How do I get the App version and build number using Swift?

Question

I have an IOS app with an Azure back-end, and would like to log certain events, like logins and which versions of the app users are running.

How can I return the ver

Answer 1

Swift 3:

Version Number

if let versionNumberString = Bundle.main.infoDictionary?["CFBundleShortVersionString"] as? String { // do something }

Build number

if let buildNumberString = Bundle.main.infoDictionary?["CFBundleVersion"] as? String { // do something }

Answer 2

extension UIApplication {

    static var appVersion: String {
        if let appVersion = NSBundle.mainBundle().objectForInfoDictionaryKey("CFBundleShortVersionString") {
            return "\(appVersion)"
        } else {
            return ""
        }
    }

    static var build: String {
        if let buildVersion = NSBundle.mainBundle().objectForInfoDictionaryKey(kCFBundleVersionKey as String) {
            return "\(buildVersion)"
        } else {
            return ""
        }
    }

    static var versionBuild: String {
        let version = UIApplication.appVersion
        let build = UIApplication.build

        var versionAndBuild = "v\(version)"

        if version != build {
            versionAndBuild = "v\(version)(\(build))"
        }

        return versionAndBuild
    }

}

Attention: You should use if let here in case that the app version or build is not set which will lead to crash if you try to use ! to unwrap.

Answer 3

For Swift 5.0 :

let appVersion = Bundle.main.infoDictionary?["CFBundleShortVersionString"] as! String

Answer 4

I created an extension for UIApplication.

extension UIApplication {
    static var appVersion: String {
        let versionNumber = Bundle.main.infoDictionary?[IdentifierConstants.InfoPlist.versionNumber] as? String
        let buildNumber = Bundle.main.infoDictionary?[IdentifierConstants.InfoPlist.buildNumber] as? String
        
        let formattedBuildNumber = buildNumber.map {
            return "(\($0))"
        }

        return [versionNumber,formattedBuildNumber].compactMap { $0 }.joined(separator: " ")
    }
}

enum Constants {
    enum InfoPlist {
        static let versionNumber = "CFBundleShortVersionString"
        static let buildNumber = "CFBundleVersion"
    }
}

Answer 5

My answer (as at Aug 2015), given Swift keeps evolving:

let version = NSBundle.mainBundle().infoDictionary!["CFBundleVersion"] as! String

Answer 6

For Swift 1.2 it's:

let version = NSBundle.mainBundle().infoDictionary!["CFBundleShortVersionString"] as! String
let build = NSBundle.mainBundle().infoDictionary!["CFBundleVersion"] as! String