x/mobile: Info.plist not found for compiled xcframework #66018

Simon-Zeng · 2024-02-29T03:17:31Z

Starting from XCode 15.3, each framework must have Info.plist located directly under framework root, otherwise app won't be able to run on Simulator (iOS device with iOS 17.4 or later?).
i.e. ProtonMail/gopenpgp#271

We don't have Info.plist file under gopenpgp.xcframework/ios-arm64_x86_64-simulator/Gopenpgp.framework/.

Could you please update procedure for "gomobile bind" to put an alias of Info.plist to framework root?
Thank you.

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cagedmantis · 2024-02-29T15:28:57Z

cc @hyangah

scosman · 2024-03-14T15:02:35Z

Anyone have a workaround for this? I can create the needed Info.plist in framework root, but it fails parsing. Not sure which keys are needed.

Simon-Zeng · 2024-03-15T02:55:29Z

Anyone have a workaround for this? I can create the needed Info.plist in framework root, but it fails parsing. Not sure which keys are needed.

@scosman Could you please add possibility for users to pass parameter with an URL value of Info.plist?
Some thing like ./gomobile bind -target iOS -plist $PLIST_FILE_PATH

scosman · 2024-03-15T13:59:22Z

@Simon-Zeng I'm not a maintainer. Just trying to fix the same issue in my project, and get the info needed for the maintainers to make a quick fix. An alias won’t work as there are relative paths inside that top plist

scosman · 2024-03-16T02:13:15Z

I've found a working fix manually. I think we need this built into the go mobile framework generator. Slightly confusing since it involves 2 Info.plist files.

First one: the generated framework needs an Info.plist in each of the generated NAME.framework subfolders. This can just be an empty plist:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
</dict>
</plist>

Second one: the existing Info.plist that is generated in each nested framework folder, in the subpath Versions/Current/Resources/Info.plist

Looks like Xcode 15.3 is expecting 2 properties here: CFBundleExecutable (the name of the static library file), and CFBundleIdentifier (a bundle ID, I use the same string as the CFBundleExecutable).

Example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
        <key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
        <string>Appcore</string>
        <key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
        <string>Appcore</string>
</dict>
</plist>

There is a 3rd Info.plist at the root of the xcframework. There's no need to change that.

… plist formats in Appcore.xcframework This is a workaround, bug on gomobile team is here: golang/go#66018

This change adds compatibility for Xcode 15.3 to "gomobile bind" for building xcframeworks. - New blank Info.plist in the *.framework target root - Add CFBundleExecutable and CFBundleIdentifier to the resource level Info.plist Tested locally on my framework on Xcode 15.3 (fixes issue) and 15.2 (doesn't create new issues). Would love to get some more folks to try this fix, to make sure it works broadly.

scosman · 2024-03-16T20:12:36Z

@Simon-Zeng mind testing my PR with a fix? Instructions in the PR.

golang/mobile#96

gopherbot · 2024-03-17T11:07:49Z

Change https://go.dev/cl/572175 mentions this issue: x/mobile: fix https://github.com/golang/go/issues/66018

Simon-Zeng · 2024-03-18T04:17:38Z

@Simon-Zeng mind testing my PR with a fix? Instructions in the PR.

golang/mobile#96

It works for me. Thanks.

This change adds compatibility for Xcode 15.3 to "gomobile bind" for building xcframeworks. - New blank Info.plist in the *.framework target root - Add CFBundleExecutable and CFBundleIdentifier to the resource level Info.plist Tested locally on my framework on Xcode 15.3 (fixes issue) and 15.2 (doesn't create new issues). Would love to get some more folks to try this fix, to make sure it works broadly. Note: I'm using the framework name as the bundleID. Some chance of collision here, but didn't want to add a required top level cmd parameter. I don't *think* a collision is a serious concern, but I'm not an apple build system expert. To test: - sync my branch - build go mobile: `go build` in the `cmd/gomobile` dir - Build your xcframework with this version of go mobile: `gomobile bind ... ` - Launch a project using the xcframework in Xcode 15.3, and run in simulator Fixes golang/go#66018 Change-Id: I3e8ee99adb09071aa89a541dc97271a44b552ea3 GitHub-Last-Rev: 6277c7d GitHub-Pull-Request: #96 Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/mobile/+/572175 TryBot-Result: Gopher Robot <gobot@golang.org> TryBot-Bypass: Hyang-Ah Hana Kim <hyangah@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Hajime Hoshi <hajimehoshi@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Dmitri Shuralyov <dmitshur@golang.org> Run-TryBot: Hajime Hoshi <hajimehoshi@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Hyang-Ah Hana Kim <hyangah@gmail.com> Auto-Submit: Dmitri Shuralyov <dmitshur@golang.org> Reviewed-by: Dmitri Shuralyov <dmitshur@google.com>

