README.md

This repository is deprecated. Native Objective-C rules have already been migrated to Starlark in Bazel core.

Starlark Objective-C rules for Bazel

This repository contains an experimental Starlark implementation of Objective-C rules for Bazel.

Getting Started

Add the following to your WORKSPACE file, replacing <commit> and <sha256> accordingly.

load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")

http_archive(
    name = "rules_objc",
    sha256 = "<sha256>",
    strip_prefix = "rules_objc-<commit>",
    urls = ["https://github.com/thii/rules_objc/archive/<commit>.zip"],
)

Then, in your BUILD files, import and use the rules:

load("@rules_objc//objc:objc.bzl", "objc_library")

objc_library(
    ...
)

The rules are expected to be compatible with their native implementation. See the documentation from the native rules.

Current status

• Implemented: apple_static_library, objc_import, and objc_library.
• Passes all rules_apple's analysis tests.
• Be able to build a non-trivial iOS app.

Acknowledgments

Special thanks to the following external rules that have heavily inspired the implementation of these rules (sorted alphabetically).

• rules_apple
• rules_cc
• rules_ios
• rules_swift