How to get the return value of xcodebuild?

Question

I'm using xcodebuild inside a bash script on a continuous integration server.

I would like to know when a build as failed in the script, so I can exit prematurely from it and mark the build as failed.

xcodebuild displays a BUILD FAILED message to the console, but I don't succeed in getting a return value.

How can I achieve this?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

You can use the "$?" variable to get the return code of the previous command.

xcodebuild -...
if [[ $? == 0 ]]; then
    echo "Success"
else
    echo "Failed"
fi

Answer 2

xcodebuild always returns 0, regardless of the actual test result. You should check for either ** BUILD FAILED ** or ** BUILD SUCCEEDED ** in the output to know whether tests pass or not.