Build Ios Examples - Nx

project.json:

json

{
  "name": "mobile",
  //...
  "targets": {
    //...
    "build-ios": {
      "executor": "@nx/react-native:build-ios",
      "options": {}
    }
  }
}

bash

nx run mobile:build-ios

Examples

Build in Specific Location

The buildFolder option allows to specify the location for ios build artifacts. It corresponds to Xcode's -derivedDataPath.

json

    "build-ios": {
      "executor": "@nx/react-native:build-ios",
      "options": {
        "buildFolder": "dist/ios/build"
      }
    }

bash

nx build-ios <app-name> --buildFolder=dist/ios/build

Build the Debug/Release app

The mode option allows to specify the xcode configuartion, such as Debug or Release.

json

    "build-ios": {
      "executor": "@nx/react-native:build-ios",
      "options": {
        "mode": "Release"
      }
    }

bash

nx build-ios <app-name> --mode=Debug
nx build-ios <app-name> --mode=Release

Build for a simulator

The simulator option allows you to launch your iOS app in a specific simulator:

To see all the available simulators, run command:

bash

xcrun simctl list devices available

json

    "build-ios": {
      "executor": "@nx/react-native:build-ios",
      "options": {
        "simulator": "iPhone 14 Pro"
      }
    }

bash

nx build-ios <app-name> --simulator="iPhone 14 Pro"

Build for a device

The device option allows you to launch your iOS app in a specific device.

To see all the available device, run command:

bash

xcrun simctl list devices available

json

    "build-ios": {
      "executor": "@nx/react-native:build-ios",
      "options": {
        "device": "deviceName"
      }
    }

bash

nx build-ios <app-name> --device="deviceName"

Set Device by udid

The udid option allows you to explicitly set device to use by udid.

To see all the available simulators and devices with udid, run command:

bash

xcrun simctl list devices available

json

    "build-ios": {
      "executor": "@nx/react-native:build-ios",
      "options": {
        "udid": "device udid"
      }
    }

bash

nx build-ios <app-name> --udid="device udid"