Re: CFBundleIdentifier & Application Version

FROM : Douglas Davidson
DATE : Fri Jul 11 21:18:24 2008

On Jul 11, 2008, at 11:54 AM, Eric Gorr wrote:

> Other then preferences, what else is keyed off of the bundle 
> identifier?
>
> So, just to be clear, would you generally consider it to be the case 
> that a unique bundle identifier is intended to identify a unique 
> application and not different versions of the same application?


Generally, that is the case.  For example, Launch Services has 
mechanisms to locate an app by bundle identifier, and I believe 
AppleScript now has a way to address an app by bundle identifier; in 
such cases, the bundle identifier is regarded as more stable than the 
application name, and in general the preferred way to locate a 
particular application.

Douglas Davidson