES_FOR_ALL_PRODUCT_TYPES,HEADERMAP_INCLUDES_PROJECT_HEADERS.

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether the header map contains a framework-name/path entry for every header in the target being built, including targets that do not build frameworks.

Values:

• YES: The header map contains a framework-name/path entry for every header in the target.

• NO: The header map does not contain framework-name/path entries for the headers in the target.

Default value:

YES

Related to:

HEADERMAP_INCLUDES_FLAT_ENTRIES_FOR_TARGET_BEING_BUILT, HEADERMAP_INCLUDES_PROJECT_HEADERS.

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether the header map contains a name/path entry for every header in the project, regardless of the headers’ target membership.

Values:

• YES: The header map contains a name/path entry for every header in the project.

• NO: The header map does not contain name/path entries for the headers that are part of the project.

Default value:

YES

Related to:

HEADERMAP_INCLUDES_FLAT_ENTRIES_FOR_TARGET_BEING_BUILT, HEADERMAP_INCLUDES_FRAMEWORK_ENTRIES_FOR_ALL_PRODUCT_TYPES.

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether the compiler searches for headers in the project directory before searching system directories. This build setting is used only with GCC 4.0 and later.

Values:

• YES: Search project directory first.

• NO: Search system directories first.

Default value:

YES. For backwards compatibility only. You should set this build setting to NO.

Description:

Space-separated list of directory paths. Specifies directories in which the compiler searches for frameworks to find included header files. This list is passed to the compiler in the gcc -F option. You may specify a recursive path by appending ** to the path. When this build setting is defined, $SDKROOT is added to the end of the path list that is passed to the compiler.

Default value:

None.

Example values:

• /Users/genica/TestFrameworks/**

• /Volumes/Auryon/TeamFrameworks/**

Companions:

SDKROOT (Base SDK).

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether the compiler performs automatic loop vectorization when appropriate. Automatic loop vectorization is supported only in the PPC architectures. And it’s not supported by the Clang and LLVM-GCC compilers.

Prerequisite:

$GCC_OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL >= 2 AND $ARCHS * $VALID_ARCHS IN {ppc, ppc970, ppc64}

Values:

• YES: The compiler performs automatic loop vectorization when the prerequisite is met.

• NO: The compiler does not perform automatic loop vectorization.

Default value:

NO

Companions:

ARCHS (Architectures), VALID_ARCHS (Valid Architectures), GCC_OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL (Optimization Level).

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether to use the CodeWarrior syntax for inline assembly code (in addition to the standard GCC syntax).

Values:

• YES: Use CodeWarrior syntax for inline assembly code.

• NO: Do not use CodeWarrior syntax for inline assembly code.

Default value:

YES

Description:

Option specification. Specifies the level of debug information included in the binary.

Values:

used: Referenced symbols only (gcc -gused).

full: All symbols (gcc -gfull).

default: Compiler default (gcc -g).

Default value:

default

Prerequisite for:

GCC_ENABLE_SYMBOL_SEPARATION (Separate PCH Symbols), DEAD_CODE_STRIPPING (Dead Code Stripping)

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether the generated object code is nonrelocatable (external references remain relocatable). Making code nonrelocatable results in faster function calls. This feature is appropriate in applications but not dynamic libraries.

Values:

• YES: Generated code is nonrelocatable (gcc -mdynamic-no-pic) when the prerequisite is met.

• NO: Generated code is relocatable.

Default value:

NO

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether the compiler generates code necessary for exception propagation.

Values:

• YES: Compiler generates code necessary for exception propagation.

• NO: Compiler does not generate code necessary for exception propagation.

Default value:

NO

Related to:

GCC_ENABLE_CPP_RTTI (Enable C++ Runtime Types).

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether the compiler generates information about every class with virtual functions. This information is used by the C++ runtime type identification features (dynamic_cast and typeid). If you do not use these features, you may save some space by not generating this information. However, when exceptions are enabled, this information is generated automatically.

Values:

• YES: Binary includes information about virtual classes.

• NO: Binary might not include information about virtual classes (gcc -fno-rtti).

Default value:

YES

Related to:

GCC_ENABLE_CPP_EXCEPTIONS (Enable C++ Exceptions).

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether the binary uses Fix And Continue..

Values:

• YES: Binary uses Fix And Continue.

• NO: Binary does not use Fix And Continue.

Default value:

NO

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether the compiler recognizes @try, @catch, and @throw directives.

Values:

• YES: Recognize the Objective-C exception-handling directives (gcc -fobjc-exceptions).

• NO: Do not allow the Objective-C exception-handling directives in source code.

Default value:

NO

Description:

Identifier. Specifies the level of garbage-collection support for the generated code.

Values:

• unsupported: The application cannot load code that requires garbage collection. The loadable bundle cannot be loaded by an application that requires garbage collection.

