[PyQt] Losing xcode project changes when using pyqtdeploy?

[Phil Thompson]

On 10 Sep 2015, at 11:54 pm, David Morris <othalan at othalan.net> wrote:
> 
> I am creating an iOS application using PyQt via pyqtdeploy and I am attempting to configure the xcode project beyond what the basic pyqtdeploy app handles.  However, I am losing changes when I change python code and must rerun pyqtdeploy.
> 
> Is there a way to only freeze modified project python files without needlessly touching xcode project files which remove my modifications?
> 
> Or perhaps I am missing a way to make these changes in the pyqtdeploy project?  Here is what I am currently setting using XCode (all for iOS), which I loose if I run pyqtdeploy:
> 
> Application icons (using asset catalogs)
> Application loading screen images (using asset catalogs)
> Application XIB file (loading screen on iOS 8.x)
> Deployment target (iOS 8.0)
> Deployment Devices (iPad only)
> 
> My original workflow looked like this:
> pyqtdeploycli
> cd project_build_dir
> qmake
> make
> 
> Most of my customizations I do not loose if I build the project using XCode instead of the command line (don't use qmake && make), however I still loose customizations to the XIB file.
> 
> I am going to experiment with calling freeze.python from a Makefile to freeze only modified python files, but not certain yet how I will handle the case of new python files added to the project.
> 
> Ideas?

pyqtdeploy knows nothing about XCode project files - they are generated by qmake.

Phil