Getting an iPhone app's product name at runtime?

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.

12 Answers
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Try this

NSBundle *bundle = [NSBundle mainBundle];
NSDictionary *info = [bundle infoDictionary];
NSString *prodName = [info objectForKey:@"CFBundleDisplayName"];


CFBundleDisplayName

Good answers here. I would add one thing though.

Rather than using @"CFBundleDisplayName", which has the potential to change in future, it's best to cast the string constant supplied in CFBundle.h like so:

[[[NSBundle mainBundle] infoDictionary] objectForKey:(NSString*)kCFBundleNameKey];


Thus future-proofing your code.

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

- objectForInfoDictionaryKey:

NSBundle

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


kCFBundleNameKey

kCFBundleNameKey as String

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];


You can use the direct approach,

NSString* appName = [[[NSBundle mainBundle] infoDictionary] objectForKey:@"CFBundleDisplayName"];


For completeness, Swift 3.0 would be;

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


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

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


Here is the Xamarin.iOS version of @epatel's answer:

var prodName = NSBundle.MainBundle.InfoDictionary.ObjectForKey(new NSString("CFBundleDisplayName")) as NSString;


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"]!


The following code would be better.

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


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


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


You could have all bundle details from this dictionary "info". print this dictionary and get what you want.

NSBundle *bundle = [NSBundle mainBundle];
NSDictionary *info = [bundle infoDictionary];


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