• supported: The application can load code that supports or requires garbage collection. The loadable bundle can be loaded by an application with any level of garbage-collection support.

• required: The application can load only code that supports garbage collection. The loadable bundle can be loaded only by an application that supports garbage collection.

Default value:

unsupported

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether the binary uses the built-in functions that provide access to the SSE3 extensions to the IA-32 architecture.

Values:

• YES: Binary uses SSE3 functions.

• NO: Binary does not use SSE3 functions.

Default value:

NO

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether the binary uses the built-in functions that provide access to the SSE4.1 extensions to the IA-32 architecture.

Values:

• YES: Binary uses SSE4.1 functions (gcc -msse4.1).

• NO: Binary does not use SSE4.1 functions.

Default value:

NO

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether the binary uses the built-in functions that provide access to the SSE4.2 extensions to the IA-32 architecture.

Values:

• YES: Binary uses SSE4.2 functions (gcc -msse4.2).

• NO: Binary does not use SSE4.2 functions.

Default value:

NO

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether the compiler generates a separate file containing the debug symbols when compiling a precompiled (prefix) header (PCH). A separate file with debug symbols can improve build time.

Prerequisite:

$DEBUG_INFORMATION_FORMAT = stabs AND $GCC_DEBUGGING_SYMBOLS = full

Values:

• YES: Generates separate file containing debug symbols for a precompiled header.

• NO: Does not generate separate debug symbol file.

Default value:

• YES: When $MACH_O_TYPE != staticlib.

• NO: Is the alternative.

Effector:

MACH_O_TYPE

Companions:

DEBUG_INFORMATION_FORMAT (Debug Information Format), GCC_DEBUGGING_SYMBOLS (Level of Debug Symbols).

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether to use feedback-directed optimization.

To optimize a binary, you must first generate a binary that produces profile trace files by setting this build setting to GenerateProfile. After running the binary mimicking the expected usage patterns (training), rebuild the binary with UseProfile as the value for this build setting. The resulting binary is optimized for the usage patterns observed in training. If the code paths taken during training are not representative of what happens in actual usage, the binary’s performance may actually degrade.

Values:

• Off: Binary is not optimized and does not generate trace files.

• GenerateProfile: Binary generates trace files (training).

• UseProfile: Binary is optimized using the information from the profile trace files. Requires that the binary had been previously built with GenerateProfile and run to gather the information.

Default value:

Off

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether the binary includes debug symbols.

Values:

• YES: Binary includes debugging symbols.

• NO: Binary does not include debugging symbols.

Default value:

YES

Related to:

GCC_DEBUGGING_SYMBOLS (Level of Debug Symbols).

Description:

Option specification. Specifies the PowerPC architecture to which the compiler optimizes the instruction scheduling model. The generated code runs in earlier PowerPC architectures, too. See -mtune in the gcc man page for details.

Values:

• None: Binary is not optimized for a particular PowerPC architecture.

• G3: Binary is optimized for the PowerPC G3 architecture.

• G4: Binary is optimized for the PowerPC G4 architecture.

• G5: Binary is optimized for the PowerPC G5 architecture.

Default value:

G4

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether to execute nontrivial default constructors and destructors for C++ instance variables of Objective-C classes.

Values:

• YES: Binary executes default constructors and destructors for C++ instance variables of Objective-C classes (gcc -fobjc-call-cxx-cdtors).

• NO: Binary does not execute default constructors for Objective-C-typed instance variables in C++ classes.

Default value:

NO

Description:

Option specification. Specifies the degree to which the generated code is optimized for speed and binary size.

Values:

• 0: No optimization.

• 1: Binary is optimized to fast.

• 2: Binary is optimized to faster.

• 3: Binary is optimized to fastest.

• s: Binary is optimized to fastest and smallest.

Default value:

s

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether to create a prefix header for the target.

Prerequisite:

$GCC_PREFIX_HEADER identifies an existing prefix header.

Values:

• YES: Target generates a prefix header when the prerequisite is met.

• NO: Target does not generate a prefix header.

Default value:

NO

Companion:

GCC_PREFIX_HEADER.

Description:

Filename or file path. Identifies the target’s prefix header.

Default value:

None.

Example value:

MyProduct_Prefix.pch

Prerequisite for:

GCC_PRECOMPILE_PREFIX_HEADER (Precompile Prefix Header)

Description:

Space-separated list of option specifications. Specifies preprocessor macros in the form foo (for a simple #define) or foo=1 (for a value definition). This list is passed to the compiler through the gcc -D option when compiling precompiled headers and implementation files.

Default value:

None.

Example value:

test_mode=1 copious_logging=1

Related to:

GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS_NOT_USED_IN_PRECOMPS (Preprocessor Macros Not Used In Precompiled Headers).

