CMake: add build of examples

Signed-off-by: Thiago Macieira <thiago.macieira@intel.com>

Author: thiagomacieira

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ jobs:
             -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-Oz -g -Werror"
         - name: clang
           cmakeflags: >-
+            -DBUILD_EXAMPLES=ON
             -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
             -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug
             -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ jobs:
             -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG="-Werror"
         - name: linux-g++
           cmakeflags: >-
+            -DBUILD_EXAMPLES=ON
             -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
             -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug
             -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=gcc
@@ -68,15 +70,16 @@ jobs:
             name: clang-small
             cmakeflags: >-
               -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF
+              -DBUILD_TOOLS=OFF
               -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang
               -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-Oz -g -Werror"
               -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++
               -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-O2 -g -Werror"
-              -DWITH_TOOLS=OFF
         - os: macos-15-intel
           build_cfg:
             name: clang
             cmakeflags: >-
+              -DBUILD_EXAMPLES=ON
               -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
               -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug
               -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ option(WITH_FLOATING_POINT "Use floating point code in TinyCBOR" ON)
 option(WITH_FREESTANDING "Compile TinyCBOR in C freestanding mode" OFF)
 if(WITH_FLOATING_POINT AND NOT WITH_FREESTANDING)
   option(WITH_CBOR2JSON "Compile code to convert from CBOR to JSON" ON)
-  option(WITH_TOOLS "Compile the TinyCBOR tools" ON)
+  option(BUILD_EXAMPLES "Compile the TinyCBOR examples" OFF)
+  option(BUILD_TOOLS "Compile the TinyCBOR tools" ON)
 endif()
 
 # Include additional modules that are used unconditionally
@@ -176,10 +177,13 @@ install(
 set(PROJECT_LIBRARIES TinyCBOR)
 include(PackageConfig)
 
+if(BUILD_EXAMPLES)
+  add_subdirectory(examples)
+endif()
 if(BUILD_TESTING)
   enable_testing()
   add_subdirectory(tests)
 endif()
-if(WITH_TOOLS)
+if(BUILD_TOOLS)
   add_subdirectory(tools)
 endif()

examples/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2025 Intel Corporation
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+include(TinyCBORHelpers)
+
+tinycbor_add_executable(simplereader simplereader.c)