Dependencies.swift not generating xcframework with catalyst

[unxavi]

What happened?

When using Dependencies.swift to generate the xcframeworks, are not generated with the framework for mac catalyst

How do we reproduce it?

1. set deploymentTarget: .iOS(targetVersion: "14.0", devices: [.mac, .ipad, .iphone])
2. run tuist fetch
3. run tuist cache warm --xcframeworks
4. run tuist generate --xcframeworks

When the project open, it's configured for ios, ipad and catalyst, but the generated xcframeworks doesn't contain catalyst.

Example project:
app_with_spm_dependencies.zip

Error log

/.tuist/Cache/BuildCache/261dde80769c1e179810d4ebd83fb1ee/abseil.xcframework:1:1 While building for Mac Catalyst, no library for this platform was found in '/.tuist/Cache/BuildCache/261dde80769c1e179810d4ebd83fb1ee/abseil.xcframework'.

macOS version

13.0.1

Tuist version

3.14.0

Xcode version

14.1

[danieleformichelli]

Not super familiar with Catalyst, would you have expected another architecture inside the xcframework? Do you have an example of such xcframework?

[unxavi]

@danyf90 thanks for your reply. Yes, there should be a catalyst architecture generated for catalyst.

An example of a xcframework compatible with catalyst can be seen for example on the releases of firebase, stripe, revenuecat, etc. To list some examples:

Stripe for example https://github.com/stripe/stripe-ios/releases/

When you open the xcframework:

You can see that there is a Catalyst architecture there for the Stripe xcframework. What happens with Dependencies.swift is that is not generating the catalyst architecture only the ones for iOS, therefore the project is not compatible with Catalyst and a project can not enjoy the benefits of the Dependencies.swift and has to rely on the old SPM integration.

[danieleformichelli]

Thanks, then I think we should enhance or xcframework builder to take that into account if the target supports catalyst 🤔

If you would like to have a look at this we can provide pointer of what should be changed 💪

[unxavi]

@danyf90 thanks, Tuist is a complex project, not sure if I could be able to help, but we can try.

[danieleformichelli]

Maybe related to #4610?