Dev:Dragon

Overview

dragon consists of 2 main components:

A packaging system
A ninja buildfile generator

It uses Theos components for logos processing, but does not require an existing theos installation.

Setup

Prerequisites

Requires python3

Installation

pip install dragon

Usage

Dragon projects are configured via a single DragonMake file, regardless of how many subprojects you have.

You can specify subprojects and their information here. This allows for compiling slices in parallel easily, along with keeping things much more organized.

DragonMake Syntax

DragonMake follows fairly standard YAML syntax, with a singular escape character, $.

For single line variables, you can use bash syntax to evaluate a command with $$(command args)

A single $ denotes a ninja variable. For using bash syntax in variables, one can use $$ to represent a $ . For example, one could use $$PWD to get the value of an environment variable in a command.

Using the below items will parse output through xargs and add entries to the list the item is in: $wildcard("directory", "*.extension") will find all files in a specific directory.

$eval("bash command") is also provided, in the event more complex manipulation is needed.

Example Project

This should serve as a guideline for how a project should be laid out. You can declare as many projects as you want, it's all going to be crammed into the same deb.

Note: You dont need to create a control file if the relevant info is included in this one.

---

# This represents the overall project name. 
# Everything in here will be built into a .deb package for installation
# Replace TweakName with the name of your project, of course
name: TweakName
icmd: killall -9 SpringBoard
id: com.mycompany.tweakname
version: 1.3
author: kritanta
depends: mobilesubstrate, preferenceloader

TweakName:
    type: tweak
    files:
        - "*.xm"
        
# Now for preferences!
TweakNamePrefs:
    dir: nameprefs
    type: prefs
    files:
        - BlahRootListController.m
        - ACellYouUse.m
        - ../SomeFileFromYourMainTweak.m
        
# Subproject example
ASubTweakName:
    dir: othertweak
    type: tweak
    files:
        - Tweak.xm

DragonMake Variables

Please pay attention to the provided example to understand how these should be laid out in a file.

Name	Type	Description	Default
`name`	str	Name of the whole project	N/A
`icmd`	str	Command to run on device after install	`sbreload`
`name`	str	Name of the item being build. Specified as `yourNameHere:` with the rest of the item specific variables below	N/A
`type`	str	Type of project being built. One of "tweak"/"bundle"/"library".	N/A
`logos_files`	list	List of files that require the logos preprocessor	[]
`files`	list	List of files to be compiled, excluding logos files.	[]
`targetios`	str	Minimum iOS Version Required	[]
`archs`	list	Architechtures to compile for	[]
`sysroot`	str	Root of the Patched SDK to build with	$DRAGONBUILD/sdks/iPhoneOS.sdk
`cc`	str	c/c++ compiler to use	clang+
`ld`	str	linker to use	clang+
`ldid`	str	ldid binary to sign with	ldid
`dsym`	str	dsymutil binary to symbolicate with	dsymutil
`logos`	str	logos.pl file to use for preprocessing	`$DRAGONBUILD/bin/logos.pl`
`stage`	str/list	Console command(s) to run before after build and before packaging
`arc`	str	-fobjc-arc, if enabling so is desired	`-fobjc-arc`
`targ`	str	build target	-DTARGET_IPHONE=1
`warnings`	str	Warnings flag	-Wall
`optim`	str	Optimzation level. Higher levels can break obfuscators.	0
`debug`	str	debug flags	-fcolor-diagnostics
`libs`	list	List of libraries to link the binary against
`frameworks`	list	List of Frameworks to compile with	['CoreFoundation', 'Foundation', 'UIKit', 'CoreGraphics', 'QuartzCore', 'CoreImage', 'AudioToolbox']
`cflags`	str	additional flags to pass to clang and the linker
`ldflags`	str	additional flags to pass to the linker
`ldidflags`	str	custom option for ldid	'-S'
`install_location`	str	override variable for bundles/libraries to allow specifying install location
`framework_search_dirs`	list	Framework Search Dirs. Changing this variable overrides defaults.	['$sysroot/System/Library/Frameworks', '$sysroot/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks', '$dragondir/frameworks']
`additional_framework_search_dirs`	list	Allows adding framework search dirs without overwriting old ones.	[]
`library_search_dirs`	list	Library search dirs. Just like the framework search	['$dragondir/lib', '.']
`additional_library_search_dirs`	list	Add to lib search without overwriting	[]

Yaml parsing is done via python3.

dragon Command Line Arguments

All of these can be combined and ran at the same time, if needed.

All of these arguments can be specified using only the first character (dragon c b i for example)

dragon v1.3 -=-=-
  usage: dragon [commands]

Building -=-=-
  do - Build and Install
  c|clean - clean old build files.
  b|build|make - build and package your project
  r|remote - Build using remote server
  sr|rconf - Setup remote server

Installation -=-=-
  s|device - Set build device IP/Port
  i|install - Install to build device
  sim - Install to the simulator instead of a device
  rs|respring - Respring the current build device
  dr|devicerun - Run anything after this flag on device
  sn|send <file> - Install a .deb to the device

Tools -=-=-
  d|debug [Process Name] - Start a debugging server on device and connect to it (Can be used with the install flag as well)
  exp|export - Tell ninja to create a compile_commands.json
  f|flutter - Build with flutter before doing anything else
  ch|checkra1n - Open Checkra1n GUI
  chc|checkra1ncli - Open Checkra1n CLI

Debugging -=-=-
  vn - Print clang/ld/etc. commands and flags
  vd - echo every bash command in the main dragon file
  vg - DragonGen verbositiy.
  norm - Doesn't delete build.ninja after building.
  ddebug - Enable all debug flags

-=-=-

Generating compile commands for clangd or other tools

dragon export