Re: Question about Info.plist's
Re: Question about Info.plist's
- Subject: Re: Question about Info.plist's
- From: Owen Hartnett via Cocoa-dev <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2020 12:58:09 -0400
You can also use a build script that calls PlistBuddy to alter the contents of
a plist called using a Run Script in Build Phases just before Compile Sources.
I used to use one to apply the subversion revision number to the build version,
but then I switched to git.
-Owen
> On Aug 19, 2020, at 12:44 PM, Glenn L. Austin via Cocoa-dev
> <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> No, you can't use an "earlier" key to create a "later" value - but you can
> use code to do basically the same thing.
>
> Or, you can use the same variable that sets your CFBuildNumber to set your
> CFBundleVersion.
>
> --
> Glenn L. Austin, Computer Wizard and Race Car Driver <><
> <http://www.austinsoft.com>
>
>> On Aug 19, 2020, at 9:07 AM, Gabriel Zachmann via Cocoa-dev
>> <email@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> Question:
>>
>> Is there a way to use a key/value that was defined earlier in the plist file
>> to define a value for a later key?
>>
>> Explanation:
>> I have a macOS project with an automatically created "About" window.
>> The plist file has, additionally to all the default stuff, the key
>> CFBuildNumber (with a value that I increment automatically).
>>
>> In Xcode, I tried to change "Bundle version" to a value like
>>
>> $(CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION)_$(CFBuildNumber)
>>
>> However, in the final Info.plist in the app's bundle, this then looks like
>>
>> <key>CFBundleVersion</key>
>> <string>3.1_</string>
>>
>> Notice the underscore, but the value of CFBuildNumber is gone.
>> "3.1", BTW, is the value I have set under
>>
>> Project / Targets / General / Identity / Build
>>
>> I have tried to change parentheses into curly braces, to no avail.
>>
>> So, question again: is there a way to use a key/value that was defined
>> earlier in the plist file
>> to define a value for a later key?
>> I'd like to do that so that the "About" window contains the build number,
>> too.
>>
>> Thanks a lot in advance.
>>
>>
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