Description:

Space-separated list of option specifications. Specifies preprocessor macros in the form foo (for a simple #define) or foo=1 (for a value definition). This list is passed to the compiler through the gcc -D option only when compiling implementation files; they are not passed when compiling precompiled headers.

Prerequisite:

Definitions used only in implementation files, not precompiled headers.

Default value:

None.

Example value:

test_mode=1 copious_logging=1

Related to:

GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS (Preprocessor Macros).

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether symbols are hidden by default. See Controlling Symbol Visibility in C++ Runtime Environment Programming Guide.

Values:

• YES: Symbols that do not specify public visibility (with __attribute__((visibility("default"))), for example) are not exported (gcc -fvisibility=hidden).

• NO: Symbols that do not specify private visibility (with __attribute__((visibility("hidden"))), for example) are exported.

Default value:

YES

Prerequisite for:

STANDARD_C_PLUS_PLUS_LIBRARY_TYPE (C++ Standard Library Type).

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether the binary uses the functions that implement thread-safe initialization of local statics for the IA-32 architecture. Binaries that use these functions contain less object code in sections that do not need to be thread safe.

Values:

• YES: Binary uses the IA-32 ABI thread-safe initialization functions.

• NO: Binary does not use the IA-32 ABI thread-safe initialization functions (gcc -fno-threadsafe-statics).

Default value:

YES

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether the compiler generates a faster binary (containing code with fewer branches) by unrolling loops, which generates a larger binary.

Values:

• YES: Compiler generates code with unrolled loops.

• NO: Compiler does not unroll loops.

Default value:

NO

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether nasm is used to compile Assembly .asm files.

Values:

• YES: Assembly (.asm) files are compiled with nasm (gcc -nasm).

• NO: Assembly files are not compiled with nasm.

Default value:

NO

Description:

Numeric identifier. Identifies the GCC version to be used to compile the target’s source files. When the target’s “System C rule” is set to GCC System Version (instead of a specific version number), this build setting is not available in Run Script build phases.

Values:

• 2.95.2

• 3.1

• 3.3

• 4.0

Default value:

GCC system version.

Specified in:

• Project Info > Rules > “System C rule.”

• Target Info > Rules > “System C rule.”

Affects:

GCC_VERSION_IDENTIFIER.

Description:

Identifier. Identifies the version of GCC to be used to compile the target’s source files. This build setting is unavailable in Run Script build phases when GCC_VERSION is not available in them.

Effectors:

GCC_VERSION

Value:

The value of GCC_VERSION using underscores instead of periods.

Example value:

4_0

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether to warn about the use of static initializers.

Values:

• YES: Warn about the use of static initializers (gcc -Wglobal-constructors).

• NO: Do not warn about the use of static initializers.

Default value:

NO

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether to warn about functions that do not have an explicit return type and about functions that contain return statements but whose return type is void.

Values:

• YES: Warn about ambiguous function return types (gcc -Wreturn-type).

• NO: Do not warn about ambiguous function return types.

Default value:

NO

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether warn about unused local variables or unused nonconstant static variables.

Values:

• YES: Warn about unused variables (gcc - Wunused-variable).

• NO: Do not warn about unused variables.

Default value:

NO

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether to warn about violations to certain code style guidelines described in Effective C++ (by Scott Meyer).

Values:

• YES: Warn about Effective C++–style violations (gcc -Weffc++).

• NO: Do not warn about Effective C++–style violations.

Default value:

NO

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether to warn about function declarations that hide virtual functions declared in a base class.

Values:

• YES: Warn about function declarations that hide virtual functions declared in a base class (gcc -Woverloaded-virtual).

• NO: Do not warn about function declarations that hide virtual functions declared in a base class

Default value:

NO

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether to suppress warnings.

Values:

• YES: Suppress all warnings (gcc -w).

• NO: Do not suppress warnings.

Default value:

NO

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether to warn about classes that declare a nonvirtual destructor that should be virtual (when the compiler determines that the class is used polymorphically). This build setting applies only to C++ and Objective-C++ source files.

Values:

• YES: Warn about nonvirtual destructors that should be virtual (gcc -Wnon-virtual-dtor).

• NO: Do not warn about nonvirtual destructors that should be virtual.

Default value:

NO

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether to warn about source code that does not adhere to ISO C or ISO C++ standards.

Values:

• YES: Warn about nonadherence to ISO C or ISO C++ standards (gcc -pedantic).

• NO: Do not warn about nonadherence to ISO C or ISO C++ standards.

Default value:

NO

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether to warn about local symbols that shadow another local variable, parameter, or global variable, built-in function.

Values:

• YES: Warn about shadowed symbols (gcc -Wshadow).

• NO: Do not warn about shadowed symbols.

Default value:

NO

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether to warn about comparisons between signed and unsigned values that could produce an incorrect result when the signed value is converted to unsigned.

