MonacaApp-Info.plist
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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.
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:
Here are some keys and values you may need to configure in your iOS apps:
Is used to set the screen orientation of your app:
Settings for iPhone
Settings for iPad
You can download a sample screen orientation file below:
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
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
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.
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.