Re: CFBundleIdentifier & Application Version

FROM : Clark Cox
DATE : Fri Jul 11 19:29:16 2008

On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 9:40 AM, Eric Gorr <<email_removed>> wrote:
> Reading things like,
>
> http://developer.apple.com/qa/qa2004/qa1373.html
>
> which discuss CFBundleIdentifier, the example always given for what it
> should look like is of the form:
>
>  com.mycompany.MyApp
>
>
> 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?


That's not really a good idea. Many facilities identify applications
by bundle ID. If your new app is truly an new version of the old app,
then the bundle ID shouldn't change.

Use the other Info.plist keys to identify the version of your
application (such as CFBundleVersion).

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Clark S. Cox III
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