Obtain Bundle Identifier programmatically

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How can I obtain a string of the Bundle Identifier programmatically from within my App?

score 468 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 21 '18 at 08:52

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Objective-C

NSString *bundleIdentifier = [[NSBundle mainBundle] bundleIdentifier];

Swift 1.2

let bundleIdentifier = NSBundle.mainBundle().bundleIdentifier

Swift 3.0

let bundleIdentifier = Bundle.main.bundleIdentifier

Xamarin.iOS

var bundleIdentifier = NSBundle.MainBundle.BundleIdentifier

edited Nov 21 '18 at 08:52

bucyDev

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answered Jan 16 '12 at 16:37

peko

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This answer is not limited to iOS. It works for Mac apps too. – Jonny Oct 31 '13 at 01:40
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In Swift, use `let bundleIdentifier = NSBundle.mainBundle().bundleIdentifier` – Tim Arnold Nov 13 '14 at 17:11
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(you can delete this comment) but I love the feeling of reading the answer then in the comment, see something like @Jonny s and Tim (although you can see this in another whole answer), it links to something else that still relevant and useful. Thanks for great community guys. – haxpor Mar 02 '15 at 00:47
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Swift3: `Bundle.main.bundleIdentifier!` – Sebastian Roth Sep 14 '16 at 07:05

score 50 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 16 '12 at 16:37

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[[NSBundle mainBundle] bundleIdentifier];

(documentation)

answered Jan 16 '12 at 16:37

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In Swift, use `let bundleIdentifier = NSBundle.mainBundle().bundleIdentifier` – Tim Arnold Nov 13 '14 at 17:11

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 14 '15 at 07:05

You may need Core Foundation approach to get the value. ARC example is following:

NSString *value = (__bridge_transfer NSString *)CFDictionaryGetValue(CFBundleGetInfoDictionary(CFBundleGetMainBundle()),
                                                                     (const void *)(@"CFBundleIdentifier"));

score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 15 '16 at 11:30

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To get the bundle identifier programmatically in Swift 3.0:

Swift 3.0

let bundle = Bundle.main.bundleIdentifier

answered Nov 15 '16 at 11:30

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score 1 · Answer 5 · edited Jun 27 '19 at 13:42

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f you are trying to get it programmatically , you can use below line of code :

Objective-C:

NSString *bundleIdentifier = [[NSBundle mainBundle] bundleIdentifier];

Swift 3.0 :

let bundleIdentifier =  Bundle.main.bundleIdentifier

Updated for latest swift It will work for both iOS and Mac apps.

edited Jun 27 '19 at 13:42

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answered Sep 08 '16 at 21:51

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Oct 10 '16 at 00:40

I use these macros to make it much shorter:

#define BUNDLEID    [NSString stringWithString:[[NSBundle mainBundle] bundleIdentifier]]

#define BUNDLEIDEQUALS(bundleIdString) [BUNDLEID isEqualToString:bundleIdString]

so I can just compare like this:

if (BUNDLEIDEQUALS(@"com.mycompany.myapp") {
    //do this
}

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