Values:

• YES: Warn about sign discrepancies in comparisons (gcc -Wsign-compare).

• NO: Do not warn about sign discrepancies in comparisons.

Default value:

NO

Description:

Space-separated list of directory paths. Specifies directories in which to search for header files. (In GCC, this list is passed in the gcc -I option.) When this build setting is defined, $SDKROOT is added to the beginning of each system-header path passed to the compiler.

Default value:

None.

Example values:

/Users/genica/TestHeaders/**

/System/Library/Frameworks/AddressBook.framework

Companion:

SDKROOT (Base SDK).

Related to:

USER_HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS (User Header Search Paths).

Description:

Space-separated list of option specifications. Specifies additional options for preprocessing the info plist file.

Companion:

INFOPLIST_PREPROCESS (Preprocess Info.plist File), INFOPLIST_FILE.

Related to:

INFOPLIST_PREFIX_HEADER (Info.plist Preprocessor Prefix File), INFOPLIST_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS (Info.plist Preprocessor Definitions).

Description:

File path or project file path. Specifies the path to the prefix file to include when processing the info plist file.

Companion:

INFOPLIST_PREPROCESS (Preprocess Info.plist File).

Description:

Boolean. Specifies whether to preprocess the info plist file.

Values:

• YES: Preprocesses the info plist file.

• NO: Doesn’t preprocess the info plist file.

Default value:

NO.

Companion:

INFOPLIST_FILE.

Related to:

INFOPLIST_PREFIX_HEADER (Info.plist Preprocessor Prefix File).

Description:

Space-separated list of option specifications. Defines preprocessor macros used when preprocessing the info plist file.

Example value:

DEBUG=1.

Companion:

INFOPLIST_PREPROCESS (Preprocess Info.plist File), INFOPLIST_FILE.

Related to:

INFOPLIST_OTHER_PREPROCESSOR_FLAGS (Info.plist Other Preprocessor Flags).

Description:

Numeric identifier. Identifies the earliest iOS version the product is to run on. This build setting is available in Run Script build phases only when it is set to a specific iOS version.

Values:

• 2.0: Product runs on iOS 2.0 and later.

• 2.1: Product runs on iOS 2.1 and later.

• 2.2: Product runs on iOS 2.2 and later.

• 2.2.1: Product runs on iOS 2.2.1 and later.

• 3.0: Product runs on iOS 3.0 and later.

• 3.1: Product runs on iOS 3.1 and later.

• 3.1.2: Product runs on iOS 3.1.2 and later.

• 3.1.3: Product runs on iOS 3.1.3 and later.

• 3.2: Product runs on iOS 3.2 and later.

• 4.0: Product runs on iOS 4.0 and later.

Default value:

Compiler default. Product runs on the iOS version SDKROOT targets, and later.

Related to:

SDKROOT (Base SDK).

Description:

Numeric identifier. Identifies the earliest OS X version the product is to run on. This build setting is available in Run Script build phases only when it is set to a specific OS X version.

Values:

• 10.1: Product runs on 10.1 if no 10.2 or 10.3 API is used, on 10.2 with weak linking, and on 10.3 or later fully linked.

• 10.2: Product runs on 10.2 with weak linking, and on 10.3 or later fully linked.

• 10.3: Product runs only on 10.3 and later.

• 10.4: Product runs only on 10.4 and later.

• 10.5: Product runs only on 10.5 and later.

• 10.6: Product runs only on 10.6 and later.

Default value:

Compiler default. Product runs on the OS X version SDKROOT targets, and later.

Related to:

SDKROOT (Base SDK).

Description:

Space-separated list of option specifications. Specifies additional options for compiling C-based precompiled headers and implementation files. These options are passed (as given) to the compiler whether other build settings also specify values that correspond to these options. Therefore, you should look for the appropriate compiler build setting to specify a particular compiler option before using this build setting.

Default value:

None.

Example value:

-dM

Affects:

OTHER_CPLUSPLUSFLAGS (Other C++ Flags).

Related to:

OTHER_CFLAGS_<VARIANT>.

Description:

Space-separated list of option specifications. Specifies additional options for compiling C-based (including C++) precompiled headers and implementation files for the specified variant. These options are passed (as given) to the compiler whether other build settings also specify values that correspond to these options. Therefore, you should look for the appropriate compiler build setting to specify a particular compiler option before using this build setting.

Default value:

None.

Related to:

BUILD_VARIANTS (Build Variants), OBJECT_FILE_DIR_<VARIANT>, OTHER_CFLAGS (Other C Flags), OTHER_CPLUSPLUSFLAGS (Other C++ Flags).

Description:

Space-separated list of option specifications. Specifies additional options for compiling C++–based precompiled headers and implementation files. These options are passed (as given) to the compiler whether other build settings also specify values that correspond to these options. Therefore, you should look for the appropriate compiler build setting to specify a particular compiler option before using this build setting.

