Version Numbers for iTC TestFlight

[DRJ-UK]

Colleagues

To utilise the TestFlight functionality in iTunes Connect (iTC) there is a need to generate pre-release builds.

Ideally it would be good if there was an option in the Application Settings to provide a pre-release version as well. Looking at the iTC documentation it seems that the Info.plist file is used to extract the required information about the build version and pre-release version. An extract from an Info.plist file generated by LC contains the following:

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	<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
	<string>1.2</string>
	<key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
	<string>1.2</string>

The iTC documentation suggests the first key is the build version, the second the pre-release version. Note these are currently populated with the same data based on the version field in the iOS tab of Application Settings . Editing the Info.plist is not an option after building the App as it invalidates the signing certificate.

Has anybody out there managed to find away around this to be able to use the beta testing functionality in iTC?

In the meantime, I have submitted a feature request for this option to be included in future releases.

Dave

[teacherguy]

Spent the last few hours trying to figure this out, to no avail.

[DRJ-UK]

Colleagues

The feature request has been confirmed by the LC team. So we can look forward to this in a future update.

I know there are many developers using LC who are interested in this small change but it will have a big impact in terms of submitting sequential builds via iTC for TestFlight Beta testing.

Dave

[teacherguy]

Apple just opened the floodgates by allowing up to 1,000 testers through iTunesConnect. Would love to see this bug fixed soon.