`executable` in Run Action not setting properly

[piotrsmajek]

I have configuration with other app added to project byprojectReferences

projectReferences:
  xyz:
    path: ../Modules/xyz/xyz.xcodeproj

and I set

schemes:
  xyz:
    build:
      targets:
        xyz/xyz: all
    run:
      executable: "xyz/xyz"

According to the documentation:

 executable: "xyz"

or

 executable: "xyz.app"

Not working too

And in project I have settings like this after xcodegen generate

Executable is missing 👎 How can I add this properly?

[bartosz-pawelczyk]

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[bartosz-pawelczyk]

@keith @yonaskolb

[morissonmaciel]

Sill an issue in 2024 and the metadata for run schema is ignoring executable completely.

XcodeGen/Sources/ProjectSpec/Scheme.swift

Lines 176 to 194 in 2a367ac

	self.config = config
	self.commandLineArguments = commandLineArguments
	self.preActions = preActions
	self.postActions = postActions
	self.environmentVariables = environmentVariables
	self.disableMainThreadChecker = disableMainThreadChecker
	self.enableGPUFrameCaptureMode = enableGPUFrameCaptureMode
	self.enableGPUValidationMode = enableGPUValidationMode
	self.stopOnEveryMainThreadCheckerIssue = stopOnEveryMainThreadCheckerIssue
	self.disableThreadPerformanceChecker = disableThreadPerformanceChecker
	self.language = language
	self.region = region
	self.askForAppToLaunch = askForAppToLaunch
	self.launchAutomaticallySubstyle = launchAutomaticallySubstyle
	self.debugEnabled = debugEnabled
	self.simulateLocation = simulateLocation
	self.storeKitConfiguration = storeKitConfiguration
	self.customLLDBInit = customLLDBInit
	self.macroExpansion = macroExpansion

[yonaskolb]

From looking briefly at the code, setting the executable will only currently work if it's set to the name of another target that the scheme builds. But it doesn't currently support if that target comes from another project.

[yonaskolb]

Changes would be required here, to not just lookup targets by name but support full TargetReference's that the build targets now support

XcodeGen/Sources/XcodeGenKit/SchemeGenerator.swift

Lines 219 to 234 in 1645d41

	let schemeTarget: ProjectTarget?
	if let targetName = scheme.run?.executable {
	schemeTarget = project.getTarget(targetName)
	} else {
	guard let firstTarget = scheme.build.targets.first else {
	throw SchemeGenerationError.missingBuildTargets(scheme.name)
	}
	let name = scheme.build.targets.first { $0.buildTypes.contains(.running) }?.target.name ?? firstTarget.target.name
	schemeTarget = target ?? project.getTarget(name)
	}
	let shouldExecuteOnLaunch = schemeTarget?.shouldExecuteOnLaunch == true
	let buildableReference = buildActionEntries.first(where: { $0.buildableReference.blueprintName == schemeTarget?.name })?.buildableReference ?? buildActionEntries.first!.buildableReference
	let runnables = makeProductRunnables(for: schemeTarget, buildableReference: buildableReference)