update

While you’re developing an application, you may need to rapidly iterate on the code, making small changes and then re-building. The update command applies any changes you’ve made to your code to the packaged application code.

It will not update requirements or installer resources unless specifically requested.

Usage

To repackage your application’s code for the current platform’s default output format:

$ briefcase update

To repackage your application’s code for a different platform:

$ briefcase update <platform>

To repackage your application’s code for a specific output format:

$ briefcase update <platform> <output format>

Options

The following options can be provided at the command line.

-a <app name> / --app <app name>

Run a specific application target in your project. This argument is only required if your project contains more than one application target. The app name specified should be the machine-readable package name for the app.

-r / --update-requirements

Update application requirements.

--update-resources

Update application resources such as icons.

--update-support

Update application support package.

--update-stub

Update stub binary.