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Re: Can an app query the values in its own Info.plist?
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Re: Can an app query the values in its own Info.plist?


  • Subject: Re: Can an app query the values in its own Info.plist?
  • From: Ken Ferry <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:35:16 -0700

On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 10:24 PM, Scott Anguish <email@hidden> wrote:

>
> On Sep 28, 2009, at 1:16 AM, Kyle Sluder wrote:
>
>  On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 10:02 PM, Scott Anguish <email@hidden>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Why do it? It's easy enough to add your own.
>>>
>>
>> It's also easy to add them to Info.plist… it seems like an appropriate
>> place to do so.
>>
>> Perhaps Apple should clarify whether adding custom keys to Info.plist
>> is condoned.
>>
>
> Perhaps. I honestly don't think we have a best-practices position on this.
>
> I guess I'll point you to bugreporter.apple.com, you being a good citizen
> and all. :-)


Not that this is a "guideline", but it does feel a little weird to me to see
certain sorts of information in the Info.plist.  To my mind, it's for
information consumed by processes other than your own.

-Ken

>
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 >Re: Can an app query the values in its own Info.plist? (From: Graham Cox <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Can an app query the values in its own Info.plist? (From: Scott Anguish <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Can an app query the values in its own Info.plist? (From: Kyle Sluder <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Can an app query the values in its own Info.plist? (From: Scott Anguish <email@hidden>)

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