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

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.

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}";
    }
}