Toolset JSON structure

Xcode

• versions - the array of objects that will present installed Xcode versions

  • link property points to the place where Xcode will be located on image. /Applications/Xcode_<link>.app
  • version points to Xcode version that will be downloaded and installed
  • symlinks describes the list of aliases where symlinks will be created to
  • sha256 used to check integrity of the Xcode installer file
  • install_runtimes – controls the installation of simulator runtimes:
    • default – installs all default runtimes.
    • none – skips runtime installation.
    • Hashtable – allows manual selection:
      • Mandatory keys: [ "iOS", "watchOS", "tvOS" ], plus visionOS for arm64 images.
      • Values [array of string]:
        • "default" – installs the default runtime.
        • "skip" – skips installation.
        • Specific version numbers, e.g., "18.2", "2.2", "18.3.1".
        • Apple release version, e.g., "22E5216h", "17A577".

• default - version of Xcode to set as default (should be matched with any link in versions property) Example: "11.2"

Note:

• version is specified with + or -, exact Xcode name should be like 16.2.0-Beta.3+16C5023f or 16.2_Release_Candidate+16C5031c and will be matching .xip file name.
• link is specified with _ and doesn't contain spaces, example: 16.2_Release_Candidate or 16.1; pattern description:
  • DOWNLOAD_URL="https://download.developer.apple.com/Developer_Tools/$SOURCE_FILE_LOCATION/$SOURCE_FILE_NAME.$FILE_EXTENSION"
  • SOURCE_FILE_NAME: "Xcode_$link"
  • SOURCE_FILE_LOCATION: "Xcode_$link"
  • FILE_EXTENSION: xip

Example:

String format:

"versions": [
    { "link": "16_beta_4", "version": "16.0.0-Beta.4+16A5211f", "symlinks": ["16.0"], "install_runtimes": "none", "sha256": "4270cd8021b2f7f512ce91bfc4423b25bccab36cdab21834709d798c8daade72"},
    { "link": "15.4", "version": "15.4.0+15F31d", "install_runtimes": "default", "sha256": "82d3d61804ff3f4c7c82085e91dc701037ddaa770e542848b2477e22f4e8aa7a"}
]

Block format:

"versions": [
    {
        "link": "16.2",
        "version": "16.2+16C5032a",
        "sha256": "0e367d06eb7c334ea143bada5e4422f56688aabff571bedf0d2ad9434b7290de",
        "install_runtimes": [
          { "iOS": ["18.0", "18.1", "18.2"] },
          { "watchOS": "default" },
          { "tvOS": "default" },
          { "visionOS": "2.2" }
        ]
    },
    {
        "link": "16.1",
        "version": "16.1+16B40",
        "sha256": "8ca961d55981f983d21b99a95a6b0ac04905b837f6e11346ee86d28f12afe720",
        "install_runtimes": "default"
    }
]

Android

• platform-list - the array of android platforms to install.
  Example: [ "android-29", "android-28", "android-27" ]

• build-tools - the array of android build tools to install.
  Example: [ "29.0.2", "29.0.1", "29.0.0", "28.0.3" ]

• extras - the array of android extra items to install.
  Example: [ "google;google_play_services", "intel;Hardware_Accelerated_Execution_Manager" ]

• addons - the array of android add-ons to install.
  Example: [ "addon-google_apis-google-24", "addon-google_apis-google-23" ]

Toolset JSON validation

File Toolset.Tests.ps1 contains PowerShell Pester tests that validate JSON toolset files. Type Invoke-Pester in the current folder in PowerShell to run tests.