Define single file as artifact in code magic.yaml

[phhoef]

I've a small Flutter desktop application and I am building this App on Codemagic for Windows.
During the build process a setup is generated through Inno Setup.

Inno setup outputs the installer to dist/MyApp Setup.exe.
I've defined the following artifact:

    artifacts:
      - "dist/MyApp Setup.exe"

I am expecting, that only this exe file is published as artifact.
In fact, the whole dist folder containing the exe file is zipped and offered for download.
The name of the artifact is MyApp_2_11_artifacts.zip. When unpacked the structure is

- dist
   - MyApp Setup.exe

Can someone please give me a hint, how to only output the single exe file?

[icarusdust]

Hi @phhoef, Flutter Windows package is .msix which is generated under build/windows/**/*.msix. However, I believe .exe file will need to be generated inside the zip folder, well to be honest I am not quite familiar with it but producing it inside a zip folder is what I am expecting as .exe itself is not a publishable artefact. As you can see in this Windows sample project, .exe is expected to be inside a zip folder in build/windows/runner/*.zip: https://github.com/codemagic-ci-cd/codemagic-sample-projects/blob/main/flutter/flutter-windows-demo-project/codemagic.yaml

On the other hand, perhaps, you can try to unzip. I strongly suggest you to do it by remote accessing a builder machine, so that you can check all the paths.

[phhoef]

Thanks @icarusdust for your reply.
The exe file is built without issues and it is put inside the dist folder. I've double checked that by connecting to the builder machine.
I do not see any problems with the paths. It seems, that the artifact step itself is building the zip file ...

This is the complete workflow

workflows:
  default-workflow:
    name: Build Windows
    instance_type: windows_x2
    max_build_duration: 30
    environment:
      flutter: default
      xcode: latest
      cocoapods: default
    scripts:
      - flutter packages pub get
      - choco install innosetup
      - flutter build windows --release
      - iscc.exe windows/installer/MyApp.iss
    artifacts:
      - "dist/MyApp Setup.exe"

I think in your example they need a zip file, as the compiled application is not a self bundles file format like the app bundle on Mac. So beside the executable there is at least one dll file necessary to run the application.

In my case, all the necessary files are packed inside the inno installer and compiled to a single executable.

[icarusdust]

The thing here is that your "custom binary" will be inside a zip folder generated by Codemagic. I have never tested it your way of doing it but a zip folder including your .exe is the expected behaviour if you want to show it under the artefacts section in the UI which is retrieving the binary from the path it is generated in. Therefore, i do not think that defining it as dist/MyApp Setup.exe will give you the result you want. First of all, it is not a path to .exe

[phhoef]

Thanks for your reply. Sorry, not sure if I can follow you.
Do you mean, that adding a .exe as s ingle artifact is not possible? I tested it with adding a png file to the project and defining an additional artifact:

artifacts:
   - "dist/MyApp Setup.exe"
   -  assets/icon/icon.png

This generates a similar zip containing two path structures:

- dist
   - dist/MyApp Setup.exe
   - assets/icon/icon.png

I wouldn't have expected, that the whole path structure is applied to the output zip ...
I also tried the .msix example, and only the MyApp.misx is exported. I do not understand the difference here.
Though, I cannot use msix as I need to sign the installer. As the app is for internal use only, I want to avoid that.

[dtrdic]

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