bazelbuild/rules_apple 5.0.0-rc1

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Breaking changes

• Removed WORKSPACE support
• Removed bazel 7.x support

New features

• Add opt-in support for explicit modules, see the docs for usage.
• feat: Add support for ios_kernel_extension() bazel rule by @YungRaj in #2911
• Adopt symbolic macros for public-facing API by @aaronsky in #2933

Other notable changes

• Fix SDK->simruntime mapping assumptions in test runners by @aaronsky in #2889
• Fix *_build_test rules with bazel 9.x by @keith in #2890
• Pass runner PID to simulator create/clean up actions by @brentleyjones in #2899
• Fix rules_apple device runner crash on Rapid Security Response versions by @lelandjansen in #2898
• Bump Swift stdlib presence thresholds for Span compatibility by @jpsim in #2915
• Improve performance of test filter creation by @john-flanagan in #2917
• Add @loader_path/../Frameworks rpath for macOS extensions and ExtensionKit by @adincebic in #2895
• Add Swift deterministic hashing to the environment variables passed to all actions generated by the Apple rules. by @adincebic in #2918
• Support macOS tree-artifact bundling for imported versioned frameworks by @adincebic in #2920
• Add support for launching watchOS apps by @rockbruno in #2875
• Provide default Info.plist for *_application rules by @ssarad in #2919
• fix framework imports with private swiftinterface by @adincebic in #2921
• Remove armv7k watchOS support by @keith in #2934
• Fix macOS test runner env propagation and add missing features by @kirillyakimovich in #2953
• Add app run modes to Apple application runners by @brentleyjones in #2974
• Prevent runfiles env leakage into ipa_post_processor by @adincebic in #2982

New Contributors

• @lelandjansen made their first contribution in #2898
• @YungRaj made their first contribution in #2911
• @john-flanagan made their first contribution in #2917
• @kirillyakimovich made their first contribution in #2953
• @congt made their first contribution in #2988

Full Changelog: 4.5.0...5.0.0-rc1

This release is compatible with Bazel 8.x LTS, 9.x LTS, and rolling releases.

MODULE.bazel Snippet

bazel_dep(name = "rules_apple", version = "5.0.0-rc1")