Effectors:

OTHER_CFLAGS (Other C Flags).

Default value:

$OTHER_CFLAGS.

Example value:

-Weffc++

Related to:

OTHER_CFLAGS_<VARIANT>.

Description:

Space-separated list of directory paths. Specifies directories to search for header files included in source files using quotation marks ("") instead of angle brackets (<>). User header files are supported in GCC 4.0 and later. Relative paths are relative to the project directory (SRCROOT).

Xcode build tools, such as GCC, are invoked with their working directory set to SRCROOT. Third-party build tools should take care not to change the working directory; otherwise, the relative search paths passed to them may produce unexpected results.

Default value:

None.

Companion:

SRCROOT.

Related to:

HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS (Header Search Paths).

Description:

Space-separated list of option specifications. Specifies additional warning options for compiling C-based (including C++) precompiled headers and implementation files. These options are passed (as given) to the compiler whether other build settings also specify values that correspond to these options. Therefore, you should look for the appropriate compiler build setting to specify a particular warning option before using this build setting.

Default value:

None.

Related to:

GCC_WARN… build settings.

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether to strip a nib files to reduce their size. The resulting nib file is more compact but is not editable.

Values:

• YES: Strips nib files, making them uneditable.

• NO: Does not strip nib files.

Default value:

YES.

Description:

Space-separated list of option specifications. Specifies additional options for compiling nib files. These options are passed (as given) to the compiler whether other build settings also specify values that correspond to these options. Therefore, you should look for the appropriate compiler build setting to specify a particular compiler option before using this build setting.

Default value:

None.

Description:

Directory path. Identifies the directory from which to load frameworks and Interface Builder plug-ins.

Example value:

$(BUILD_DIR)/$(CONFIGURATION)$(EFFECTIVE_PLATFORM_NAME). Loads frameworks and plug-ins from the built products directory of the active build configuration.

Default value:

None.

Description:

Space-separated list of directory paths. Identifies directories to be searched for Interface Builder plug-ins to load when compiling xib files.

Default value:

None.

Description:

Space-separated list of file paths. Identifies Interface Builder plug-ins to load when compiling xib files.

Default value:

None.

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether to emit xib-file–compilation errors.

Values:

• YES: Emits xib-file–compilation errors.

• NO: Does not emit xib-file–compilation errors.

Default value:

YES.

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether to emit xib-file–compilation notices.

Values:

• YES: Emits xib-file–compilation notices.

• NO: Does not emit xib-file–compilation notices.

Default value:

YES.

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether to emit xib-file–compilation warnings.

Values:

• YES: Emits xib-file–compilation warnings.

• NO: Does not emit xib-file–compilation warnings.

Default value:

YES.

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether dead code is stripped from the binary.

Prerequisite:

$GCC_DEBUGGING_SYMBOLS = full

Values:

• YES: Dead code is stripped from the binary when the prerequisite is met.

• NO: Dead code is not stripped from the binary.

Default value:

NO

Companions:

GCC_DEBUGGING_SYMBOLS (Level of Debug Symbols).

Prerequisite for:

PRESERVE_DEAD_CODE_INITS_AND_TERMS

Description:

Project file path. Identifies a file containing the names of global symbols to be exported from the binary. All other symbols are treated as if they had been marked as private. See Minimizing Your Exported Symbols in Code Size Performance Guidelines and ld -exported_symbols_list for details on exporting symbols.

Default value:

None.

Example value:

My_Public_Symbols

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether private external symbols remain so in the binary.

Values:

• YES: Private external symbols in source code are private external in the binary (ld -keep_private_externs).

• NO: Private external symbols in source code are static symbols in the binary.

Default value:

NO

Description:

File path. Specifies the install name of a dynamic library. See Dynamic Library Programming Topics.

Default value:

None.

Example values:

• /usr/lib/libfoo

• @rpath/libfoo

Related to:

LD_RUNPATH_SEARCH_PATHS (Runpath Search Paths).

Description:

Space-separated list of directory paths. Specifies the run-path locations at which the dynamic loader searches for the product’s run-path dependent libraries. See Dynamic Library Programming Topics.

Default value:

None.

Example values:

@loader_path/../Frameworks

/usr/lib

Related to:

LD_DYLIB_INSTALL_NAME (Dynamic Library Install Name).

Description:

Space-separated list of directory paths. Specifies directories in which the linker searches for included libraries to link the binary against. Adding ** to the end of a path specifies a recursive path. When this build setting is defined, $SDKROOT is added to the beginning of each path passed to the linker.

Default value:

None.

Example value:

/Volumes/Sauron/Team/Libs

Companion:

SDKROOT (Base SDK).

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether to link the binary against the standard libraries.

