AIR Makefiles

This is a set of Makefile includes that simplify the creation of AIR projects (incl. ANE's) from the command line. Most goodies are there, including:

• ANE creation from source (make ane)
• IPA/APK creation (make ipa or make apk)
• Mobile installation (ipa/apk) via USB (make install)
• Mobile launch (apk) via USB (make run-apk)
• Test mobile apps on the desktop (make test)
• Native code compilation (Objective-C, Objective-C++, Java)
• Full dependency tracking including header files
• Automatic code signing key selection
• Automatic app descriptor version generation from git

Requirements

I have only tested this on OS X. Given the Xcode dependency, it's unlikely this could run elsewhere, but I guess given the toolchain it might work...

You'll need:

• git
• Xcode command line tools
• Flex SDK overlaid with Air
• Android SDK
• ideviceinstaller if you want to install via USB to an iDevice

Add both SDKs to your path and you're ready to go.

Usage

1. Create a folder under your existing project where your build files will reside, say dist

   cd my-project mkdir dist

2. Add the AIR Makefile project as a submodule under this folder as mk:

   git submodule init git submodule add git@github.com:jlopez/air-mk.git dist/mk git submodule update

3. Create a Makefile defining configuration information about your AIR application (see Variables below)

4. Include one of mk/air.mk' or mk/ane.mk` depending if you plan to build a straight AIR application or an ANE with a test app.

5. Invoke make. See Targets for a list of possible make targets.

Variables

You should define all these variables in your Makefile:

Basic

• APP_ID: Your AIR application ID
• NAME: Will be used to name your build products (NAME.ipa, NAME.apk, NAME.ane)

Signing

• KEYDIR: A directory containing a list of companies. Each company should contain your keys (e.g. development.p12, distribution.p12, android.pfx, etc.) If not defined, will default to ../..
• COMPANY: The name of the directory under KEYDIR containing your keys.
• VERSION: Version in MAJOR.MINOR form, will be added to app descriptor

Testflight

• TESTFLIGHT_API_TOKEN: For make upload target
• TESTFLIGHT_TEAM_TOKEN: For make upload target
• TESTFLIGHT_DLS: Distribution lists for make upload target

Source

• SRCDIR: The root of your source files for your AIR project
• SRC_MAIN: The path to the main source file of your AIR project (.mxml or .as)
• APP_XML_IN: The path to your app descriptor template file
• ANES: Space separated list of paths to ANEs that your app should link to
• OTHER_RESOURCES: Other files that should be included in your ipa/apk

ANE Source (relevant only when including mk/ane.mk)

• EXT_ID: Extension ID
• ANE_IOS_LIB_SOURCES: A list of your iOS native source files
• ANE_IOS_LIB_CFLAGS: Additional CFLAGS, usually -I, etc.
• ANE_IOS_RESOURCE_DIRS: Additional resource directories to include in the ANE
• ANE_ANDROID_JAR_SOURCES: List of android projects / jar files to compile
• ANE_ANDROID_JAR_CLASSPATH: Additional android jars to compile against
• ANE_ANDROID_JAR_SUPPORT_VERSION: Optional, android support jar version (e.g. 4)
• ANDROID_SRC_SEARCH_PATHS: List of source roots, default "src"

Application Descriptor Template

The APP_XML_IN file may contain macros of the form @MACRO@, where MACRO is one of the variables above, as well as any of the generated variables such as:

• REVISION: Current revision number, defined as the number of commits on the current branch since the initial commit
• COMMIT: Abbreviated hash of the current HEAD, with a '*' appended if the working directory is dirty.
• EXT_ID: Extension ID of ANE being built

Targets

• make swf: Build AIR swf
• make test: Run AIR swf on desktop. May specify SCREEN variable to change iPhoneRetina default.
• make ipa: Build iOS .ipa file
• make upload: Uploads .ipa to TestFlight
• make install: Installs .ipa to plugged iDevice
• make apk: Build Android .apk file
• make install-apk: Installs .apk file to plugged Android device
• make run-apk: Launches app on plugged Android device
• make ane: Builds ANE file (available only when including mk/ane.mk)

Future Enhancements

This is a laundry list of things that may or may not be done in the future:

• Better error detection
• Better documentation
• Ensure operability under a single environment (just Android, or just iOS)