Updating the Install_common.cmake script to copy over the source engine.json templates array to the generated installed engine.json

cmake/O3DEJson.cmake

@@ -23,26 +23,33 @@ set(LY_EXTERNAL_SUBDIRS "" CACHE STRING "List of subdirectories to recurse into
 #  \arg:input_json_path path to the *.json file to load and read the external subdirectories from
 #  \return: external subdirectories as is from the json file.
 function(read_json_external_subdirs output_external_subdirs input_json_path)
+    o3de_read_json_array(json_array ${input_json_path} "external_subdirectories")
+    set(${output_external_subdirs} ${json_array} PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction()
+
+#! read_json_array
+#  Reads the a json array field into a cmake list variable
+function(o3de_read_json_array read_output_array input_json_path array_key)
     file(READ ${input_json_path} manifest_json_data)
-    string(JSON external_subdirs_count ERROR_VARIABLE manifest_json_error
+    string(JSON array_count ERROR_VARIABLE manifest_json_error
-        LENGTH ${manifest_json_data} "external_subdirectories")
+        LENGTH ${manifest_json_data} ${array_key})
     if(manifest_json_error)
-        # There is "external_subdirectories" key, so theire are no subdirectories to read
+        # There is no key, return
         return()
     endif()
 
-    if(external_subdirs_count GREATER 0)
+    if(array_count GREATER 0)
-        math(EXPR external_subdir_range "${external_subdirs_count}-1")
+        math(EXPR array_range "${array_count}-1")
-        foreach(external_subdir_index RANGE ${external_subdir_range})
+        foreach(array_index RANGE ${array_range})
-            string(JSON external_subdir ERROR_VARIABLE manifest_json_error
+            string(JSON array_element ERROR_VARIABLE manifest_json_error
-                GET ${manifest_json_data} "external_subdirectories" "${external_subdir_index}")
+                GET ${manifest_json_data} ${array_key} "${array_index}")
             if(manifest_json_error)
-                message(FATAL_ERROR "Error reading field at index ${external_subdir_index} in \"external_subdirectories\" JSON array: ${manifest_json_error}")
+                message(FATAL_ERROR "Error reading field at index ${array_index} in \"${array_key}\" JSON array: ${manifest_json_error}")
             endif()
-            list(APPEND external_subdirs ${external_subdir})
+            list(APPEND array_elements ${array_element})
         endforeach()
     endif()
-    set(${output_external_subdirs} ${external_subdirs} PARENT_SCOPE)
+    set(${read_output_array} ${array_elements} PARENT_SCOPE)
 endfunction()
 
 function(o3de_read_json_key output_value input_json_path key)

cmake/Platform/Common/Install_common.cmake

@@ -225,14 +225,19 @@ function(ly_setup_cmake_install)
     )
 
     # Transform the LY_EXTERNAL_SUBDIRS list into a json array
-    set(LY_INSTALL_EXTERNAL_SUBDIRS "[]")
+    set(indent "        ")
-    set(external_subdir_index "0")
     foreach(external_subdir ${LY_EXTERNAL_SUBDIRS})
-        math(EXPR external_subdir_index "${external_subdir_index} + 1")
         file(RELATIVE_PATH engine_rel_external_subdir ${LY_ROOT_FOLDER} ${external_subdir})
-        string(JSON LY_INSTALL_EXTERNAL_SUBDIRS ERROR_VARIABLE external_subdir_error SET ${LY_INSTALL_EXTERNAL_SUBDIRS}
+        list(APPEND relative_external_subdirs "\"${engine_rel_external_subdir}\"")
-        ${external_subdir_index} "\"${engine_rel_external_subdir}\"")
     endforeach()
+    list(JOIN relative_external_subdirs ",\n${indent}" LY_INSTALL_EXTERNAL_SUBDIRS)
+
+    # Read the "templates" key from the source engine.json
+    o3de_read_json_array(engine_templates ${LY_ROOT_FOLDER}/engine.json "templates")
+    foreach(template_path ${engine_templates})
+        list(APPEND relative_templates "\"${template_path}\"")
+    endforeach()
+    list(JOIN relative_templates ",\n${indent}" LY_INSTALL_TEMPLATES)
 
     configure_file(${LY_ROOT_FOLDER}/cmake/install/engine.json.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake/engine.json @ONLY)
 

cmake/install/engine.json.in

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "O3DEVersion": "@LY_VERSION_STRING@",
     "O3DECopyrightYear": @LY_VERSION_COPYRIGHT_YEAR@,
     "O3DEBuildNumber": @LY_VERSION_BUILD_NUMBER@,
-    "external_subdirectories": @LY_INSTALL_EXTERNAL_SUBDIRS@,
+    "external_subdirectories": [@LY_INSTALL_EXTERNAL_SUBDIRS@],
     "projects": [@LY_INSTALL_PROJECTS@],
     "templates": [@LY_INSTALL_TEMPLATES@]
 }