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

Here's an updated version for Swift 3.2:

extension UIApplication
{
    static var appVersion:String
    {
        if let appVersion = Bundle.main.object(forInfoDictionaryKey: "CFBundleShortVersionString")
        {
            return "\(appVersion)"
        }
        return ""
    }

    static var buildNumber:String
    {
        if let buildNum = Bundle.main.object(forInfoDictionaryKey: kCFBundleVersionKey as String)
        {
            return "\(buildNum)"
        }
        return ""
    }

    static var versionString:String
    {
        return "\(appVersion).\(buildNumber)"
    }
}

Answer 2

Swift 4

func getAppVersion() -> String {
    return "\(Bundle.main.infoDictionary!["CFBundleShortVersionString"] ?? "")"
}

Bundle.main.infoDictionary!["CFBundleShortVersionString"]

Swift old syntax

let appVer: AnyObject? = NSBundle.mainBundle().infoDictionary!["CFBundleShortVersionString"]

Answer 3

Updated for Swift 3.0

The NS-prefixes are now gone in Swift 3.0 and several properties/methods have changed names to be more Swifty. Here's what this looks like now:

extension Bundle {
    var releaseVersionNumber: String? {
        return infoDictionary?["CFBundleShortVersionString"] as? String
    }
    var buildVersionNumber: String? {
        return infoDictionary?["CFBundleVersion"] as? String
    }
}

Bundle.main.releaseVersionNumber
Bundle.main.buildVersionNumber

Old Updated Answer

I've been working with Frameworks a lot since my original answer, so I wanted to update my solution to something that is both simpler and much more useful in a multi-bundle environment:

extension NSBundle {

    var releaseVersionNumber: String? {
        return self.infoDictionary?["CFBundleShortVersionString"] as? String
    }

    var buildVersionNumber: String? {
        return self.infoDictionary?["CFBundleVersion"] as? String
    }

}

Now this extension will be useful in apps to identify both the main bundle and any other included bundles (such as a shared framework for extension programming or third frameworks like AFNetworking), like so:

NSBundle.mainBundle().releaseVersionNumber
NSBundle.mainBundle().buildVersionNumber

// or...

NSBundle(URL: someURL)?.releaseVersionNumber
NSBundle(URL: someURL)?.buildVersionNumber

---

Original Answer

I wanted to improve on some of the answers already posted. I wrote a class extension that can be added to your tool chain to handle this in a more logical fashion.

extension NSBundle {

class var applicationVersionNumber: String {
    if let version = NSBundle.mainBundle().infoDictionary?["CFBundleShortVersionString"]

as? String { return version } return "Version Number Not Available" }

class var applicationBuildNumber: String {
    if let build = NSBundle.mainBundle().infoDictionary?["CFBundleVersion"] as? String {
        return build
    }
    return "Build Number Not Available"
}

}

So now you can access this easily by:

let versionNumber = NSBundle.applicationVersionNumber

Answer 4

Xcode 8, Swift 3:

let gAppVersion = Bundle.main.object(forInfoDictionaryKey: "CFBundleShortVersionString") ?? "0"
let gAppBuild = Bundle.main.object(forInfoDictionaryKey: "CFBundleVersion") ?? "0"

Answer 5

Swift 4, useful Extension for Bundle

import Foundation

public extension Bundle {

    public var shortVersion: String {
        if let result = infoDictionary?["CFBundleShortVersionString"] as? String {
            return result
        } else {
            assert(false)
            return ""
        }
    }

    public var buildVersion: String {
        if let result = infoDictionary?["CFBundleVersion"] as? String {
            return result
        } else {
            assert(false)
            return ""
        }
    }

    public var fullVersion: String {
        return "\(shortVersion)(\(buildVersion))"
    }
}

Answer 6

SWIFT 4

//First get the nsObject by defining as an optional AnyObject

let nsObject: AnyObject? = Bundle.main.infoDictionary?["CFBundleShortVersionString"] as AnyObject

//Then just cast the object as a String, but be careful, you may want to double check for nil

let version = nsObject as! String