This change adds compatibility for Xcode 15.3 to "gomobile bind" for building xcframeworks. - New blank Info.plist in the *.framework target root - Add CFBundleExecutable and CFBundleIdentifier to the resource level Info.plist Tested locally on my framework on Xcode 15.3 (fixes issue) and 15.2 (doesn't create new issues). Would love to get some more folks to try this fix, to make sure it works broadly. Note: I'm using the framework name as the bundleID. Some chance of collision here, but didn't want to add a required top level cmd parameter. I don't *think* a collision is a serious concern, but I'm not an apple build system expert. To test: - sync my branch - build go mobile: `go build` in the `cmd/gomobile` dir - Build your xcframework with this version of go mobile: `gomobile bind ... ` - Launch a project using the xcframework in Xcode 15.3, and run in simulator Fixes golang/go#66018 Change-Id: I3e8ee99adb09071aa89a541dc97271a44b552ea3 GitHub-Last-Rev: 6277c7d GitHub-Pull-Request: golang#96 Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/mobile/+/572175 TryBot-Result: Gopher Robot <gobot@golang.org> TryBot-Bypass: Hyang-Ah Hana Kim <hyangah@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Hajime Hoshi <hajimehoshi@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Dmitri Shuralyov <dmitshur@golang.org> Run-TryBot: Hajime Hoshi <hajimehoshi@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Hyang-Ah Hana Kim <hyangah@gmail.com> Auto-Submit: Dmitri Shuralyov <dmitshur@golang.org> Reviewed-by: Dmitri Shuralyov <dmitshur@google.com>

Simon-Zeng · 2024-03-20T08:06:03Z

@scosman We had another issue when using framework built with gomibile on Xcode 15.3, but not sure whether it is related to Info.plist too:
1, Archive iOS project with frameworks updated by this fix
2, Export app for debug/ad-hoc distribution
3, Try to install apps on iOS devices, it will fail.

Or
1, Archive iOS project with frameworks updated by this fix
2, Validate the archive using Validate app in Archives panel of Xcode
3, Validation will raise error.

scosman · 2024-03-20T15:50:22Z

I'm seeing issues as well.

Deploying to a real device gets and error: Failed to verify code signature of /var/installd/Library/Caches/com.apple.mobile.installd.staging/temp.yIsKMw/extracted/voicebox.app/Frameworks/Appcore.framework : 0xe800801c (No code signature found.)

And on archive validation: No architectures in the binary. Lipo failed to detect any architectures in the bundle executable.

Can you add your error messages here @Simon-Zeng

Simon-Zeng · 2024-03-21T03:44:14Z

@scosman
1, After we adjusted the places of framework content, parts of the validation issues disappeared.
It seems like Apple restricts where contents can be placed, please refer: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/placing_content_in_a_bundle

2, Regarding Info.plist, some keys are required now on Xcode 15.3:

CFBundleExecutable
CFBundleIdentifier
CFBundleShortVersionString
CFBundlePackageType
MinimumOSVersion
CFBundleName
CFBundleVersion

p.s. Better use value 100.0 for MinimumOSVersion key, otherwise there may be strange issues.

scosman · 2024-03-23T15:50:19Z

@Simon-Zeng can you provide some more details on what you moved to work with 15.3? I could fix gomobile but need specifics

scosman · 2024-03-23T16:36:31Z

Okay, got it from the docs!

Add the keys @Simon-Zeng mentioned to the 2xInfo.plist at NAME.framework/Info.plist
Remove the /Resources directories in NAME.framework/ dirs. No need for second Info.plist
remove all the symlinks and just move the Headers/ Modules/ and binary to the NAME.framework/ root. The other format is for MacOS as described here: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/placing_content_in_a_bundle?language=objc
Update the xcframework Info.plist to point to the new binary paths

This fixes several issues:

Can run on device
Can archive+validate

I'll prob open a new issue for this and try a fix next week. The hard part will be keeping macos compatibility. The old system was to use symlinks to make it both work in same format. Now we'll need to maintain conditional targeting based on platform.

@hajimehoshi Any reason to not make this the new structure for iOS target?

Follow XCFramework docs: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/placing_content_in_a_bundle?language=objc Will try to fix gomobile to elimiate the need for this: golang/go#66018 (comment)

scosman · 2024-03-23T16:56:02Z

New issue here for the issue under discussion: #66500

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Install to device fails on Xcode 15.3 (beta 2) yeatse/opencv-spm#15

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