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Allow comma in buildSettings

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
ios, javascript, nodejs

Research direction

Start with the pbxproj.js parser referenced in the error and trace how buildSettingsObj.TARGETED_DEVICE_FAMILY is parsed or serialized. Reproduce the failure with the value '1,2', then verify that the Xcode project value is accepted without the reported comma syntax error.

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Description

when i try to set "TARGETED_DEVICE_FAMILY", it failed.
buildSettingsObj.TARGETED_DEVICE_FAMILY = '1,2'

While preparing Cordova project for platform iOS:
   SyntaxError: Expected ".", "/*", ";", or [0-9] but "," found.
   at peg$buildStructuredError (/Users/monsterstep/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.9.0.1eehdch.kfff++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.browser.legacy+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.x86_64/dev_bundle/lib/node_modules/cordova-lib/node_modules/xcode/lib/parser/pbxproj.js:412:12)
   at Object.peg$parse [as parse] (/Users/monsterstep/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.9.0.1eehdch.kfff++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.browser.legacy+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.x86_64/dev_bundle/lib/node_modules/cordova-lib/node_modules/xcode/lib/parser/pbxproj.js:1886:11)

the xcodeproj has value like this

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https://github.com/apache/cordova-node-xcode/issues/57

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