Updates cli args if conditional defaults are enforced by app launcher (#324)

Update cli args if conditional defaults are enforced by app launcher

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source/isaaclab/config/extension.toml

 [package]
 
 # Note: Semantic Versioning is used: https://semver.org/
-version = "0.36.13"
+version = "0.36.14"
 
 # Description
 title = "Isaac Lab framework for Robot Learning"

source/isaaclab/docs/CHANGELOG.rst

 Changelog
 ---------
 
-0.36.13 (2025-04-09)
+0.36.14 (2025-04-09)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 Changed
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Changed
   the cuda device, which results in NCCL errors on distributed setups.
 
 
-0.36.12 (2025-04-01)
+0.36.13 (2025-04-01)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 Fixed
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Fixed
 * Added check in RecorderManager to ensure that the success indicator is only set if the termination manager is present.
 
 
-0.36.11 (2025-03-24)
+0.36.12 (2025-03-24)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 Changed
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Changed
   the default settings will be used from the experience files and the double definition is removed.
 
 
-0.36.10 (2025-03-17)
+0.36.11 (2025-03-19)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 Fixed
@@ -41,6 +41,15 @@ Fixed
   :attr:`effort_limit` is set.
 
 
+0.36.10 (2025-03-17)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Fixed
+^^^^^
+
+* App launcher to update the cli arguments if conditional defaults are used.
+
+
 0.36.9 (2025-03-18)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 

source/isaaclab/isaaclab/app/app_launcher.py

@@ -624,6 +624,9 @@ class AppLauncher:
             # If no device is specified, default to the CPU device if we are running in XR
             device = "cpu"
 
+            # Overwrite for downstream consumers
+            launcher_args["device"] = "cpu"
+
         if "cuda" not in device and "cpu" not in device:
             raise ValueError(
                 f"Invalid value for input keyword argument `device`: {device}."
@@ -854,6 +857,9 @@ class AppLauncher:
             # If no rendering mode is specified, default to the xr mode if we are running in XR
             rendering_mode = "xr"
 
+            # Overwrite for downstream consumers
+            launcher_args["rendering_mode"] = "xr"
+
         # parse preset file
         repo_path = os.path.join(carb.tokens.get_tokens_interface().resolve("${app}"), "..")
         preset_filename = os.path.join(repo_path, f"apps/rendering_modes/{rendering_mode}.kit")