MonacaApp-Info.plist

You can configure your iOS app in MonacaApp-Info.plist file. For information on plist file, please refer to Information Property List Files (Apple). This file is located under ios folder inside your Monaca project as shown below:

For Cordova 6.2 or higher, MonacaApp-Info.plist file is removed from Monaca framework. Therefore, in order to config iOS application settings, use Cordova Custom Config Plugin.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">

<plist>
  <dict>
    <key>key</key>
    <value-type>value</value-type>
      ...
    <key>key</key>
    <array>
      <value-type>value</value-type>
      <value-type>value</value-type>
    </array>
    ...
  </dict>
</plist>

Inside MonacaApp-Info.plist file, there are 3 main types of elements:

• <key>: Defines value (plistObject) and a combination of application configuration information.

• <array>: You can have the array of values (plistObject).

• <dict>: Key and combination of value (plistObject) are defined here.

For example:

<plist>
  <dict>
    ...
    <key>XXX</key>
      <string>The value(plistObject) corresponding to key(XXX)</sting>
      ...
    <key>YYY</key>
      <array>
        <string>The 1st value(plistObject) corresponding to key(YYY)</string>
        <string>The 2nd value(plistObject) corresponding to key(YYY)</string>
        <string>The 3rd value(plistObject) corresponding to key(YYY)</string>
        <string>The 4th value(plistObject) corresponding to key(YYY)</string>
      </array>
    ...
  </dict>
</plist>

Type List of Values (plistObject)

Types	Description
string	String data type representing text.
date	Date data type representing date and time.
Integer	Integer number
real	Floating data type representing a decimal number.
data	Data type
true	true boolean
false	false boolean

List of Keys

Key	Type	Description
CFBundleDevelopmentRegion	string	Defines a native language of the developer. If the language of the user cannot be found, this value will be used as default.
CFBundleDisplayName	string	Define a name of the application. It is a fully qualified name of the class that you extend from Application class.
CFBundleExecutable	string	Defines the application executable file.
CFBundleIconFile	string	Defines application icon file name.
CFBundleIconFiles	<array>string	Defines icon file names used for iOS 3.2 or later. The correct file will be chosen depending on the size of the device screen resolution.
CFBundleIdentifier	string	Specifies a unique identifier for your application. The identifier must be a Uniform Type Identifier (UTI) as com.monaca.MyApp.
CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion	string	Is the current version number of MonacaApp-Info.plist file.
CFBundleName	string	Is a short display name of the app. It is limited to 16 characters at most.
CFBundlePackageType	string	Is a 4-digit code used to describe application type. Set this value to APPL for application project.
CFBundleShortVersionString	string	Specifies the version number of your application.
CFBundleSignature	string	Is a 4-digit code used to identify the app developer.
CFBundleVersion	string	Is a build version number of the application.
LSRequiresIPhoneOS	true	Indicates whether the application can only be run on iPhone or not.
UISupportedInterfaceOrientations	<array>string	Specifies screen orientations for iPhone that are supported by the application. For iPad, use UISupportedInterfaceOrientations~ipad.
BackupWebStorage	string	Set to cloud to allow the web storage data to be backed up to iCloud, Set to none to not allow any backups of web storage. default is cloud

Here are some keys and values you may need to configure in your iOS apps:

UISupportedInterfaceOrientations

Is used to set the screen orientation of your app:

• Settings for iPhone

  ...
  <key>UISupportedInterfaceOrientations</key>
    <array>
      <string>UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft</string>
      <string>UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight</string>
      <string>UIInterfaceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown</string>
      <string>UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait</string>
    </array>
  ...

• Settings for iPad

  ...
  <key>UISupportedInterfaceOrientations~ipad</key>
    <array>
      <string>UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft</string>
      <string>UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight</string>
      <string>UIInterfaceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown</string>
      <string>UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait</string>
    </array>
  ...

List of Orientation Values

Value	Description
UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft	Landscape orientation aligned to the left side of the Home button.
UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight	Landscape orientation aligned to the right side of the Home button.
UIInterfaceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown	Portrait orientation
UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait	Portrait orientation in opposite direction from the normal portrait orientation.

You can download a sample screen orientation file below:

700B

UISupportedInterfaceOrientations.zip

archive

Screen Orientation File

Statusbar Setting

Value	Type	Default	Description
UIStatusBarHidden	Boolean	false	If set to true, the status bar at the top of the application will be hidden. If UIStatusBarHidden set to true and UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance set to false, the status bar at the top of the app will be hidden.
UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance	Boolean	false	If set to true, the status bar at the top of the application will be hidden. Set to true in order to use StatusBar Plugin.