Change grit whitelist to a string parameter

build/common.gypi

 # Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file.
 
 # IMPORTANT:
 # Please don't directly include this file if you are building via gyp_chromium,
 # since gyp_chromium is automatically forcing its inclusion.
 {
   # Variables expected to be overriden on the GYP command line (-D) or by
   # ~/.gyp/include.gypi.
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           '-E', 'ANDROID_JAVA_TAGGED_ONLY=true',
           '--no-output-all-resource-defines',
         ],
       }],
       ['OS=="mac" or OS=="ios"', {
         'grit_defines': ['-D', 'scale_factors=2x'],
       }],
       ['OS == "ios"', {
         'grit_defines': [
           '-t', 'ios',
-          # iOS uses a whitelist to filter resources.
-          '-w', '<(DEPTH)/build/ios/grit_whitelist.txt',
           '--no-output-all-resource-defines',
         ],
+        # iOS uses a whitelist to filter resources.
+        'grit_whitelist%': '<(DEPTH)/build/ios/grit_whitelist.txt',
 
         # Enable host builds when generating with ninja-ios.
         'conditions': [
           ['"<(GENERATOR)"=="ninja"', {
             'host_os%': "mac",
           }],
 
           # TODO(sdefresne): Remove the target_subarch check once Apple has
           # upstreamed the support for "arm64". http://crbug.com/341453
           ['target_subarch!="arm32" or "<(GENERATOR)"=="xcode"', {
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     # settings in target dicts.  SYMROOT is a special case, because many other
     # Xcode variables depend on it, including variables such as
     # PROJECT_DERIVED_FILE_DIR.  When a source group corresponding to something
     # like PROJECT_DERIVED_FILE_DIR is added to a project, in order for the
     # files to appear (when present) in the UI as actual files and not red
     # red "missing file" proxies, the correct path to PROJECT_DERIVED_FILE_DIR,
     # and therefore SYMROOT, needs to be set at the project level.
     'SYMROOT': '<(DEPTH)/xcodebuild',
   },
 }