Solution file configuration mapping not working properly when building Xamarin.iOS projects from the command line

Question

I'm trying to get Jenkins to build a Xamarin.iOS / MonoTouch project, and I've created some different configurations in my solution & project files to control how things are built from one environment to the next.

When I build from within Xamarin Studio, things seem to work as expected. However, when I build from the command line, the StartUp project isn't being built with the correct configuration.

I've tried a couple of different commands, but I think the command I need is:

/Applications/Xamarin\ Studio.app/Contents/MacOS/mdtool build -t:Build -c:MySoftwareStaging Solution.sln

This solution has 3 projects. I'll start with the solution file.

Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 11.00
# Visual Studio 2010
Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "MySoftwareMT", "MySoftware\MySoftwareMT.csproj", "{FC83D683-0444-49B4-8CB5-AA4BD4E548A0}"
EndProject
Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "MySoftware.Core.MT", "MySoftware.Core\MySoftware.Core.MT.csproj", "{52709902-8F51-40F1-9CC8-F5EA0EC5465C}"
EndProject
Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "MySoftware.Presentation", "MySoftware.Presentation\MySoftware.Presentation.csproj", "{463229B1-C94D-44EB-9775-EF7164E739E1}"
EndProject
Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "ShellScripts", "ShellScripts", "{7838E2BF-9BF3-4554-AD65-55764DE3926C}"
    ProjectSection(SolutionItems) = preProject
        ShellScripts\DevDeploymentPlistGenerator.sh = ShellScripts\DevDeploymentPlistGenerator.sh
        ShellScripts\Version_Environment_Settings.sh = ShellScripts\Version_Environment_Settings.sh
    EndProjectSection
EndProject
Global
    GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
        Debug|iPhoneSimulator = Debug|iPhoneSimulator
        Release|iPhoneSimulator = Release|iPhoneSimulator
        Debug|iPhone = Debug|iPhone
        Release|iPhone = Release|iPhone
        Ad-Hoc|iPhone = Ad-Hoc|iPhone
        AppStore|iPhone = AppStore|iPhone
        MySoftwareDev|iPhone = MySoftwareDev|iPhone
        MySoftwareStaging|iPhone = MySoftwareStaging|iPhone
    EndGlobalSection
    GlobalSection(ProjectConfigurationPlatforms) = postSolution
        {463229B1-C94D-44EB-9775-EF7164E739E1}.Ad-Hoc|iPhone.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
        {463229B1-C94D-44EB-9775-EF7164E739E1}.Ad-Hoc|iPhone.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
        {463229B1-C94D-44EB-9775-EF7164E739E1}.AppStore|iPhone.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
        {463229B1-C94D-44EB-9775-EF7164E739E1}.AppStore|iPhone.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
        {463229B1-C94D-44EB-9775-EF7164E739E1}.MySoftwareDev|iPhone.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
        {463229B1-C94D-44EB-9775-EF7164E739E1}.MySoftwareDev|iPhone.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
        {463229B1-C94D-44EB-9775-EF7164E739E1}.MySoftwareStaging|iPhone.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
        {463229B1-C94D-44EB-9775-EF7164E739E1}.MySoftwareStaging|iPhone.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
        {463229B1-C94D-44EB-9775-EF7164E739E1}.Debug|iPhone.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
        {463229B1-C94D-44EB-9775-EF7164E739E1}.Debug|iPhone.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
        {463229B1-C94D-44EB-9775-EF7164E739E1}.Debug|iPhoneSimulator.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
        {463229B1-C94D-44EB-9775-EF7164E739E1}.Debug|iPhoneSimulator.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
        {463229B1-C94D-44EB-9775-EF7164E739E1}.Release|iPhone.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
        {463229B1-C94D-44EB-9775-EF7164E739E1}.Release|iPhone.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
