iOS: can I define PRODUCT_NAME (as used in Info.plist) in qmake .pro file

Marc_Van_Daele

When deploying to an IOS device, the Info.plist contains an entry like

<key>CFBundleDisplayName</key>
<string>${PRODUCT_NAME}</string>

Can I define PRODUCT_NAME somehow in the qmake .pro file (eg using PRODUCT_NAME=MyApp) or do I have to modify the Info.plist file directly?

SGaist

Hi,

Is it a custom Info.plist file you are using ?

kuzulis

We did this in this way:

Create file 'Info.plist.in' with this content:

...
	<key>CFBundleDisplayName</key>
	<string>$$MY_COOL_PRODUCT_NAME</string>
...

Create *.pro file with this content:

...
...

MY_COOL_PRODUCT_NAME = MyCoolProduct
...

} else:ios {
    # This is a workaround for the bug QTBUG-70072 for Qt 5.11.1.
    load(default_post.prf)
...
    info_plist.input = ios/Info.plist.in
    info_plist.output = $$OUT_PWD/Info.plist
    QMAKE_SUBSTITUTES += info_plist
    QMAKE_INFO_PLIST = $$OUT_PWD/Info.plist
...
} else {

But it was for Qt 5.11.1, as I remember... I don't know how it will be for a newest Qt... Maybe it was fixed in a simple way.

J.Hilk

@marc_van_daele
usually the replace string to the key <key>CFBundleDisplayName</key> is

<string>${PRODUCT_NAME}</string>

And that one is constructed via

TARGET and QMAKE_TARGET_BUNDLE_PREFIX

so:
TARGET = myApp
QMAKE_TARGET_BUNDLE_PREFIX = xx.myCompany

results in the bundle display name: xx.myCompany.myApp

Marc_Van_Daele

@SGaist I indeed have a custom Info.plist

@kuzulis This approach works indeed. Only drawback is that I have to escape all '"' in the Info.plist since otherwise, QMAKE_SUBSTITUTES removes them

@J-Hilk Using TARGET indeed works and seems, to me, right now, the easiest solution.