Create RUN target as helpers for the project-centric workflow (#2520)

* Create RUN target as helpers for the project-centric workflow

Signed-off-by: Esteban Papp <81431996+amznestebanpapp@users.noreply.github.com>

* typo fix

Signed-off-by: Esteban Papp <81431996+amznestebanpapp@users.noreply.github.com>

* rename target as "<target>.Imported" and create "<target>" as the metatarget that is used for debugging and building in o3de

Signed-off-by: Esteban Papp <81431996+amznestebanpapp@users.noreply.github.com>

Code/Editor/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ ly_add_target(
         editor_files.cmake
     PLATFORM_INCLUDE_FILES
         Platform/${PAL_PLATFORM_NAME}/editor_${PAL_PLATFORM_NAME_LOWERCASE}.cmake
+    TARGET_PROPERTIES
+        LY_INSTALL_GENERATE_RUN_TARGET TRUE
     BUILD_DEPENDENCIES
         PRIVATE
             3rdParty::Qt::Core

cmake/Platform/Common/Install_common.cmake

@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@ include(cmake/FileUtil.cmake)
 
 set(CMAKE_INSTALL_MESSAGE NEVER) # Simplify messages to reduce output noise
 
+define_property(TARGET PROPERTY LY_INSTALL_GENERATE_RUN_TARGET
+    BRIEF_DOCS "Defines if a \"RUN\" targets should be created when installing this target Gem"
+    FULL_DOCS [[
+        Property which is set on targets that should generate a "RUN"
+        target when installed. This \"RUN\" target helps to run the 
+        binary from the installed location directly from the IDE.
+    ]]
+)
+
 ly_set(CMAKE_INSTALL_DEFAULT_COMPONENT_NAME Core)
 
 cmake_path(RELATIVE_PATH CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY BASE_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR} OUTPUT_VARIABLE runtime_output_directory)
@@ -117,15 +126,19 @@ function(ly_setup_target OUTPUT_CONFIGURED_TARGET ALIAS_TARGET_NAME absolute_tar
         set(NAMESPACE_PLACEHOLDER "")
         set(NAME_PLACEHOLDER ${TARGET_NAME})
     endif()
+    get_target_property(should_create_helper ${TARGET_NAME} LY_INSTALL_GENERATE_RUN_TARGET)
+    if(should_create_helper)
+        set(NAME_PLACEHOLDER ${NAME_PLACEHOLDER}.Imported)
+    endif()
 
     set(TARGET_TYPE_PLACEHOLDER "")
-    get_target_property(target_type ${NAME_PLACEHOLDER} TYPE)
+    get_target_property(target_type ${TARGET_NAME} TYPE)
     # Remove the _LIBRARY since we dont need to pass that to ly_add_targets
     string(REPLACE "_LIBRARY" "" TARGET_TYPE_PLACEHOLDER ${target_type})
     # For HEADER_ONLY libs we end up generating "INTERFACE" libraries, need to specify HEADERONLY instead
     string(REPLACE "INTERFACE" "HEADERONLY" TARGET_TYPE_PLACEHOLDER ${TARGET_TYPE_PLACEHOLDER})
     if(TARGET_TYPE_PLACEHOLDER STREQUAL "MODULE")
-        get_target_property(gem_module ${NAME_PLACEHOLDER} GEM_MODULE)
+        get_target_property(gem_module ${TARGET_NAME} GEM_MODULE)
         if(gem_module)
             set(TARGET_TYPE_PLACEHOLDER "GEM_MODULE")
         endif()
@@ -158,7 +171,6 @@ function(ly_setup_target OUTPUT_CONFIGURED_TARGET ALIAS_TARGET_NAME absolute_tar
         unset(RUNTIME_DEPENDENCIES_PLACEHOLDER)
     endif()
 
-
     get_target_property(inteface_build_dependencies_props ${TARGET_NAME} INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES)
     unset(INTERFACE_BUILD_DEPENDENCIES_PLACEHOLDER)
     if(inteface_build_dependencies_props)
@@ -182,6 +194,23 @@ function(ly_setup_target OUTPUT_CONFIGURED_TARGET ALIAS_TARGET_NAME absolute_tar
     list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES INTERFACE_BUILD_DEPENDENCIES_PLACEHOLDER)
     string(REPLACE ";" "\n" INTERFACE_BUILD_DEPENDENCIES_PLACEHOLDER "${INTERFACE_BUILD_DEPENDENCIES_PLACEHOLDER}")
 