When not linking against the standard libraries, you should use OTHER_LDFLAGS (Other Linker Flags) to specify the libraries to link binary against.

Values:

• YES: Binary is linked against standard libraries.

• NO: Binary is not linked against standard libraries.

Default value:

YES

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether the linker displays additional information about undefined symbols, such as the source file the symbol is used in and whether the file references or defines the symbol.

Values:

• YES: The linker displays additional information about undefined symbols (ld -Y).

• NO: The linker does not display additional information about undefined symbols.

Default value:

YES

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether the linker displays mangled names for C++ symbols. This information can help in diagnosing C++ linking problems.

Values:

• YES: The linker displays mangled names for C++ symbols (ld --no-demangle).

• NO: The linker does not display mangled names for C++ symbols.

Default value:

NO

Description:

Space-separated list of option specifications. Specifies additional options for linking the binary. These options are passed (as given) to the linker whether other build settings also specify values that correspond to these options. Therefore, you should look for the appropriate linker build setting to specify a particular linker option before using this build setting.

Default value:

None.

Related to:

OTHER_LDFLAGS_<VARIANT>.

Description:

Space-separated list of option specifications. Specifies additional options for linking the binary for the specified variant. These options are passed (as given) to the linker whether other build settings also specify values that correspond to these options. Therefore, you should look for the appropriate linker build setting to specify a particular linker option before using this build setting.

Default value:

None.

Related to:

OTHER_LDFLAGS (Other Linker Flags).

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether to prebind the generated binary.

Prerequisite:

($ARCHS * $VALID_ARCHS) IN {ppc, ppc970}

Values:

• YES: The binary is prebound when the prerequisite is met.

• NO: The binary is not prebound.

Default value:

YES

Companion:

ARCHS (Architectures), VALID_ARCHS (Valid Architectures).

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether to prevent initialization and termination routines from being dead-code stripped.

Prerequisite:

$DEAD_CODE_STRIPPING = YES

Values:

• YES: Prevents dead-code stripping of initializers and terminators when the prerequisite is met.

• NO: Does not prevent dead-code stripping of initializers and terminators.

Default value:

NO

Companion:

DEAD_CODE_STRIPPING (Dead Code Stripping).

Description:

Identifier. Specifies how the binary is linked against the C++ standard library: As a dynamic library or as a static library.

Prerequisite:

$GCC_SYMBOLS_PRIVATE_EXTERN = YES. See for details.

Values:

dynamic: The C++ standard library is linked as a dynamic library.

static: The C++ standard library is linked as a static library when the prerequisite is met.

Default value:

dynamic

Companion:

GCC_SYMBOLS_PRIVATE_EXTERN (Symbols Hidden by Default).

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether to strip symbol information from the binary.

Prerequisite:

$DEPLOYMENT_POSTPROCESSING = YES

Values:

• YES: Strips the generated binary when the prerequisite is met.

• NO: Does not strip the generated binary.

Default value:

NO

Companion:

DEPLOYMENT_POSTPROCESSING (Deployment Postprocessing).

Related to:

STRIP_STYLE (Strip Style).

Description:

Identifier. Specifies the level of stripping performed on the binary.

Values:

• all: Strips the binary completely, removing the symbol table and relocation information.

• non-global: Strips nonglobal symbols but saves external symbols.

• debugging: Strips debugging symbols but saves local and global symbols.

Default value:

• all: Application and command-line products.

• non-global: Bundle products.

• debugging: Library and framework products.

Related to:

STRIP_INSTALLED_PRODUCT (Strip Linked Product).

Description:

Project file path. Identifies a file containing the names of global symbols to be hidden. See Minimizing Your Exported Symbols in Code Size Performance Guidelines and ld -exported_symbols_list for details on exporting symbols.

Default value:

None.

Example value:

My_Private_Symbols

Description:

Bundle directory path. Specifies the directory inside the generated bundle that contains the product’s files.

Effector:

WRAPPER_NAME.

Default value:

$WRAPPER_NAME/Contents

Example value:

MyProduct.bundle/Contents

Affects:

EXECUTABLE_PATH, FRAMEWORKS_FOLDER_PATH, INFOPLIST_PATH, PLUGINS_FOLDER_PATH, PRIVATE_HEADERS_FOLDER_PATH, PUBLIC_HEADERS_FOLDER_PATH, SCRIPTS_FOLDER_PATH, SHARED_FRAMEWORKS_FOLDER_PATH, UNLOCALIZED_RESOURCES_FOLDER_PATH.

Description:

Filename. Specifies the name of the information property list file that specifies the bundled product’s runtime properties. For details on information property list files, see Information Property List Files inRuntime Configuration Guidelines.

You should not change the value of this build setting from its default. Doing so produces a bundled product that may not work as expected in OS X.

Default value:

Info.plist

Affects:

INFOPLIST_PATH.

