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The official docs don't say a lot about SKIP_INSTALL, but I missed the mark during the #4172 PR, where the ideal setup is NO for debug, YES for release. I spent a lot of time figuring this out a couple of years back but the other day I completely forgot about it 🤦

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Here's ChatGPT's far better explanation than Apple's:

	•	Debug Configuration:
	•	SKIP_INSTALL = YES
	•	During development, you typically don’t need to install (or include) the product (e.g., .framework, .app) in the final build output. The focus is on quick builds, so setting SKIP_INSTALL = YES can help speed up the process by skipping unnecessary steps.
	•	Release Configuration:
	•	SKIP_INSTALL = NO
	•	In the Release configuration, you usually want to include everything in the final build output. This is particularly important when archiving for distribution or creating .xcframeworks, as you need the final product to be available in the archive.

Example Scenario

If you are building a framework that is used by other targets in your project:

	•	Debug Configuration:
	•	Set SKIP_INSTALL = YES so that intermediate builds are faster, and the framework isn’t unnecessarily copied to the install location.
	•	Release Configuration:
	•	Set SKIP_INSTALL = NO so that when you archive the framework, it is included in the final archive, making it available for distribution or further use.

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Seems fine to me! Giving you the ✅

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joshdholtz added a commit that referenced this pull request Aug 22, 2024
**This is an automatic release.**

### New Features
* Price rounding logic (#4132) via James Borthwick (@jamesrb1)
### Bugfixes
* [Customer Center] Migrate to List style (#4190) via Cody Kerns
(@codykerns)
* [Paywalls] Improve locale consistency (#4158) via Josh Holtz
(@joshdholtz)
* Set Paywalls Tester deployment target to iOS 15 (#4196) via James
Borthwick (@jamesrb1)
* [Customer Center] Hide Contact Support button if URL can't be created
(#4192) via Cesar de la Vega (@vegaro)
* Fix the setting for SKIP_INSTALL in Xcode project (#4195) via Andy
Boedo (@aboedo)
* [Customer Center] Improving customer center buttons (#4165) via Cody
Kerns (@codykerns)
* Revert workaround for iOS 18 beta 5 SwiftUI crash (#4173) via Mark
Villacampa (@MarkVillacampa)
* [Paywalls] Make iOS version calculation lazy (#4163) via Mark
Villacampa (@MarkVillacampa)
* [Paywalls] Observe `PurchaseHandler` when owned externally (#4097) via
James Borthwick (@jamesrb1)
### Other Changes
* [Customer Center] Clean up colors in WrongPlatformView and
NoSubscriptionsView (#4204) via Cesar de la Vega (@vegaro)
* Fix failing `all-tests` and retry more flaky tests (#4188) via Josh
Holtz (@joshdholtz)
* Compatibility content unavailable improvements (#4197) via James
Borthwick (@jamesrb1)
* Create lane to enable customer center (#4191) via Cesar de la Vega
(@vegaro)
* XCFramework artifacts in CircleCI (#4189) via Andy Boedo (@aboedo)
* [Customer Center] CustomerCenterViewModel checks whether the app is
the latest version (#4169) via JayShortway (@JayShortway)
* export RevenueCatUI xcframework (#4172) via Andy Boedo (@aboedo)
* Corrects references from ManageSubscriptionsButtonStyle to
ButtonsStyle. (#4186) via JayShortway (@JayShortway)
* Speed up carthage installation tests (#4184) via Andy Boedo (@aboedo)
* Customer center improvements (#4166) via James Borthwick (@jamesrb1)
* replace `color(from colorInformation:)` global with extension (#4183)
via Andy Boedo (@aboedo)
* Fix tests in main (#4174) via Andy Boedo (@aboedo)
* Enable customer center tests (#4171) via James Borthwick (@jamesrb1)
* [Customer Center] Initial implementation (#3967) via Cesar de la Vega
(@vegaro)

