Re: CFBundleIdentifier & Application Version

FROM : Douglas Davidson
DATE : Fri Jul 11 19:01:05 2008

On Jul 11, 2008, at 9:40 AM, Eric Gorr wrote:

> My question is, as different versions, of the same application, are 
> released, it is a good idea or recommended that the 
> CFBundleIdentifier reflect the version of the application as well. 
> For example, one might have:
>
> com.mycompany.MyApp2007
> com.mycompany.MyApp2008
> com.mycompany.MyApp2009
>
> If it is not a good idea or not recommended, why?


In most cases I would expect that one would change the CFBundleVersion 
and other version-related items in the Info.plist rather than the 
bundle identifier.  There might be cases in which one would want to 
change the bundle identifier, though--perhaps for a sweeping, clean-
break change in the app.  Remember that preferences and the like are 
keyed off of the bundle identifier, so changing it would give you some 
work to do in migrating older settings.

Douglas Davidson