How to auto-increment Bundle Version in Xcode 4?

Question

I am trying to figure out how to have the Bundle version number increment automatically in my Xcode 4 project (for ad-hoc and release builds). I found some scripts online th

Answer 1

1, Set CFBundleVersion to 1.0.1 or something like x.x.x

2, Add build phases to run shell script autoVersion.sh

3, save below script named autoVersion.sh

#!/bin/sh
# Auto Increment Version Script
# set CFBundleVersion to 1.0.1 first!!!
# the perl regex splits out the last part of a build number (ie: 1.1.1) and increments it by one
# if you have a build number that is more than 3 components, add a '\.\d+' into the first part of the regex.
buildPlist=${INFOPLIST_FILE}
newVersion=`/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Print CFBundleVersion" "$buildPlist" | /usr/bin/perl -pe 's/(\d+\.\d+\.)(\d+)/$1.($2+1)/eg'`
#echo $newVersion;
/usr/libexec/PListBuddy -c "Set :CFBundleVersion $newVersion" "$buildPlist"

4, run shell: cp autoVersion.sh ~/Documents/ and chmod 777 ~/Documents/autoVersion.sh

5, Build & Enjoy it. :)

perl code from: https://gist.github.com/1436598

Answer 2

For anyone wanting to integrate version incrementing into a command line build script (perhaps for continuous integration), see the following commands:

    # cd into the project folder containing the plist
    cd /Users/waitea/iOS/E.ON/iOS/trunk/Eon

    # grab the version numbers
    major_version=$(grep -C 2 CFBundleVersion App-Info.plist | grep -o '[0-9]\+.[0-9]\+.[0-9]\+')
    major_version_min=$(echo $major_version | grep -o '[0-9]\+.[0-9]\+\.')
    minor_version=$(echo $major_version | grep -o '[0-9]\+$')

    # increment the minor version
    increment=`expr $minor_version + 1`
    incremented_whole_version="$major_version_min$increment"

    # replace the build number in the plist using perl
    /usr/bin/perl -p -i -e "s/$major_version/$incremented_whole_version/g" App-Info.plist

That will increment the rightmost number in a x.x.x style version number. Tweak the reg-ex's to alter for your convention.

Took me a while so I thought I'd share to give back to the community!

EDIT - I created a continuous integration system that'll do this for you

https://github.com/adamwaite/XcodeProject

Answer 3

FWIW - this is what I'm currently using to increase the build number only for release builds (which includes archiving). Works fine under Xcode 5.1.

Just copy/paste the snippet into a Run script build phase directly in Xcode:

buildnum=$(/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Print :CFBundleVersion" "$PRODUCT_SETTINGS_PATH")

if [ "$CONFIGURATION" = "Release" ]; then
buildnum=$((buildnum + 1))
echo "Build number updated to $buildnum"
/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :CFBundleVersion $buildnum" "$PRODUCT_SETTINGS_PATH"
fi;

Answer 4

If you're using a version system like "x.x.x" you can add this run script. It'll increase the version number (x.x.x+1) every time a new build is made:

if [ "${CONFIGURATION}" != "Debug" ]; then

VERSIONNUM=$(/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Print CFBundleVersion" "${PROJECT_DIR}/${INFOPLIST_FILE}")

NEWSUBVERSION=`echo $VERSIONNUM | awk -F "." '{print $4}'`

NEWSUBVERSION=$(($NEWSUBVERSION + 1))

NEWVERSIONSTRING=`echo $VERSIONNUM | awk -F "." '{print $1 "." $2 "." $3 ".'$NEWSUBVERSION'" }'`

/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :CFBundleVersion $NEWVERSIONSTRING" "${PROJECT_DIR}/${INFOPLIST_FILE}"

fi

Answer 5

This might help you. I am using it in my projects. https://gist.github.com/alokc83/5207294

#!/bin/sh
# xcode-build-number-generator.sh
# @desc Automaticvally create build number every time using curent day, month and year
# @usage
# 1. Select: your Target in Xcode
# 2. Select: Build Phases Tab
# 3. Select: Add Build Phase -> Add Run Script
# 4. Paste code below in to new "Run Script" section
# 5. Drag the "Run Script" below "Link Binaries With Libraries"


#Credits 
# sekati@github for intial direction about automatic versioning
# http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/02/whats-in-a-version-number-anyway.html (For unferstanding the Software Versoining)
#Feel free to leave comment or report issues


MONTH=`date | awk '{print $2}'`

case "$MONTH" in
  'Jan' )
         MONTHNUMBER=1
     ;;
    'Feb' )
         MONTHNUMBER=2
    ;;
    'Mar' )
    MONTHNUMBER=3
    echo "Month is $MONTHNUMBER"
    ;;
    'Apr' )
         MONTHNUMBER=4
    ;;
    'May' )
         MONTHNUMBER=5
        ;;
    'Jun' )
         MONTHNUMBER=6
        ;;
    'Jul' )
         MONTHNUMBER=7
        ;;
    'Aug' )
         MONTHNUMBER=8
        ;;
    'Sep' )
         MONTHNUMBER=9
        ;;
    'Oct' )
         MONTHNUMBER=10
        ;;
    'Nov' )
         MONTHNUMBER=11
        ;;
    'Dec' )
         MONTHNUMBER=12
        ;;
esac

DATE=`date | awk '{print $3}'`
echo "Date = $DATE"
YEAR=`date | awk '{print $6}'`
echo "Date = $YEAR"

### only uncomment section below if testing the format in terminal
#echo "BuildNumber1 = $MONTH$DATE$YEAR"
#echo "or BUILD NUMBER = $DATE$MONTH$YEAR"
#echo "or BUILD NUMBER = $MONTHNUMBER$DATE$YEAR Format is |Month Number Date Year|"
#echo "or BUILD NUMBER = $DATE$MONTHNUMBER$YEAR format is |Date MonthNumber Year|"
############################

#### Uncomment only one one style or last one will be in effect
#buildNumber=$MONTH$DATE$YEAR
#buildNumber=$DATE$MONTH$YEAR
buildNumber=$MONTHNUMBER$DATE$YEAR
#buildNumber=$DATE$MONTHNUMBER$YEAR


echo "Final Build number is $buildNumber"
## Below command write buildNumber in the property list
/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :CFBundleVersion $buildNumber" "${PROJECT_DIR}/${INFOPLIST_FILE}"

Answer 6

I haven't found a great solution for Xcode 10.1. I have modified some scripts to reach the goal. And everything now works fine.

version=$(/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Print :CFBundleShortVersionString" "${INFOPLIST_FILE}")
build=$(/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Print :CFBundleVersion" "${INFOPLIST_FILE}")
/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :PreferenceSpecifiers:1:DefaultValue ${version}" "${CODESIGNING_FOLDER_PATH}/Settings.bundle/Root.plist"