#585 freetype statically linked.

Author: davetcc

tcMenuNative/.idea/editor.xml

@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
 #
 # This build file should work of all platforms, although presently tested on MacOSX and Windows. On Windows it requires
-# that you have built the FreeType package yourself, whereas on MacOS this package would normally be available if you
-# have C++ developer tools installed. You may need to set FREETYPE_DIR yourself and on Windows it is assumed that the
-# statically linked library is available there.
+# that you have built the FreeType package yourself. On Windows and macOS it is assumed that the statically linked
+# FreeType library is available in the packaged directory for the platform.
 #
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.27)
 project(tcMenuNative)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS  "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -DLIBRARY_EXPORTS=1")
 
-# On unix systems freetype will generally be available when developer tools are installed. We find it.
-if(UNIX)
+if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
     find_package(Freetype REQUIRED)
     find_package(PNG REQUIRED)
     find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
@@ -21,13 +19,17 @@ endif()
 add_library(tcMenuNative SHARED library.cpp FreeFontHandler.cpp)
 
 # Pull in the free type headers.
-if(UNIX)
+if(APPLE)
+    target_include_directories(tcMenuNative PRIVATE ${FREETYPE_DIR})
+elseif(UNIX)
     target_include_directories(tcMenuNative PRIVATE ${FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 else ()
     target_include_directories(tcMenuNative PRIVATE ${FREETYPE_DIR})
 endif ()
 
-if(UNIX)
+if(APPLE)
+    target_link_libraries(tcMenuNative "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/packaged/mac/libfreetype.a")
+elseif(UNIX)
     # On unix we need to link against the three libraries needed by freetype, these were found above using find_package
     target_link_libraries(tcMenuNative
             ${FREETYPE_LIBRARIES}

tcMenuNative/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -6,15 +6,19 @@ Once you've built a release build, it is your responsibility to test it, and tha
 
 Once it is tested, replace the output DLL/DynLib/so file in the packaged directory.
 
-## Windows
+## Windows and MacOS
 
-Use the Visual Studio toolchain as the dependencies it creates are on nearly all Windows boxes.
+On Windows use the Visual Studio toolchain as the dependencies it creates are on nearly all Windows boxes.
 
-First you need a statically linked version of the freetype library, this is generally achieved by building the free type source with the static linking options enabled.
+On MacOS use the standard apple toolchain for the same reason.
 
-## MacOS
+First, you need a statically linked version of the freetype library, this is generally achieved by building the free type source with the static linking options enabled.
 
-Ensure XCode is installed. Beyond this the library should build in release mode with no further options
+Now indicate where to find the includes as an option:
+
+    -FREETYPE_DIR=/myUserDir/source/freetype/include
+
+Make sure that you build a release version, it will be 10x smaller than a debug build.
 
 ## Linux Ubuntu