        {463229B1-C94D-44EB-9775-EF7164E739E1}.Release|iPhoneSimulator.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
        {463229B1-C94D-44EB-9775-EF7164E739E1}.Release|iPhoneSimulator.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
        {52709902-8F51-40F1-9CC8-F5EA0EC5465C}.Ad-Hoc|iPhone.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
        {52709902-8F51-40F1-9CC8-F5EA0EC5465C}.Ad-Hoc|iPhone.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
        {52709902-8F51-40F1-9CC8-F5EA0EC5465C}.AppStore|iPhone.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
        {52709902-8F51-40F1-9CC8-F5EA0EC5465C}.AppStore|iPhone.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
        {52709902-8F51-40F1-9CC8-F5EA0EC5465C}.MySoftwareDev|iPhone.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
        {52709902-8F51-40F1-9CC8-F5EA0EC5465C}.MySoftwareDev|iPhone.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
        {52709902-8F51-40F1-9CC8-F5EA0EC5465C}.MySoftwareStaging|iPhone.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
        {52709902-8F51-40F1-9CC8-F5EA0EC5465C}.MySoftwareStaging|iPhone.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
        {52709902-8F51-40F1-9CC8-F5EA0EC5465C}.Debug|iPhone.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
        {52709902-8F51-40F1-9CC8-F5EA0EC5465C}.Debug|iPhone.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
        {52709902-8F51-40F1-9CC8-F5EA0EC5465C}.Debug|iPhoneSimulator.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
        {52709902-8F51-40F1-9CC8-F5EA0EC5465C}.Debug|iPhoneSimulator.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
        {52709902-8F51-40F1-9CC8-F5EA0EC5465C}.Release|iPhone.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
        {52709902-8F51-40F1-9CC8-F5EA0EC5465C}.Release|iPhone.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
        {52709902-8F51-40F1-9CC8-F5EA0EC5465C}.Release|iPhoneSimulator.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
        {52709902-8F51-40F1-9CC8-F5EA0EC5465C}.Release|iPhoneSimulator.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
        {FC83D683-0444-49B4-8CB5-AA4BD4E548A0}.Ad-Hoc|iPhone.ActiveCfg = Ad-Hoc|iPhone
        {FC83D683-0444-49B4-8CB5-AA4BD4E548A0}.Ad-Hoc|iPhone.Build.0 = Ad-Hoc|iPhone
        {FC83D683-0444-49B4-8CB5-AA4BD4E548A0}.AppStore|iPhone.ActiveCfg = AppStore|iPhone
        {FC83D683-0444-49B4-8CB5-AA4BD4E548A0}.AppStore|iPhone.Build.0 = AppStore|iPhone
        {FC83D683-0444-49B4-8CB5-AA4BD4E548A0}.MySoftwareDev|iPhone.ActiveCfg = MySoftwareDev|iPhone
        {FC83D683-0444-49B4-8CB5-AA4BD4E548A0}.MySoftwareDev|iPhone.Build.0 = MySoftwareDev|iPhone
        {FC83D683-0444-49B4-8CB5-AA4BD4E548A0}.MySoftwareStaging|iPhone.ActiveCfg = Staging|iPhone
        {FC83D683-0444-49B4-8CB5-AA4BD4E548A0}.MySoftwareStaging|iPhone.Build.0 = Staging|iPhone
        {FC83D683-0444-49B4-8CB5-AA4BD4E548A0}.Debug|iPhone.ActiveCfg = Debug|iPhone
        {FC83D683-0444-49B4-8CB5-AA4BD4E548A0}.Debug|iPhone.Build.0 = Debug|iPhone
        {FC83D683-0444-49B4-8CB5-AA4BD4E548A0}.Debug|iPhoneSimulator.ActiveCfg = Debug|iPhoneSimulator
        {FC83D683-0444-49B4-8CB5-AA4BD4E548A0}.Debug|iPhoneSimulator.Build.0 = Debug|iPhoneSimulator
        {FC83D683-0444-49B4-8CB5-AA4BD4E548A0}.Release|iPhone.ActiveCfg = Release|iPhone
        {FC83D683-0444-49B4-8CB5-AA4BD4E548A0}.Release|iPhone.Build.0 = Release|iPhone
        {FC83D683-0444-49B4-8CB5-AA4BD4E548A0}.Release|iPhoneSimulator.ActiveCfg = Release|iPhoneSimulator
        {FC83D683-0444-49B4-8CB5-AA4BD4E548A0}.Release|iPhoneSimulator.Build.0 = Release|iPhoneSimulator
    EndGlobalSection
    GlobalSection(NestedProjects) = preSolution
    EndGlobalSection
    GlobalSection(MonoDevelopProperties) = preSolution
        StartupItem = MySoftware\MySoftwareMT.csproj
        version = 1.0
    EndGlobalSection
EndGlobal

