Getting an iPhone app's product name at runtime?

Question

How can this be achieved? I would like to get the name so i can display it within an app, without having to change it in code each time i change a name, of course.

Answer 1

For completeness, Swift 3.0 would be;

let appName = Bundle.main.object(forInfoDictionaryKey: "CFBundleDisplayName") as! String

Answer 2

I had a problem when I localize my application name by using InfoPlist.strings, like

CFBundleDisplayName = "My Localized App Name";

I could not obtain localized application name if I use infoDictionary.

In that case I used localizedInfoDirectory like below.

NSDictionary *locinfo = [bundle localizedInfoDictionary];

Answer 3

The following code would be better.

NSBundle *bundle = [NSBundle mainBundle];
NSDictionary *info = [bundle infoDictionary];
self.appName = [info objectForKey:@"CFBundleExecutable"];

Answer 4

This is just a swift update for this very old question. I was in need of swift answer and it was kind of tricky(Unwrapping optionals) in swift syntax so sharing it here

let productName = NSBundle.mainBundle().infoDictionary!["CFBundleName"]!

Answer 5

According to Apple, using - objectForInfoDictionaryKey: directly on the NSBundle object is preferred:

Use of this method is preferred over other access methods because it returns the localized value of a key when one is available.

Here's an example in Swift:

let appName = NSBundle.mainBundle().objectForInfoDictionaryKey("CFBundleName") as! String
// Or use key "CFBundleDisplayName"

Update for Swift 3 - thanks Jef.

let appName = Bundle.main.object(forInfoDictionaryKey: "CFBundleName") as! String

Answer 6

Here's the cleanest approach I could come up with using Swift 3:

let productName = Bundle.main.infoDictionary?["CFBundleDisplayName"] as? String