---------

Co-authored-by: Josh Holtz <me@joshholtz.com>
nyeu pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Oct 2, 2024
The official docs don't say a lot about `SKIP_INSTALL`, but I missed the
mark during the #4172 PR, where the ideal setup is NO for debug, YES for
release. I spent a lot of time figuring this out a couple of years back
but the other day I completely forgot about it 🤦


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Here's ChatGPT's far better explanation than Apple's: 
```
	•	Debug Configuration:
	•	SKIP_INSTALL = YES
	•	During development, you typically don’t need to install (or include) the product (e.g., .framework, .app) in the final build output. The focus is on quick builds, so setting SKIP_INSTALL = YES can help speed up the process by skipping unnecessary steps.
	•	Release Configuration:
	•	SKIP_INSTALL = NO
	•	In the Release configuration, you usually want to include everything in the final build output. This is particularly important when archiving for distribution or creating .xcframeworks, as you need the final product to be available in the archive.

Example Scenario

If you are building a framework that is used by other targets in your project:

	•	Debug Configuration:
	•	Set SKIP_INSTALL = YES so that intermediate builds are faster, and the framework isn’t unnecessarily copied to the install location.
	•	Release Configuration:
	•	Set SKIP_INSTALL = NO so that when you archive the framework, it is included in the final archive, making it available for distribution or further use.

```
nyeu pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Oct 2, 2024
**This is an automatic release.**

### New Features
* Price rounding logic (#4132) via James Borthwick (@jamesrb1)
### Bugfixes
* [Customer Center] Migrate to List style (#4190) via Cody Kerns
(@codykerns)
* [Paywalls] Improve locale consistency (#4158) via Josh Holtz
(@joshdholtz)
* Set Paywalls Tester deployment target to iOS 15 (#4196) via James
Borthwick (@jamesrb1)
* [Customer Center] Hide Contact Support button if URL can't be created
(#4192) via Cesar de la Vega (@vegaro)
* Fix the setting for SKIP_INSTALL in Xcode project (#4195) via Andy
Boedo (@aboedo)
* [Customer Center] Improving customer center buttons (#4165) via Cody
Kerns (@codykerns)
* Revert workaround for iOS 18 beta 5 SwiftUI crash (#4173) via Mark
Villacampa (@MarkVillacampa)
* [Paywalls] Make iOS version calculation lazy (#4163) via Mark
Villacampa (@MarkVillacampa)
* [Paywalls] Observe `PurchaseHandler` when owned externally (#4097) via
James Borthwick (@jamesrb1)
### Other Changes
* [Customer Center] Clean up colors in WrongPlatformView and
NoSubscriptionsView (#4204) via Cesar de la Vega (@vegaro)
* Fix failing `all-tests` and retry more flaky tests (#4188) via Josh
Holtz (@joshdholtz)
* Compatibility content unavailable improvements (#4197) via James
Borthwick (@jamesrb1)
* Create lane to enable customer center (#4191) via Cesar de la Vega
(@vegaro)
* XCFramework artifacts in CircleCI (#4189) via Andy Boedo (@aboedo)
* [Customer Center] CustomerCenterViewModel checks whether the app is
the latest version (#4169) via JayShortway (@JayShortway)
* export RevenueCatUI xcframework (#4172) via Andy Boedo (@aboedo)
* Corrects references from ManageSubscriptionsButtonStyle to
ButtonsStyle. (#4186) via JayShortway (@JayShortway)
* Speed up carthage installation tests (#4184) via Andy Boedo (@aboedo)
* Customer center improvements (#4166) via James Borthwick (@jamesrb1)
* replace `color(from colorInformation:)` global with extension (#4183)
via Andy Boedo (@aboedo)
* Fix tests in main (#4174) via Andy Boedo (@aboedo)
* Enable customer center tests (#4171) via James Borthwick (@jamesrb1)
* [Customer Center] Initial implementation (#3967) via Cesar de la Vega
(@vegaro)

---------

Co-authored-by: Josh Holtz <me@joshholtz.com>
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