When we set environment variables in the "Custom xcodebuild arguments" field using a standard $ prefixed format ($VARIABLE or ${VARIABLE}), the Xcode Plugin doesn't substitute the variable placeholders with the current values.

For exemple, when I try to securely pass a password using the "Mask Passwords Plugin" (https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Mask+Passwords+Plugin), I get the literal placeholder as value instead of the masked password:

Custom xcodebuild arguments: TEST_PASSWORD=${TEST_PASSWORD}

Would it be possible to replace the variable placeholders in this field by the related environment variable values, please? Thank you very much.

Here are some solutions:

• hudson.Util.replaceMacro(...) Java methods in main Jenkins package;
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4752817/expand-environment-variables-in-text