Disclaimer: this is an open-ended and kinda "far out" question
Over the last few years I've made a few iPhone games. I use very common programs like Xcode and Illustrator to make the games.
Lately I've become tired of repeating certain tasks over and over again. Here are some examples:
in Xcode: "clean target, build, run" over and over again
in Xcode: delete image resources and then import updated image resources (identical names)
I'd like to automate these tasks in Xcode. Any ideas? I've done some automation in Photoshop using the "
button mode" thing where you record a macro... that's been very useful.
Here's the kinda wacky or "far out" part of the question: how can this automation be done via voice commands? (perhaps using a Nuance product or something)
Here's an example of what I'd love to do via a few voice commands:
Save artwork from illustrator at a user-specified size (@2x versions as well)
Delete "someArt.png" and "
[email protected]" from Xcode
Add the updated versions of someArt.png to Xcode
In Xcode: clean target, build, and run
I know this question probably seems bizarre... but something like this could make certain things substantially easier for game developers.
Edit: wonder if a combination of AppleScript and Nuance might work?