macOS nightly - static libs are getting copied into the App Bundle.

[ofTheo]

opencv.a is getting copied from the opencv.xcFramework into the macOS/ folder in the app bundle.
Being a static lib the app bundle doesn't need the 85mb library, as the symbols will be included in the final executable.

Removing the .a doesn't impact the app running as normal.

[dimitre]

@ofTheo will 0.12.1 use xcframeworks for macos? with ios tvos bundled together?
This decision is important before any change

[danoli3]

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[danoli3]

remove from copy files phase in PG

[ofTheo]

@dimitre - hmm hard to say.
At the moment we have an iOS download and a osx download which are separate I'd be fine to keep it that way.
Typically I am either working on an iOS project or a macOS project and don't mix that much. But that's just my preference.

In terms of a fix if xcFramerworks can be both Dynamic and Static then we'll need to check first before deciding to add the to the Copy Files build phase. ( add for Dynamic / skip for static .a )

If we can assume xcFramerworks are Static only then we can simply skip adding them to that phase.

[dimitre]

My personal preference is using straight .a files (FAT libs) in macos
and iOS as a separate set of libs using xcframeworks to combine simulator and device libs.

But all development is going to one direction of having "macos" libs with all supported apple platforms.

the reason behind my preference is it gets the same folder depth as Linux and Windows, make files can point at some definite folders instead of more complex xcframeworks parsing or more intrincate addons_config.mk files with hardcoded paths.
the simplest option that works

I'm ok also if it is being decided the opposite. it is just a matter of "one size fits all" doesn't work very well here.

[ofTheo]

@danoli3 @dimitre I have a fix for this issue which keeps things as they are lib wise but just needs a PG tweak.
I'll take a stab at it, it should be fairly simple.

See comment:
openframeworks/openFrameworks#8147 (comment)

[ofTheo]

Oh and just to mention the issue I referenced in: openframeworks/openFrameworks#8147 (comment)

Is more related to copying the files into the bin/ folder not inside the actual package.

I think my fix for openframeworks/openFrameworks#8147 will also fix this issue.