bazelbuild/rules_apple 3.0.0-rc1

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Potentially breaking changes

• A platform_mappings file is now required in some cases. If you do not already have one you can copy rules_apple's
• Test targets now require minimum_os_version (#2124)
• Adds target name to bundle output paths when bundle_name differs from name. This allows having targets with the same bundle_name in the same BUILD file, thanks @chiragramani!
• Replaced apple_common.multi_arch_split with new transition, this should not be a breaking change but is required for bazel 7.x support. Please file any issues you find!
• Removes any support for Xcode prior to 14 from the rules, matching the supported versions from the App Store
• Imported versioned (macOS) frameworks need to be the correct format (https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/placing_content_in_a_bundle), and currently don't support --@build_bazel_rules_apple//apple/build_settings:use_tree_artifacts_outputs/--define=apple.experimental.tree_artifact_outputs=1

Notable additions

• Add support for app intents through the app_intents attribute
• Add ExtensionKit support to ios_extension, macos_extension, and tvos_extension rules
• Add rpaths to apple_xcframework generated binaries
• Add support for watchOS single target applications, thanks @BalestraPatrick!
• Adding Support for UI Test Coverage, thanks @gabijarciskeviciute and @mattrobmattrob!

Notable improvements

• Include private_deps when gathering resources for Apple rules
• Include Apple Symbols for watchOS extensions, thanks @BalestraPatrick!
• Document Xcode version selection and invalidation strategy, thanks @BalestraPatrick!
• Improve exception message catching when running tests, thanks @sebastianv1!
• Embed frameworks in ios_message_extension, thanks @brentleyjones!

Migrations

• --@build_bazel_rules_apple//apple/build_settings:use_tree_artifacts_outputs should be used instead of --define=apple.experimental.tree_artifact_outputs=1. Support for the define will be removed in the future.
• --@build_bazel_rules_apple//apple/build_settings:signing_certificate_name should be used instead of --ios_signing_cert_name

This release is compatible with 6.x LTS and bazel 7.x rolling releases

MODULE.bazel Snippet

bazel_dep(name = "rules_apple", version = "3.0.0-rc1", repo_name = "build_bazel_rules_apple")

Workspace Snippet

load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")

http_archive(
    name = "build_bazel_rules_apple",
    sha256 = "62b24b9c3c1eb5bdb6fe1a3f4bf541d6e61eac8997e87c25a50c821f85bf8ff2",
    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_apple/releases/download/3.0.0-rc1/rules_apple.3.0.0-rc1.tar.gz",
)

load(
    "@build_bazel_rules_apple//apple:repositories.bzl",
    "apple_rules_dependencies",
)

apple_rules_dependencies()

load(
    "@build_bazel_rules_swift//swift:repositories.bzl",
    "swift_rules_dependencies",
)

swift_rules_dependencies()

load(
    "@build_bazel_rules_swift//swift:extras.bzl",
    "swift_rules_extra_dependencies",
)

swift_rules_extra_dependencies()

load(
    "@build_bazel_apple_support//lib:repositories.bzl",
    "apple_support_dependencies",
)

apple_support_dependencies()