Question

I am trying to do the following:

1. During the build phase, open a plain text file and read the text
2. Change the value of a property in info.plist to the value obtained in step 1.

Can I write a shell script for this?

It will be great if someone can guide me to achieve this.

Answer 1

Yes you can. I would do it in three steps:

1. Write a shell script that is run before the first build-phase. Let this script set an environment variable.
2. Enable “Expand Build Settings in Info.plist” for you project.
3. Use the environment variable in the plist file like ${MY_COOL_SETTING}.