Add option to skip samples in build (#512)

Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Konrad `ktoso` Malawski <[email protected]>

Author: 3 people

README.md

@@ -167,6 +167,8 @@ Please always use the gradle wrapper (`./gradlew`) to make sure to use the appro
 
 Sample apps are located in the `Samples/` directory, and they showcase full "roundtrip" usage of the library and/or tools.
 
+Samples are build by default by Gradle. Building samples can be skipped by appending the flag `-PskipSamples=true` to a gradle command.
+
 #### SwiftJava (Swift -> Java)
 
 To run a simple app showcasing a Swift process calling into a Java library you can run: 

settings.gradle

@@ -22,8 +22,11 @@ include "SwiftKitCore"
 include "SwiftKitFFM"
 
 // Include sample apps -- you can run them via `gradle Name:run`
-new File(rootDir, "Samples").listFiles().each {
-    if (it.directory && new File(it, 'build.gradle').exists()) {
-        include ":Samples:${it.name}"
+// Can be disabled with -PskipSamples=true
+if (!hasProperty('skipSamples') || skipSamples != 'true') {
+    new File(rootDir, "Samples").listFiles().each {
+        if (it.directory && new File(it, 'build.gradle').exists()) {
+            include ":Samples:${it.name}"
+        }
     }
 }