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-SDKLauncher-iOS
-===============
+## SDKLauncher-iOS
 
 A small iOS application to serve as a launcher/testbed for the Readium SDK.
+
+## Jenkins build status
+
+* master [![Build Status](http://jenkinsmaster.datalogics-cloud.com:8080/buildStatus/icon?job=Readium-SDK-Launcher-iOS-master)](http://jenkinsmaster.datalogics-cloud:8080/view/Readium-Launcher/job/Readium-SDK-Launcher-iOS-master/)
+* develop [![Build Status](http://jenkinsmaster.datalogics-cloud.com:8080/buildStatus/icon?job=Readium-SDK-Launcher-iOS-develop)](http://jenkinsmaster.datalogics-cloud:8080/view/Readium-Launcher/job/Readium-SDK-Launcher-iOS-develop/)
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- Build file for the Launcher iOS -->
+<project name="org.readium.LauncheriOS" default="build.all" basedir=".">
+
+	<property name="build.dir" value="${basedir}" />
+
+	<property name="project" value="SDKLauncher-iOS.xcodeproj"/>
+	<property name="target" value="SDKLauncher-iOS"/>
+	<property name="configuration" value="Release"/>
+
+	<!-- this builds Launcher-iOS -->
+	<target name ="build.all" depends="init" description="Invoke xcodebuild to do a full build" >
+		<exec executable="xcodebuild" spawn="false" failonerror="true">
+			<arg value="-project" />
+			<arg value="${project}" />
+			<arg value="-target" />
+			<arg value="${target}" />
+			<arg value="-configuration" />
+			<arg value="${configuration}" />
+		 </exec>
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="init" >
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="clean" depends="init" description="Clean the workspace">
+		<exec executable="xcodebuild" spawn="false" dir="${build.dir}" failonerror="true">
+			<arg value="-project" />
+				<arg value="${project}" />
+				<arg value="-target" />
+				<arg value="${target}" />
+				<arg value="-configuration" />
+				<arg value="${configuration}" />
+		</exec>
+		<echo> Cleaned ${xcworkspace} ! </echo>
+	</target>
+</project>