Related to:

INFOPLIST_OUTPUT_FORMAT

Description:

Identifier. Specifies the whether the information property list file is written using the binary format.

Values:

• binary: Specifies the binary format.

• <unspecified>: Specifies the XML-based format.

Related to:

INFOPLIST_FILE.

Description:

Bundle file path. Specifies the path to the bundle’s information property list file.

Effectors:

INFOPLIST_FILE, CONTENTS_FOLDER_PATH.

Default value:

$CONTENTS_FOLDER_PATH/$INFOPLIST_FILE

Example value:

MyProduct.bundle/Contents/Info.plist

Description:

Bundle file path. Specifies the file that contains the bundle’s localized strings file.

Default value:

/InfoPlist.strings

Description:

Bundle directory path. Specifies the directory that contains the product’s embedded frameworks.

Effector:

CONTENTS_FOLDER_PATH.

Default value:

$CONTENTS_FOLDER_PATH/Contents/Frameworks

Example value:

MyProduct.bundle/Contents/Frameworks

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether to generate the file specified by PKGINFO_FILE_PATH, even when the file is not expected.

Values:

• YES: Always generate the package information file.

• NO: Do not generate the package information file.

Default value:

• YES: In application targets.

• NO: In other target types.

Companion:

PKGINFO_FILE_PATH.

Description:

Bundle directory path. Identifies the directory that contains the bundle’s documentation files.

Default value:

/Documentation

Description:

Bundle directory path. Identifies the directory that contains additional binary files.

Effector:

CONTENTS_FOLDER_PATH.

Default value:

$CONTENTS_FOLDER_PATH/Executables

Example value:

MyProduct.bundle/Contents/Executables

Description:

Identifier. Specifies the extension of the binary the target produces.

Effectors:

MACH_O_TYPE

Default values:

• bundle: When $MACH_O_TYPE = mh_bundle.

• dylib: When $MACH_O_TYPE = mh_dylib.

• a: When $MACH_O_TYPE = staticlib.

• none: When $MACH_O_TYPE = mh_executable.

Affects:

EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX.

Description:

Bundle directory path. Identifies the directory that contains the binary the target builds.

Effector:

CONTENTS_FOLDER_PATH.

Default value:

$CONTENTS_FOLDER_PATH/MacOS

Example value:

MyProduct.app/Contents/MacOS

Description:

Filename. Specifies the name of the binary the target produces.

Effectors:

PRODUCT_NAME, EXECUTABLE_PREFIX, EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX.

Default value:

$EXECUTABLE_PREFIX$PRODUCT_NAME$EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX

Example values:

• MyProduct

• MyDynamicLibrary.dylib

Affects:

EXECUTABLE_PATH.

Description:

Bundle directory path. Specifies the path to the binary the target produces within its bundle.

Effectors:

CONTENTS_FOLDER_PATH, , EXECUTABLE_NAME.

Default value:

$CONTENTS_FOLDER_PATH$EXECUTABLE_NAME

Example values:

• MyApp.app/Contents/MacOS/MyApp

• MyDynamicLibrary.dylib

Description:

File prefix. Specifies the prefix of the binary filename.

Default value:

None.

Affects:

EXECUTABLE_NAME.

Description:

File suffix. Specifies the suffix of the binary filename (including the character that separates the extension from the rest of the bundle name).

Effector:

EXECUTABLE_EXTENSION.

Default value:

.$EXECUTABLE_EXTENSION

Example value:

.bundle

Affects:

EXECUTABLE_NAME.

Description:

Uniform type identifier. Identifies the type of the product the target builds. Some products may be made up of a single binary or archive. Others may comprise several files, which are grouped under a single directory. These container directories are known as bundles.

Value:

com.apple.package-type.wrapper: In kernel extension, application, bundle, and plug-in targets.

com.apple.package-type.wrapper.framework: In framework targets.

com.apple.package-type.mach-o-executable: In command-line utility targets.

com.apple.package-type.mach-o-dylib: In dynamic library targets.

com.apple.package-type.static-library: In static library targets.

Description:

Bundle directory path. Specifies the directory that contains the product’s plug-ins.

Effector:

CONTENTS_FOLDER_PATH.

Default value:

$CONTENTS_FOLDER_PATH/Contents/PlugIns

Example value:

MyProduct.bundle/Contents/PlugIns

Description:

Bundle directory path. Specifies the directory that contains the product’s private header files.

Effector:

CONTENTS_FOLDER_PATH.

Default value:

$CONTENTS_FOLDER_PATH/Contents/PrivateHeaders

Example value:

MyProduct.bundle/Contents/PrivateHeaders

Description:

Bundle file path. Specifies the file that contains the bundle’s package information file.

Effector:

CONTENTS_FOLDER_PATH.

