Add entries to Info.plist in Qt

Question

In Qt, it is possible to specify an Info.plist file to use when building on Mac, as follows:

QMAKE_INFO_PLIST = MyInfo.plist

This replaces the Qt auto-generated Info.plist file with another one.

Rather than replace Qt's auto generated one entirely, is it possible to add individual entries?

I don't think it will make little practical difference but I'd like to be able to do it because I feel it would be "tidier" to just add the additional items I want rather than brutally replace the whole file.

Answer 1

Unfortunately this is impossible. But Qt makes your life easier with some variables that you can use in plist file. From Qt documentation:

In the .plist file, you can define some variables, e.g., @EXECUTABLE@, which qmake will replace with the actual executable name. Other variables include @ICON@, @TYPEINFO@, @LIBRARY@, and @SHORT_VERSION@.

Answer 2

Find a file named 'Info.list.app'. This is the template of Info.list. You can use it as a start point and append you own entries. It is typically location like Qt5.7.0/Src/qtbase/mkspecs/macx-ios-clang/Info.plist.app in your QT root dir.

See Qt documentation for more detail.