What's the difference between this repo and rules_apple?

[bartekpacia]

Hi,

Thank you for the amazing, open-source work on this repo. It all looks very cool.

I'm new to Bazel and researching its ecosystem. So far I haven't been able to find a clear explanation between use cases of rules_apple and rules_xcodeproj? It seems to me like they're both similar, but rules_xcodeproj depends on rules_apple. I also see that rules_apple had existed long before rules_xcodeproj was ever created.

I'll be grateful for an explanation, and thank you again.

[brentleyjones]

rules_apple provides you with rules to create targets for Apple platforms, e.g. iOS Application bundles. rules_xcodeproj provides you with a rule that creates an Xcode project file (.xcodeproj) that builds your Bazel targets with Bazel. You can use rules_xcodeproj without using any rules_apple rules, but most likely you will have and use some if you are using rules_xcodeproj.