Value:

$CONTENTS_FOLDER_PATH/PkgInfo

Example value:

MyProduct.bundle/Contents/PkgInfo

Description:

Bundle directory path. Specifies the directory that contains the product’s public header files.

Effector:

CONTENTS_FOLDER_PATH.

Default value:

$CONTENTS_FOLDER_PATH/Contents/PublicHeaders

Example value:

MyProduct.bundle/Contents/PublicHeaders

Description:

Bundle directory path. Specifies the directory that contains the product’s scripts.

Effector:

CONTENTS_FOLDER_PATH.

Default value:

$(UNLOCALIZED_RESOURCES_FOLDER_PATH)/Scripts

Example value:

MyProduct.bundle/Contents/Resources/Scripts

Description:

Bundle directory path. Specifies the directory that contains the product’s shared frameworks.

Effector:

CONTENTS_FOLDER_PATH.

Default value:

$CONTENTS_FOLDER_PATH/Contents/SharedFrameworks

Example value:

MyProduct.bundle/Contents/SharedFrameworks

Description:

Bundle directory path. Specifies the directory that contains the product’s unlocalized resources.

Effector:

CONTENTS_FOLDER_PATH.

Default value:

$CONTENTS_FOLDER_PATH/Contents/Resources

Example value:

MyProduct.bundle/Contents/Resources

Description:

Identifier. Specifies the extension of the product bundle name (not including the character that separates the extension from the rest of the bundle name).

Effector:

Product type choose when the target was created

Default value:

app: In application products.

kext: In kernel extension products.

bundle: In bundle and plug-in products.

framework: In framework products.

none: In command-line utility, dynamic library, and static library products.

Example value:

bundle

Affects:

WRAPPER_SUFFIX.

Description:

Filename. Specifies the filename (including the appropriate extension) of the product bundle.

Effectors:

PRODUCT_NAME, WRAPPER_SUFFIX.

Value:

$PRODUCT_NAME.$WRAPPER_SUFFIX

Example value:

MyProduct.bundle

Related to:

PACKAGE_TYPE.

Description:

File suffix. Specifies the suffix of the product bundle name (including the character that separates the extension from the rest of the bundle name).

Effector:

WRAPPER_EXTENSION (Wrapper Extension).

Default value:

.$WRAPPER_EXTENSION

Example value:

.bundle

Affects:

WRAPPER_NAME.

Description:

Filename. Specifies the name of the application’s entitlements property-list file. This build setting applies only to iOS applications.

Example value:

Entitlements.plist

Description:

Identifier. Specifies the name of a code signing identity.

Example value:

iPhone Developer

Description:

File path. Identifies a property-list file containing resource-scanning instructions that override the rules for identifying bundle resources to sign.

Example value:

ResourceRules.plist

Description:

Space-separated list of option specifications. Specifies additional options to codesign for code-signing binaries.

Example value:

-i MySigningIdentifier

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether copied binaries are stripped of debugging symbols.

Values:

• YES: Copied binaries are stripped of debugging symbols. This does not cause the binary produced by the linker to be stripped. Use STRIP_INSTALLED_PRODUCT (Strip Linked Product) to have the linker strip the binary.

• NO: Copied binaries are not stripped of debugging symbols

Default value:

NO

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether the target’s Copy Files build phases are executed in install-header builds.

Values:

• YES: Copy Files build phases are executed in install-header builds.

• NO: Copy Files build phases are not executed in install-header builds.

Default value:

NO

Companion:

ACTION.

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether the target’s Run Script build phases are executed in install-header builds. See ACTION for details on install-header builds.

Values:

• YES: Run Script build phases are executed in install-header builds.

• NO: Run Script build phases are not executed in install-header builds.

Default value:

NO

Companion:

ACTION.

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether to remove CVS directories from bundle resources when they are copied.

Values:

• YES: CVS directories are removed from copied bundle resources.

• NO: CVS directories are not removed from copied bundle resources.

Default value:

YES

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether to remove SVN directories from bundle resources when they are copied.

Values:

• YES: SVN directories are removed from copied bundle resources.

• NO: SVN directories are not removed from copied bundle resources.

Default value:

YES

Description:

Boolean value. Specifies whether the target’s Copy Files build phases generate additional information when copying files.

Values:

• YES: Copy Files build phases generate additional information.

• NO: Copy Files build phases do not generate additional information.

Default value:

NO

Description:

File path. Specifies the path to the user’s home directory.

Value:

~: Fully qualified path to a user’s home directory.

Example:

/Users/genica

Affects:

INSTALL_PATH (Installation Directory).

Description:

File path. Specifies the path the user’s Library directory.

Value:

~/Library: Fully qualified path to the user’s Library directory.

Affects:

INSTALL_PATH (Installation Directory).

Description:

Directory path. Specifies the path of the /System/Library directory.

Value:

/System/Library

Affects:

INSTALL_PATH (Installation Directory).