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

Now in iOS 8 both fields are necessary. Earlier it works without the CFBundleShortVersionString. But now it is a required plist field to submit any app in app store. And kCFBundleVersionKey is compared for uploading every new build, which must be in incremental order. Specially for TestFlight builds. I do it this way,

NSString * version = nil;
    version = [[NSBundle mainBundle] objectForInfoDictionaryKey:@"CFBundleShortVersionString"];
    if (!version) {
        version = [[NSBundle mainBundle] objectForInfoDictionaryKey:(NSString *)kCFBundleVersionKey];
    }