Read version from Info.plist

Question

I want to read the bundle version info from Info.plist into my code, preferably as a string. How can I do this?

Answer 1

You can read your Info.plist as a dictionary with

[[NSBundle mainBundle] infoDictionary] 

And you can easily get the version at the CFBundleVersion key that way.

Finally, you can get the version with

NSDictionary* infoDict = [[NSBundle mainBundle] infoDictionary]; NSString* version = [infoDict objectForKey:@"CFBundleVersion"]; 

Answer 2

for Swift users:

if let version = NSBundle.mainBundle().objectForInfoDictionaryKey("CFBundleShortVersionString") {     print("version is : \(version)") } 

for Swift3 users:

if let version = Bundle.main.object(forInfoDictionaryKey: "CFBundleShortVersionString") {     print("version is : \(version)") }