How to get bundle id of iOS app - either using .ipa file or app installed on iPhone

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Currently I have .ipa file and same app can be installed through test flight. I don’t have the app source code. I tried extracting the files from .ipa file using Archive Utility but there was no plist file. I am not sure how do I get the bundle id for this app- (either from .ipa file or by using the installed app and what is the process?) as i want to automate this app test on real device

(Note: .app file or source code is not available and the test app is signed with valid developer provisioning profile)

Shashank Agrawal · Answer 1 · 2018-12-14T08:05:48.580

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To find out the bundle id of any existing app:

Connect your iOS device to your Mac with iOS wire
Open the Console app on Mac
Select your device under the Devices heading (top left)
Enter the name of your app in the search bar
Now launch the app in your iOS device
You will see the first log in the console like SpringBoard Bootstrapping com.xxxx.xxx.kids with intent foreground-interactive

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answered Dec 14 '18 at 07:56

Shashank Agrawal

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easiest method I've seen. Thanks – sayhan Oct 01 '19 at 08:59
Search “Bootstrapping”，Kill all process, click “Clear” button，“Now” button，launch the App. – tinyhare Apr 21 '23 at 13:39

score 18 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 14 '18 at 07:52

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Extract the contents of .ipa file using any app, this will give you a Payload folder. There will be only a single file inside the Payload Folder
Right Click on file -> Show Package content. This will redirect you to a new finder window with lot of files
Open info.plist file using either Xcode or textEdit there you can find the bundle id

Cheers

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answered Nov 24 '15 at 07:40

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CFBundleIdentifier is the exact key to be looked – vikramvi Jun 10 '16 at 09:45

score 17 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 05 '19 at 10:57

If your app is in the App Store.
1) Find the app online (Google for the iTunes link). For this example we use Apple Pages: https://itunes.apple.com/app/pages/id361309726?mt=8.
2) Copy the number after the id in the URL. (Here: 361309726).
3) Open https://itunes.apple.com/lookup?id=361309726 where you replace the ID with the one you looked up.
4) Search the output for "bundleID". In this example it looks like this (next to a bunch of other data): "bundleId":"com.apple.Pages". So for Apple, the bundle ID is com.apple.Pages.

You can add "&country=us" as a example if you need it. – Andres Paladines Oct 05 '21 at 20:03 — Andres Paladines, Oct 05 '21 at 20:03

score 7 · Answer 4 · edited Dec 14 '18 at 07:53

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Try this terminal cmd:

osascript -e 'id of app "{path of .app}"'

example:

osascript -e 'id of app "~/Desktop/Fontli.app"'

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answered Mar 29 '16 at 11:31

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That's short and sweet, what if I want it directly from .ipa instead of .app file, is there a way to get it, I don't want to zip and then open the payload and then get the .app file. – Rein rPavi Jun 23 '17 at 01:03
nice, always looking for a quick command line option. For IPA files you can run a temporary "unzip" and then delete the files, e.g. `unzip -q *.ipa && mv Payload/*.app Payload/tmp.app && osascript -e 'id of app "./Payload/tmp.app"' && rm -fR Payload` – Devis L. Dec 04 '21 at 00:14

Eyal Sooliman · Answer 5 · 2015-06-23T11:05:11.767

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If your app is in App Store,Then you can download the app from iTunes store. Then open that file in finder. There should be plist file. if you open it, you you will be able to find the bundle id there.

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score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Aug 02 '18 at 09:27

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You can get it by Changing the extension of .ipa to .zip and then uncompress .zip file.

answered Aug 02 '18 at 09:27

DeepakMK14

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score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Apr 22 '22 at 09:57

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For me the easiest methos is to install ios-deploy (https://github.com/ios-control/ios-deploy)

Then just run in cmd

ios-deploy -B

You will get list of all bundle ids on your device

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score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Apr 05 '23 at 14:24

For ipa file:

Change the .ipa file extension to .zip. For example, if it's helloworld.ipa, change it to helloworld.zip
Double click on the zip file to uncompress it, and it will give you a folder called helloworld.
Open uncompressed folder helloworld.
Open the Payload folder.
Right click on the app file, and select Show Package Contents
Open info.plist with a text editor.
Look for CFBundleIdentifier. Or if you know part of the identifier, search for that string in the file.

score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Dec 16 '14 at 17:12

If you have access to the testflight admin you can get the bundle id from the app information on that site. Otherwise you can extract the file using archive utility like you said and right click on the application within and select show package contents, this is where your info.plist will be stored.

score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Dec 16 '14 at 17:41

If the App is signed with a Proper profile, and you have the access to the developer portal via the Apple ID, you can go to the portal and check out the Bundle ID in the identified --> AppID under Certificate, Identifiers and profiles

Or you can access it via test flight.

Or else, as Mike Mentioned, Right Click on the ipa, click show package contents, Find the info.plist and you will find the Bundle identifier there.

score 0 · Answer 11 · answered May 12 '23 at 06:31

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Check the below steps, and Get the bundle id (identifiers) of any iOS application,

Go to application

Right click on app

Show Package contents

Check and Open info.plist file.

Search one by one line. and Get bundle identifier

answered May 12 '23 at 06:31

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How to get bundle id of iOS app - either using .ipa file or app installed on iPhone

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