How do I force Xcode to rebuild the Info.plist file in my project every time I build the project?

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TraxusIV picture TraxusIV · Sep 16, 2010 · Viewed 28.8k times · Source

Apparently the file gets cached, so it only gets built when it gets changed. I have environment variables set to increment my version number though, and such, and update them independently of the plist (in the project build settings, actually). Is there a script that I can use as a script build phase that will force the Info.plist to update? Some other convenient way?

Answer

LeeH picture LeeH · Sep 5, 2013

Select 'Edit Scheme', then select 'Build' from the control on the left.

Then, add a Pre-actions step, ensure the scheme in question is selected in the 'Provide build settings from' pulldown and then add this into the edit window below:

rm "${CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR}/${INFOPLIST_PATH}"

This will delete the cached version of Info.plist, causing XCode to rebuild it each time you hit build.

Alternatively, if you let Xcode preprocess a template Info.plist file, simply touching the template with 

touch ${PROJECT_DIR}/${INFOPLIST_FILE}

works too.

Debugging pre-action scripts

The pre-actions steps do not provide any information when you have made a mistake. You can debug the use of your build variables by adding this line to the script

echo "${CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR}/${INFOPLIST_PATH}" > ~/debug.txt

Then check the content of ~/debug.txt to verify that the pre-action script has run and to see if you've used the correct path.

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