Scade Build Tool

This repository contains binary packages for scd, the SCADE Build Tool, a tool for building cross-platform packages from Swift code for both Apple and Android platforms.

Installation

Installation via Brew

The easiest way to install scd is via the Homebrew package manager. To install scd via Brew, run the following command:

brew install scade-platform/toolchain/scd

Standalone package

The scd tool can also be installed as a standalone package.

You can download latest standalone package here:
https://github.com/scade-platform/scade-build-tool/releases/latest

Supported platforms

The scd build tool supports the following platforms:

• macos
• iphoneos
• iphonesimulator
• android-arm64-v8a
• android-x86_64
• android-armeabi-v7a
• android-x86

Usage

Building an SPM project for Android platform

To build an SPM project for the Android platform, run the scd build command from the root of the SPM project and pass one of the Android platforms to build for:

scd build --platform android-arm64-v8a

This command will automatically install the Swift toolchain for Android and build the SPM project for the desired Android platform.

Archiving an SPM project for Android

The scd build tool can build an SPM project for multiple Android platforms and archive it into a single directory suitable for embedding into Android projects. To create an archive, run the scd archive command with the set of Android platforms you want to build:

scd archive --platform android-arm64-v8a \
            --platform android-x86_64 \
            --platform android-armeabi-v7a \
            --platform android-x86

The resulting archive directory will be placed into the lib subdirectory of the current working directory. You can change the output directory using the -o argument.

Archiving an SPM project into .aar library

The scd build tool can also archive an SPM project into an Android .aar library.

Archiving into an .aar library requires a valid AndroidManifest.xml located inside the SPM project root. The manifest should contain at least the package ID and version information:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    package="com.example.scadeexample"
    android:versionCode="1"
    android:versionName="1.0">
</manifest>

To create an .aar archive, pass the additional --type android-aar argument to the scd archive command:

scd archive --type android-aar
            --platform android-arm64-v8a \
            --platform android-x86_64