+    # If the target is an executable/application, add a custom target so we can debug the target in project-centric workflow
+    if(should_create_helper)
+        string(REPLACE ".Imported" "" RUN_TARGET_NAME ${NAME_PLACEHOLDER})
+        set(target_types_with_debugging_helper EXECUTABLE APPLICATION)
+        if(NOT target_type IN_LIST target_types_with_debugging_helper)
+            message(FATAL_ERROR "Cannot generate a RUN target for ${TARGET_NAME}, type is ${target_type}")
+        endif()
+        set(TARGET_RUN_HELPER
+"add_custom_target(${RUN_TARGET_NAME})
+set_target_properties(${RUN_TARGET_NAME} PROPERTIES 
+    FOLDER \"CMakePredefinedTargets/SDK\"
+    VS_DEBUGGER_COMMAND \$<GENEX_EVAL:\$<TARGET_PROPERTY:${NAME_PLACEHOLDER},IMPORTED_LOCATION>>
+    VS_DEBUGGER_COMMAND_ARGUMENTS \"--project-path=\${LY_DEFAULT_PROJECT_PATH}\"
+)"
+)
+    endif()
+
     # Config file
     set(target_file_contents "# Generated by O3DE install\n\n")
     if(NOT target_type STREQUAL INTERFACE_LIBRARY)
@@ -194,13 +223,13 @@ function(ly_setup_target OUTPUT_CONFIGURED_TARGET ALIAS_TARGET_NAME absolute_tar
             set(target_location "\${LY_ROOT_FOLDER}/${library_output_directory}/${PAL_PLATFORM_NAME}/$<CONFIG>/${target_library_output_subdirectory}/$<TARGET_FILE_NAME:${TARGET_NAME}>")
         elseif(target_type STREQUAL SHARED_LIBRARY)
             string(APPEND target_file_contents 
-"set_property(TARGET ${TARGET_NAME} 
+"set_property(TARGET ${NAME_PLACEHOLDER} 
     APPEND_STRING PROPERTY IMPORTED_IMPLIB
         $<$<CONFIG:$<CONFIG>$<ANGLE-R>:\"\${LY_ROOT_FOLDER}/${archive_output_directory}/${PAL_PLATFORM_NAME}/$<CONFIG>/$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_NAME:${TARGET_NAME}>\"$<ANGLE-R>
 )
 ")
             string(APPEND target_file_contents 
-"set_property(TARGET ${TARGET_NAME} 
+"set_property(TARGET ${NAME_PLACEHOLDER} 
     PROPERTY IMPORTED_IMPLIB_$<UPPER_CASE:$<CONFIG>> 
         \"\${LY_ROOT_FOLDER}/${archive_output_directory}/${PAL_PLATFORM_NAME}/$<CONFIG>/$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_NAME:${TARGET_NAME}>\"
 )
@@ -212,11 +241,11 @@ function(ly_setup_target OUTPUT_CONFIGURED_TARGET ALIAS_TARGET_NAME absolute_tar
 
         if(target_location)
             string(APPEND target_file_contents
-"set_property(TARGET ${TARGET_NAME}
+"set_property(TARGET ${NAME_PLACEHOLDER}
     APPEND_STRING PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION
         $<$<CONFIG:$<CONFIG>$<ANGLE-R>:${target_location}$<ANGLE-R>
 )
-set_property(TARGET ${TARGET_NAME}
+set_property(TARGET ${NAME_PLACEHOLDER}
     PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION_$<UPPER_CASE:$<CONFIG>>
         ${target_location}
 )

cmake/SettingsRegistry.cmake

@@ -159,10 +159,6 @@ function(ly_delayed_generate_settings_registry)
                 message(FATAL_ERROR "Dependency ${gem_target} from ${target} does not exist")
             endif()
 
-            get_property(has_manually_added_dependencies TARGET ${gem_target} PROPERTY MANUALLY_ADDED_DEPENDENCIES SET)
-            get_target_property(target_type ${gem_target} TYPE)
-
-
             ly_get_gem_module_root(gem_module_root ${gem_target})
             file(RELATIVE_PATH gem_module_root_relative_to_engine_root ${LY_ROOT_FOLDER} ${gem_module_root})
 
@@ -180,7 +176,8 @@ function(ly_delayed_generate_settings_registry)
         list(JOIN target_gem_dependencies_names ",\n" target_gem_dependencies_names)
         string(CONFIGURE ${gems_json_template} gem_json @ONLY)
         get_target_property(is_imported ${target} IMPORTED)
-        if(is_imported)
+        get_target_property(target_type ${target} TYPE)
+        if(is_imported OR target_type STREQUAL UTILITY)
             unset(target_dir)
             foreach(conf IN LISTS CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
                 string(TOUPPER ${conf} UCONF)

cmake/install/InstalledTarget.in

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ ly_add_target(
 @RUNTIME_DEPENDENCIES_PLACEHOLDER@
 )
 
+@TARGET_RUN_HELPER@
+
 set(configs @CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES@)
 foreach(config ${configs})
     include("@NAME_PLACEHOLDER@_${config}.cmake" OPTIONAL)