How to read current app version in Xcode 11 with script
Until Xcode 11, I used a script that reads the current app version (for the AppStore) and help me change the LaunchScreen since we can't use swift for that.
sourceFilePath="$PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT_NAME/App/Base.lproj/LaunchScreen.storyboard"
versionNumber=$(/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Print CFBundleShortVersionString" "$INFOPLIST_FILE")
buildNumber=$(/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Print CFBundleVersion" "$INFOPLIST_FILE")
sed -i .bak -e "/userLabel=\"APP_VERSION_LABEL\"/s/text=\"[^\"]*\"/text=\"v$versionNumber\"/" "$PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT_NAME/App/Base.lproj/LaunchScreen.storyboard"
But in Xcode 11 there is a new section inside the project's build settings called Versioning
And CFBundleShortVersionString automatically changed to $(MARKETING_VERSION). Xcode automatically handles that and I don't want to change it manually to an static number and let Xcode do it's work.
So the question is how can I access this new MARKETING_VERSION and set it to my launchScreen label using run script?
Answer
Xcode 11/12
In terminal or bash script in your project you can use:
App version
xcodebuild -showBuildSettings | grep MARKETING_VERSION | tr -d 'MARKETING_VERSION =' // will be displayed 1.1.6
Build version
xcodebuild -showBuildSettings | grep CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION | tr -d 'CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION =' // will be displayed 7
Or (don't forget to change YouProjectName to your project name):
App version
cat YouProjectName.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj | grep -m1 'MARKETING_VERSION' | cut -d'=' -f2 | tr -d ';' | tr -d ' '
Build version
cat YouProjectName.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj | grep -m1 'CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION' | cut -d'=' -f2 | tr -d ';' | tr -d ' '
Or slower method (Thx Joshua Kaden):
App version
xcodebuild -project YouProjectName.xcodeproj -showBuildSettings | grep "MARKETING_VERSION" | sed 's/[ ]*MARKETING_VERSION = //'
Build version
xcodebuild -project YouProjectName.xcodeproj -showBuildSettings | grep "CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION" | sed 's/[ ]*CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION = //'