Sparkie.InfoPlistVersioning

An MSBuild Task to update Info.plist version entries in Xamarin and MAUI iOS apps.

InfoPlistUpdaterTask

The nuget contains a single task named "InfoPlistUpdaterTask" with two required properties:

Property	Value
CFBundleVersion	The value to insert under the CFBundleVersion key in the Info.plist
CFBundleShortVersionString	The value to insert under the CFBundleShortVersionString key in the Info.plist

The task will try to locate the Info.plist in either:

• the same directory as the .csproj file
• the Platforms/iOS directory for use with MAUI

Note that both the CFBundleVersion and CFBundleShortVersionString keys must already be present in the Info.plist file, i.e. the MSBuild task only updates existing entries, it does not add the keys if not already present.

How to use with Nerdbank.GitVersioning

Set up Nerdbank.GitVersioning, as described here.

Make sure you have:

• added the Nerdbank.GitVersioning package to your iOS project
• added a version.json to your iOS project

Add the Sparkie.InfoPlistVersioning package to your project either via Visual Studio nuget manager or the CLI:

dotnet add package Sparkie.InfoPlistVersioning

Add the following entry to the iOS app project file:

<Target Name="InfoPlistUpdaterTask" DependsOnTargets="GetBuildVersion" BeforeTargets="CollectAppManifests">
    <InfoPlistUpdaterTask CFBundleShortVersionString="$(BuildVersionSimple)" CFBundleVersion="$(GitVersionHeight)" />
</Target>

Make sure the task executes:

• after the Nerdbank.GitVersioning GetBuildVersion task otherwise the BuildVersionSimple and GitVersionHeight properties will not be set.
• before CollectAppManifests otherwise plist.Info will not be updated before the app manifest is built.