How to read the Bundle version from PList?

Question

Is there a way to read the app's bundled plist file, I am wanting to pull the value for Bundle version.

score 123 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 11 '10 at 14:28

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[[NSBundle mainBundle] objectForInfoDictionaryKey:(NSString *)kCFBundleVersionKey];

should get you the bundle version.

answered Feb 11 '10 at 14:28

Ole Begemann

Some more information can be found in (a duplicate): [How can I check the bundle version of our application programmatically?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2657477/how-can-i-check-the-bundle-version-of-our-application-programmatically) – Guy Oct 28 '14 at 10:28
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`[[NSBundle mainBundle] objectForInfoDictionaryKey:@"CFBundleShortVersionString"];` will get you the short version string as shown in the answer below (just posting the objc version) – smileham Apr 12 '16 at 15:55
hi OleB, the document link is outdated – Quang Vĩnh Hà May 28 '19 at 06:27

score 16 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 04 '19 at 02:10

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In Swift you can use:

let bundleVersion = Bundle.main.object(forInfoDictionaryKeykCFBundleVersionKey as String) as! String

or:

let bundleVersion = Bundle.main.infoDictionary?[kCFBundleVersionKey as String] as! String

If you want the short bundle versions string, you can use:

let shortBundleVersion = Bundle.main.object(forInfoDictionaryKey:"CFBundleShortVersionString") as! String

edited Sep 04 '19 at 02:10

Paulw11

answered Nov 30 '14 at 07:41

PassKit

score -1 · Answer 3 · edited Sep 14 '16 at 09:51

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#define APP_VERSION [[NSBundle mainBundle] objectForInfoDictionaryKey:(NSString*)kCFBundleVersionKey]

edited Sep 14 '16 at 09:51

Fabio Poloni

answered Sep 24 '15 at 07:51

Hardik Darji

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