Output current app's build version as a string - Xamarin.iOS

Question

I want to output the app's current build version as a string onto my app's about view.

Is there a method of reading this dynamically from the info.plist file or elsewhere rather than hardcoding it in?

E.g: Build Version: 1.0

Rowena

Answer 1

You can use this code to pull it out of the plist:

NSBundle.MainBundle.InfoDictionary [new NSString ("CFBundleVersion")].ToString ();

You can also use CFBundleShortVersionString, which is the other value for versions. Xamarin recently added support for both in Xamarin Studio.

Fractious

NSBundle.MainBundle.InfoDictionary is really useful to me for grabbing other strings that I need. Thanks – Rowena

Answer 2

public string AppVersion
{
    get
    {
         var appVersionString = NSBundle.MainBundle.ObjectForInfoDictionary("CFBundleShortVersionString").ToString();
         var appBuildNumber = NSBundle.MainBundle.ObjectForInfoDictionary("CFBundleVersion").ToString();

         return $"v{appVersionString} b{appBuildNumber}";
    }
}

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