feat(cli): add --config arg to the mobile init cmds, closes #13284

.changes/mobile-init-config.md

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"tauri-cli": "minor:feat"
+"@tauri-apps/cli": "minor:feat"
+---
+
+Allow passing `--config` arguments to the `ios init` and `android init` commands to tweak the configuration used to initialize the mobile projects.

crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/android/mod.rs

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ use super::{
 };
 use crate::{
   helpers::config::{BundleResources, Config as TauriConfig},
-  Result,
+  ConfigValue, Result,
 };
 
 mod android_studio_script;
@@ -64,6 +64,15 @@ pub struct InitOptions {
   /// Skips installing rust toolchains via rustup
   #[clap(long)]
   skip_targets_install: bool,
+  /// JSON strings or paths to JSON, JSON5 or TOML files to merge with the default configuration file
+  ///
+  /// Configurations are merged in the order they are provided, which means a particular value overwrites previous values when a config key-value pair conflicts.
+  ///
+  /// Note that a platform-specific file is looked up and merged with the default file by default
+  /// (tauri.macos.conf.json, tauri.linux.conf.json, tauri.windows.conf.json, tauri.android.conf.json and tauri.ios.conf.json)
+  /// but you can use this for more specific use cases such as different build flavors.
+  #[clap(short, long)]
+  pub config: Vec<ConfigValue>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Subcommand)]
@@ -85,6 +94,7 @@ pub fn command(cli: Cli, verbosity: u8) -> Result<()> {
         options.ci,
         false,
         options.skip_targets_install,
+        options.config,
       )?
     }
     Commands::Dev(options) => dev::command(options, noise_level)?,

crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/init.rs

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use super::{get_app, Target};
 use crate::{
   helpers::{config::get as get_tauri_config, template::JsonMap},
   interface::{AppInterface, Interface},
-  Result,
+  ConfigValue, Result,
 };
 use cargo_mobile2::{
   android::env::Env as AndroidEnv,
@@ -28,11 +28,19 @@ pub fn command(
   ci: bool,
   reinstall_deps: bool,
   skip_targets_install: bool,
+  config: Vec<ConfigValue>,
 ) -> Result<()> {
   let wrapper = TextWrapper::default();
 
-  exec(target, &wrapper, ci, reinstall_deps, skip_targets_install)
-    .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("{:#}", e))?;
+  exec(
+    target,
+    &wrapper,
+    ci,
+    reinstall_deps,
+    skip_targets_install,
+    config,
+  )
+  .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("{:#}", e))?;
   Ok(())
 }
 
@@ -42,8 +50,12 @@ pub fn exec(
   #[allow(unused_variables)] non_interactive: bool,
   #[allow(unused_variables)] reinstall_deps: bool,
   skip_targets_install: bool,
+  config: Vec<ConfigValue>,
 ) -> Result<App> {
-  let tauri_config = get_tauri_config(target.platform_target(), &[])?;
+  let tauri_config = get_tauri_config(
+    target.platform_target(),
+    &config.iter().map(|conf| &conf.0).collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+  )?;
 
   let tauri_config_guard = tauri_config.lock().unwrap();
   let tauri_config_ = tauri_config_guard.as_ref().unwrap();

crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/ios/mod.rs

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ use crate::{
     config::{BundleResources, Config as TauriConfig, ConfigHandle},
     pbxproj, strip_semver_prerelease_tag,
   },
-  Result,
+  ConfigValue, Result,
 };
 
 use std::{
@@ -77,6 +77,15 @@ pub struct InitOptions {
   /// Skips installing rust toolchains via rustup
   #[clap(long)]
   skip_targets_install: bool,
+  /// JSON strings or paths to JSON, JSON5 or TOML files to merge with the default configuration file
+  ///
+  /// Configurations are merged in the order they are provided, which means a particular value overwrites previous values when a config key-value pair conflicts.
+  ///
+  /// Note that a platform-specific file is looked up and merged with the default file by default
+  /// (tauri.macos.conf.json, tauri.linux.conf.json, tauri.windows.conf.json, tauri.android.conf.json and tauri.ios.conf.json)
+  /// but you can use this for more specific use cases such as different build flavors.
+  #[clap(short, long)]
+  pub config: Vec<ConfigValue>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Subcommand)]
@@ -98,6 +107,7 @@ pub fn command(cli: Cli, verbosity: u8) -> Result<()> {
         options.ci,
         options.reinstall_deps,
         options.skip_targets_install,
+        options.config,
       )?
     }
     Commands::Dev(options) => dev::command(options, noise_level)?,