Finding bundle identifier in XCode project using shell script

Question

A Bundle identifier in Info.plist of an Xcode project could have various forms, for e.g.

com.company.$(PRODUCT_NAME:rfc1034identifier)
$(PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER)
Someone could design their own product bundle identifier for debug, release etc types of build and write a variable against Bundle identifier, e.g. com.company.$(PRODUCT_NAME:rfc1034identifier).$(someRandomVariable)

I want to write a shell script that just reads the bundle identifier properly.

However, if you only know shell script - I know, how to figure out values of variables in $(), but want a shell script that should give me all such variables in the string and then I will have code to figure out their values, post which I will create string back with the variables replaced with values.

function getBundleIdentifier
{
    cfBundleIdentifier=${PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER}
    if [ ${#cfBundleIdentifier} -lt 1 ]; then

        SOURCE="rfc1034identifier"
        cfBundleIdentifier=$(/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Print :CFBundleIdentifier" "${PROJECT_DIR}/${INFOPLIST_FILE}")

        if echo "$cfBundleIdentifier" | grep -q "$SOURCE"; then
            echo `eval echo $cfBundleIdentifier``eval echo ${PRODUCT_NAME:rfc1034identifier}`
        else
            echo `eval echo $cfBundleIdentifier`
        fi

    else
        echo $cfBundleIdentifier
   fi
}

This is what I have written, but it does not cover all the cases.

score 7 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 19 '17 at 10:02

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It's very easy, just run this command:

BUNDLE_ID=`xcodebuild -showBuildSettings | grep PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER`

echo $BUNDLE_ID

edited Jul 19 '17 at 10:02

loki

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answered Jul 19 '17 at 09:57

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The only caveat to this I found was that it attached 'PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER = ' before the actual Bundle ID. – Kieran Bond Jan 15 '20 at 11:29
@KieranBond True but just do this to get rid of that part: echo $BUNDLE_ID | sed "s/ PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER = //g" – JeremyF Feb 11 '21 at 22:39
I am no genius but sed got me just bundle ID by itself: echo $(xcodebuild -showBuildSettings | grep PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER) | sed "s/ //g" | sed "s/PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER//g" | sed "s/=//g" – JeremyF Feb 11 '21 at 22:43

Marwan Alqadi · Answer 2 · 2022-06-30T09:39:36.347

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you can use this

xcodebuild -project Myproject.xcodeproj \-showBuildSettings | grep PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER | awk -F ' = ' '{print $2}'

edited Jun 30 '22 at 09:39

answered Jun 30 '22 at 08:17

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 30 '22 at 14:57

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or just consolidated the non-xcode portion into :

xcodebuild……. |

{m,g}awk '$!NF = $(NF=2*/PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER/)' FS=' = '

answered Jun 30 '22 at 14:57

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soundflix · Answer 4 · 2022-08-31T10:46:20.590

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To get get the bundle identifier in a shell script, I found this to be the simplest way:

xcodebuild -showBuildSettings | awk -F ' = ' '/PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER/ { print $2 }'

If your script works currently in a different path, use -project option:

xcodebuild -project Myproject.xcodeproj -showBuildSettings | awk -F ' = ' '/PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER/ { print $2 }'

edited Aug 31 '22 at 10:46

answered Jul 16 '22 at 23:53

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Finding bundle identifier in XCode project using shell script

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