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