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Xcode: how to compile environment variables and refer to them in Swift?

I have an API key defined on my CI/CD platform like so:

export API_KEY="XXXXXXXXXX"

Is there a way I can somehow compile this variable with my build so that I can reference it in Swift and not have to worry about the variable being defined in the binary's environment at runtime? I can't use ProcessInfo.processInfo.environment obviously, because the API key is only defined in my CI/CD environment. I want to have my binary compiled with the key so that when I distribute my app the key is available to use.

My use case is that I want to avoid putting an API key in my git repository, and instead fetch it from the CI/CD platform when the build is generated. If there is a way to inject an environment variable that then gets compiled as part of the binary, that would be ideal.

Solution

  • You can do a pre-action script in Xcode build section Xcode pre-action build

    Which will modify placeholder with the following code:

    let apiKey : String = "<# THE_API_KEY #>"

    Modify the code directly in the source file

    Before each build.

    And you can add another one if you have a production key in the Archive pre-action

    Exemple

    place the apiKey variable in the file you want to access it

    In Pre-action do a script to remplace a place holder text like THE_API_KEY

    The script will look like this

     cat $PROJECT/$PATH_TO_FILE | sed 's/THE_API_KEY/YOUR_KEY' > $PROJECT/$PATH_TO_FILE

    Don't forget to clean the code to avoid put the API key in you commit

    With a Post-action

    cat $PROJECT/$PATH_TO_FILE | sed 's/YOUR_KEY/THE_API_KEY' > $PROJECT/$PATH_TO_FILE