Here are the relevant sections from the MySoftware\MySoftwareMT.csproj:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
    <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">iPhoneSimulator</Platform>
    <ProductVersion>10.0.0</ProductVersion>
    <SchemaVersion>2.0</SchemaVersion>
    <ProjectGuid>{FC83D683-0444-49B4-8CB5-AA4BD4E548A0}</ProjectGuid>
    <ProjectTypeGuids>{6BC8ED88-2882-458C-8E55-DFD12B67127B};{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}</ProjectTypeGuids>
    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
    <RootNamespace>MySoftware</RootNamespace>
    <IPhoneResourcePrefix>Resources</IPhoneResourcePrefix>
    <AssemblyName>MySoftware</AssemblyName>
    <ReleaseVersion>1.0 Do Not Change</ReleaseVersion>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|iPhone' ">
    <DebugSymbols>True</DebugSymbols>
    <DebugType>full</DebugType>
    <Optimize>False</Optimize>
    <OutputPath>bin\iPhone\Debug</OutputPath>
    <DefineConstants>DEBUG;</DefineConstants>
    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
    <ConsolePause>False</ConsolePause>
    <CodesignKey>iPhone Developer</CodesignKey>
    <MtouchDebug>True</MtouchDebug>
    <MtouchArch>ARMv7</MtouchArch>
    <MtouchI18n />
    <MtouchSdkVersion>6.0</MtouchSdkVersion>
    <IpaPackageName>MySoftware-Dev</IpaPackageName>
    <BuildIpa>True</BuildIpa>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|iPhone' ">
    <DebugType>none</DebugType>
    <Optimize>True</Optimize>
    <OutputPath>bin\iPhone\Release</OutputPath>
    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
    <ConsolePause>False</ConsolePause>
    <CodesignKey>iPhone Developer</CodesignKey>
    <IpaPackageName />
    <MtouchI18n />
  </PropertyGroup>
  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'MySoftwareDev|iPhone' ">
    <DebugType>none</DebugType>
    <Optimize>true</Optimize>
    <OutputPath>bin\iPhone\Release</OutputPath>
    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
    <MtouchI18n />
    <ConsolePause>false</ConsolePause>
    <CodesignKey>iPhone Distribution</CodesignKey>
    <IpaPackageName>MySoftware-Dev</IpaPackageName>
    <CodesignProvision>MyCodesignProvisioningKey</CodesignProvision>
    <BuildIpa>true</BuildIpa>
    <CrashReportingApiKey />
    <MtouchArch>ARMv7</MtouchArch>
    <CustomCommands>
      <CustomCommands>
        <Command type="BeforeBuild" command="bash -c &quot;security unlock-keychain -p 'KeychainPass' ${HOME}/Library/Keychains/iPhoneStuff.keychain&quot;" />
        <Command type="AfterBuild" command="/bin/bash DevDeploymentPlistGenerator.sh -v ${BundleVersion} -b ${BundleIdentifier} -p MySoftware-Dev.plist -i MySoftware-Dev.ipa" workingdir="${SolutionDir}/ShellScripts" />
      </CustomCommands>
    </CustomCommands>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Staging|iPhone' ">
    <DebugType>none</DebugType>
    <Optimize>true</Optimize>
    <OutputPath>bin\iPhone\Release</OutputPath>
    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
    <CrashReportingApiKey />
    <IpaPackageName>MySoftware-Staging</IpaPackageName>
    <MtouchArch>ARMv7</MtouchArch>
    <MtouchI18n />
    <ConsolePause>false</ConsolePause>
    <CustomCommands>
      <CustomCommands>
        <Command type="BeforeBuild" command="bash -c &quot;security unlock-keychain -p 'KeychainPass' ${HOME}/Library/Keychains/iPhoneStuff.keychain&quot;" />
        <Command type="AfterBuild" command="/bin/bash DevDeploymentPlistGenerator.sh -v ${BundleVersion} -b ${BundleIdentifier} -p MySoftware-Staging.plist -i MySoftware-Staging.ipa" workingdir="${SolutionDir}/ShellScripts" />
      </CustomCommands>
    </CustomCommands>
    <BuildIpa>true</BuildIpa>
    <CodesignKey>iPhone Distribution</CodesignKey>
    <CodesignProvision>MyCodesignProvisioningKey</CodesignProvision>
  </PropertyGroup>
</Project>

