[CB-5590] Asymetry in cordova build updating platform versions (Android/iOS)

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.1.0
• Component/s: cordova-cli

Environment

OSX

• Assignee: Andrew Grieve
• Reporter: Abel Muiño
• Created: 06/Dec/13 13:25
• Updated: 23/Aug/18 07:29
• Resolved: 21/Jan/14 20:55

Description

The version attribute from config.xml updates fields with different semantic in Android vs iOS.

Both platforms have 2 different version numbers. One acts as the "public" version number (published on the markets, etc) and the other acts as a "private" build number (changing with each development iteration)

The current behavior is:

• Android: updates the android:versionName ( A string value that represents the release version of the application code, as it should be shown to users )
• iOS: updates the CFBundleVersion instead: ( represents an iteration (released or unreleased) of the bundle and can contain a mix of characters and numbers, as in 12E123)

So, android updates the visible version, but iOS updates the private one.

This should be synced… I think it makes sense to have the config.xml version be the public one.

This means update the iOS tooling to fill the CFBundleShortVersionString instead.

That way, CFBundleVersion and android:versionCode remain "private versions", maybe using the build number from a continous integration server…

Issue Links

• relates to: CB-5093 CLI builds version number inconsitently between iOS and Android