How do I iterate over all CMake targets programmatically?

Question

Is there a way to get all targets of a CMake project from within the top level CMakeLists.txt, i.e. iterate over the targets programmatically?

The reason I want to do this is to apply some XCode specific settings to every target . .

if (CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Xcode")
    include(sanitize_xcode)
    sanitize_xcode(myTarget)
endif()

FYI - the sanitization module looks like this . .

macro (set_xcode_property TARGET XCODE_PROPERTY XCODE_VALUE)
    set_property (TARGET ${TARGET} PROPERTY XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_${XCODE_PROPERTY} ${XCODE_VALUE})
endmacro (set_xcode_property)

macro (sanitize_xcode TARGET)
    set_xcode_property(${TARGET} GCC_GENERATE_DEBUGGING_SYMBOLS[variant=Debug] "YES")
    set_xcode_property(${TARGET} GCC_GENERATE_DEBUGGING_SYMBOLS[variant=MinSizeRel] "NO")
    set_xcode_property(${TARGET} GCC_GENERATE_DEBUGGING_SYMBOLS[variant=RelWithDebInfo] "YES")
    set_xcode_property(${TARGET} GCC_GENERATE_DEBUGGING_SYMBOLS[variant=Release] "NO")

    set_xcode_property(${TARGET} COPY_PHASE_STRIP[variant=Debug] "NO")
    set_xcode_property(${TARGET} COPY_PHASE_STRIP[variant=MinSizeRel] "YES")
    set_xcode_property(${TARGET} COPY_PHASE_STRIP[variant=RelWithDebInfo] "NO")
    set_xcode_property(${TARGET} COPY_PHASE_STRIP[variant=Release] "YES")

    set_xcode_property(${TARGET} GCC_OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL[variant=Debug] "0")
    set_xcode_property(${TARGET} GCC_OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL[variant=MinSizeRel] "s")
    set_xcode_property(${TARGET} GCC_OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL[variant=RelWithDebInfo] "3")
    set_xcode_property(${TARGET} GCC_OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL[variant=Release] "3")

    set_xcode_property(${TARGET} IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET[variant=Debug] "7.0")
    set_xcode_property(${TARGET} IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET[variant=MinSizeRel] "7.0")
    set_xcode_property(${TARGET} IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET[variant=RelWithDebInfo] "7.0")
    set_xcode_property(${TARGET} IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET[variant=Release] "7.0")
endmacro (sanitize_xcode)

Answer 1

Turning my comment into an answer

To have a list of all targets is a wish that has been out there for a while, but the global property TARGETS is not yet implemented (as for May-2016, see "Listing all targets" discussion).

Edit: It is now implemented: Global BUILDSYSTEM_TARGETS property was released with CMake 3.7

So you can implement this yourself using CMake script itself - as @DevSolar as commented/answered or like here - but I've learned over the time working with CMake that you could also change a lot of target properties globally. E.g. most target properties are defaulted to an equivalent global variable setting.

You can take advantage of this in your case and solve this by adding the following to your global CMakeLists.txt file:

set(CMAKE_XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_GCC_GENERATE_DEBUGGING_SYMBOLS[variant=Debug] "YES")
set(CMAKE_XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_GCC_GENERATE_DEBUGGING_SYMBOLS[variant=MinSizeRel] "NO")
set(CMAKE_XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_GCC_GENERATE_DEBUGGING_SYMBOLS[variant=RelWithDebInfo] "YES")
set(CMAKE_XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_GCC_GENERATE_DEBUGGING_SYMBOLS[variant=Release] "NO")

set(CMAKE_XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_COPY_PHASE_STRIP[variant=Debug] "NO")
set(CMAKE_XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_COPY_PHASE_STRIP[variant=MinSizeRel] "YES")
set(CMAKE_XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_COPY_PHASE_STRIP[variant=RelWithDebInfo] "NO")
set(CMAKE_XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_COPY_PHASE_STRIP[variant=Release] "YES")

set(CMAKE_XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_GCC_OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL[variant=Debug] "0")
set(CMAKE_XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_GCC_OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL[variant=MinSizeRel] "s")
set(CMAKE_XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_GCC_OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL[variant=RelWithDebInfo] "3")
set(CMAKE_XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_GCC_OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL[variant=Release] "3")

set(CMAKE_XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET[variant=Debug] "7.0")
set(CMAKE_XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET[variant=MinSizeRel] "7.0")
set(CMAKE_XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET[variant=RelWithDebInfo] "7.0")
set(CMAKE_XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET[variant=Release] "7.0")

References

• XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_<an-attribute>
• CMAKE_XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_<an-attribute>