And here is a chunk of the mdtool output from the aforementioned command:


MonoDevelop Build Tool
Loading solution: /Users/kirk/Projects/MySoftware_Trunk/src/MySoftware/MySoftware.sln
   Loading solution: /Users/kirk/Projects/MySoftware_Trunk/src/MySoftware/MySoftware.sln
      Loading projects ..
Building Solution: MySoftware (MySoftwareStaging)
   Building: MySoftware.Core.MT (Debug)
      Performing main compilation...

......output removed.....

      Build complete -- 0 errors, 0 warnings
   Building: MySoftware.Presentation (Debug)
      Performing main compilation...

......output removed.....

      Build complete -- 0 errors, 0 warnings
   Building: MySoftwareMT (Debug|iPhoneSimulator)
      Performing main compilation...

......output removed.....

     Build complete -- 0 errors, 3 warnings

Any ideas about why this might be happening? When I run it in Xamarin Studio, everything works as it should. It's only from the command line that I'm seeing odd behavior.

UPDATE: Based on the answer from @jonathanpeppers I did some additional testing. I cleaned the solution (using --target:Clean), and then I tried building each project independently using the --project:Myproject flag to mdtool. For the first 2 projects ("MySoftware.Core.MT" & "MySoftware.Presentation") I used --configuration:Release. They built, but the dlls were placed in /bin/Debug and not Release. When I attempted to finally build "MySoftwareMT" using --configuration:Staging, the build fails because it can't find the DLLs for the other projects. I'm seriously confused about what is happening here.

Turns out that the issue was that I'm not providing a CPU type. I've been using -c:MySoftwareStaging, when I should be using -c:"MySoftwareStaging|iPhone". Since there was no exact match, it is using the defaults. — Kirk, Mar 22 '13 at 13:14

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:45

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It doesn't look like you are telling mdtool which configuration to build. I don't think mdtool uses the startup project, it probably just picks the first configuration.

Can you try using "--configuration:Release|iPhone"? example here.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:45

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answered Mar 22 '13 at 12:04

jonathanpeppers

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I do have a -c:MySoftwareStaging (which is a custom config that I have defined, and -c is the short version of the --configuration flag). I've also tried with the -p:MySoftwareMT flag in there as well, and I get the same results every time. – Kirk Mar 22 '13 at 12:41
I guess I could try it with the old syntax. It does appear that the syntax for mdtool has changed recently -- perhaps with the release of Xamarin Studio. – Kirk Mar 22 '13 at 12:44
Since you led me down the path that ultimately pointed me in the right direction, you get the answer! – Kirk Mar 22 '13 at 13:15
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What was the actual solution here? – Dave Morris Jun 13 '13 at 20:15

Solution file configuration mapping not working properly when building Xamarin.iOS projects from the command line

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