Gradle plugin and libraries for J2objc development
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You can configure J2objc for the Gradle plugin in 2 basic ways: automatic and manual. Just FYI, if you configure both, the plugin will fail.
The J2objc runtime is stock, but we package a condensed version to use that only includes the libraries needed for the Gradle plugin to run. To config automatic runtime management, open or create ‘gradle.properties’ in the project root path and add the following:
j2objc_runtime=2.0.6a
The runtimes are stored in ‘~/.j2objc’. If the runtime version doesn’t exist locally, it’ll be downloaded automatically (it’ll take a while).
The Gradle plugin is compatible with stock J2objc, but not a version that’s released yet. We’ve created two pre-release versions: ‘2.0.6a’ and ‘2.0.6b’. We are assuming the next released version will be ‘2.0.6’.
You can create a local build of J2objc from source, or download a release version (whenever 2.0.6 or later comes out. You cannot download a released build today that will work with the Gradle plugin).
To configure a local J2objc runtime, find the runtime path, and add or create the file ‘local.properties’ in your project’s root folder. Add the following:
j2objc.home=[runtime dist path]
If you download a distribution, the path is the folder you unzip to. If you build J2objc from source, the runtime dist path is the ‘dist’ folder inside the build.
Please refer to J2objc docs for more detailed instructions on building J2objc. For the purposes of using the Gradle plugin, these steps should produce a usable runtime.
git clone https://github.com/google/j2objc.git
cd j2objc
make -j8 frameworks
If that fails you’ll need to sort out what’s wrong (obviously).