5.11.1 iOS Bundle Identifier problems

[ekkescorner]

As I started with Qt mobile iOS Apps I hardcoded the bundle identifier in
info.plist:

    <key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
    <string>org.ekkescorner.c2g.qtws</string>

Later (don't remember the Qt version) the hard coded way doesn't work anymore.
with some help by @jakepetroules I had to change into this
info.plist:

    <key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
    <string>$(PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER)</string>

and added to my .pro:

ios {
    ....
    MY_BUNDLE_ID.name = PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER
    MY_BUNDLE_ID.value = org.ekkescorner.c2g.qtws
    QMAKE_MAC_XCODE_SETTINGS += MY_BUNDLE_ID
    ....
}

now with Qt 5.11.1 this is broken.
see discussions at QtMob and also QTBUG-70072

anyone has found a solution / workaround ?

after each build manually changing the build settings in XCode isn't really cool ;-)

[paulmasri]

This has been confirmed as "likely" to be a bug in Qt 5.11.1 and there is a fix scheduled for Qt 5.11.2. There is also a workaround for Qt 5.11.1.

Full details here (within the QTBUG-70072 comments)

[ekkescorner]

@paulmasri for me the bug still exists in 5.11.2 and 5.12 Beta1
but the workaround is working :)

[ekkescorner]

@ekkescorner after some discussions with Andy Shaw https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-70072
here's the recommended way to get the correct bundle identifier:

QMAKE_TARGET_BUNDLE_PREFIX = org.ekkescorner
QMAKE_BUNDLE = c2g.qtws

this will create the bundle identifier org.ekkescorner.c2g.qtws
no workaround needed anymore

[Stokestack]

Just tried this and, unfortunately, it doesn't work. It has no effect on the generated bundle ID in my project. Qt Creator 4.8.1.

[ekkescorner]

@Stokestack doing this in all my Qt 5.12.1 projects with QtC 4.8.1 without any problems
in my info.plist:

	<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
	<string>$(PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER)</string>

[Stokestack]

@ekkescorner Thanks for the reply. Where are you adding those values? If these are build settings, where do the = come in?

[ekkescorner]

@Stokestack copy your info.plist from generated Xcode project into to your project and tell QtC where it is

ios {
    QMAKE_INFO_PLIST = ios/Info.plist
}

then change / add what you want

[Stokestack]

@ekkescorner Oh, OK, thanks.

I thought we could put this in the build settings:

QMAKE_TARGET_BUNDLE_PREFIX = org.ekkescorner
QMAKE_BUNDLE = c2g.qtws