I did this before, but can't remember it now.
I want to change what appears under the icon of my app on the home screen. Where in Xcode do I do this?
As implied by the fact that "Bundle display name" is usually $(PRODUCT_NAME), you should actually set the "Product Name" build setting in your Target's build setting, for all configurations, and let it propagate to all the places that depend on it.
Yes, you can do this in your info.plist file (included in your xcode project). The Key is "Bundle display name"
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Xcode 5 won't let me change the bundle identifier. The app name portion after com.mycompany. is greyed out.
I created a bundle identifier in ITC which slightly differs and I want to use this new bundle identifier.
Do I have to create a new Xcode project with the correct identifier?
Actually this is pretty simple:
Select your target
Select 'info' tab (you can do the same by finding the plist file on the project)
Search for "Bundle Identifier" key, The value on your end should be com.mycompany.${PRODUCT_NAME:rfc1034identifier}.
If you want to change the grey field just replace the "com.mycompany" with whatever you want. the other field is the "Product Name" (which is read dynamically from the relevant key), You can change it by set the "Product Name" key on "Build Settings". You can also do it pretty ugly and change all the bundle identifier to whatever you want but I don't recommend that because if you would add more targets it would be static and harder to maintain.
Select your target under the Targets section.
Go to the Build Settings tab.
Scroll down to Packaging.
Change the Product Name to the desired one.
In Xcode 5.1.1, you can do it by simply renaming your Target. Double-click on the Target name to change it.
In your projects Info.plist(or in Info tab of project setiings, which is the same) change ${PRODUCT_NAME:rfc1034identifier} to desired name. After that it wouldn't be greyed out.
I had to do this for my project too and found it easily done in Xcode 5.1.1 by just renaming the project name in the Navigator and allow Xcode to find all the strings you need to change automatically. Just make sure you check-in or create a snapshot of your project first.
Your bundle identifier is based on PRODUCT_NAME.
By default, PRODUCT_NAME is based on TARGET_NAME, which is quite difficult to change (XCode6 at time of writing). So don't be afraid to impose a different name here if necessary.
I have two apps which are 90% same.So I have used the same code and renamed it in xcode.After that I have installed it in my device.So it is giving the previous appname not the new name.So Kindly tell me.Let me know if you need any more details.
If you are refering to the label inside the app icon in the springboard (the iPhone "desktop") , you will need to open the YourApp-Info.plist (located, usually, in Supporting Files) and change the value for Bundle display name (or CFBundleDisplayName).
go to your Xcode project, select the desired target, click on "Build settings" and look for "Product Name", now enter the new desired name.
To change the name of the app on the iOS home screen, you need to change the CFBundleDisplayName key in your app's Info.plist file.
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/General/Reference/InfoPlistKeyReference/Articles/CoreFoundationKeys.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40009249-110725-TPXREF135
As everyone say, the bundle display name is the name displayed on your device.
You might want to change the bundle identifier too, but it's for corresponding to your provisionning profiles and to be posted on another identifier on the app store.
You might want to rename your Xcode project, I found yesterday a way to do this easily: click on your project name (on left panel), go on the right panel (open it if not) and change the "project name" textfield. it will ask you to rename lot of files automatically.
Finally, have you considered to create a new target, instead of creating a new project ? If the differences are just images and nib file, you can duplicate an app easily, this way.
I want to change the name which is displayed below the app icon on the iPhone screen.
I use Xcode 4 and I have one target with keys:
Bundle display name : ${PRODUCT_NAME}
Bundle name : ${PRODUCT_NAME}
What I want, my project name is for example "test" but I want to have "MySuperApp".
So, where can I change it best? Is there a place where I can change ${PRODUCT_NAME}?
Are there any other places where I have to change it?
Answer without file rename
Note that an answer that does not require file rename is below.
Answer with file rename
OK, here is what I found, took me a bit of hunting after reading this post, so hopefully this answer will help everyone:
1.In the project contents pane at left, click the Folder icon.
2.Select the top-level blue line representing the project.
3.If you don't have the Inspector pane (right pane) open, click the button to enable it. This is the third button in the "View" toolbar towards the upper right corner.
4.In the Inspector pane, click the little folded-corner paper (file properties) icon.
5.First thing is Project Name. Type in a new one, you will be prompted to rename project content files.
I should add, this will leave your old app with the original name in the simulator, so you still need to delete it from the simulator. Also any files you created in the old app bundle will not be brought forward to the new bundle (unless you find them in Finder and move them over).
(EDIT:) One more important note. Renaming your bundle will mean that the App Bundle Identifier you registered with Apple Provisioning Portal will no longer work for that app. You will need to generate a new App ID and Provisioning Profile in order to distribute your app to a physical device.
In Xcode 4, select your target, "Info" tab, and set the "Bundle display name" field to the name you want (i.e. "MySuperApp"). This is the simplest, pain-free solution.
All other answers described here do not address the original posted issue: "I want to change the name which is displayed below the app icon on the iPhone screen." The upvoted answers of: Woody, Jay, and youshunei are OK but they will all change the displayed name AND either:
A) change your App Bundle Identifier and cause an incompatibility between your app and the Bundle Identifier you registered with the Apple Provisioning Portal (which is a problem if you have already distributed your app or intend to submit the app)
OR
B) result in scheme issues that others have mentioned (i.e. needing to delete/re-create existing schemes)
Change it in the build tab of the targets settings page
As clarification: select targets, select the target you are building, get info, select the build tab, write 'product name' in the search box, and change it there.
On Xcode 4, you click on TARGETS name 2 times (not doubclick), change name and restart Xcode. It's worked for me, that's simple.
You want to change the Bundle Display Name in your project.plist.
Bundle display name : ${PRODUCT_NAME}
should be changed to
Bundle display name : MySuperApp
This changes the label of the icon in iOS without actually changing the app identifiers.
If you just change the bundle display name, you won't need to set up a new app id and provisioning profiles.
Making the product name change:
Double click the name right under "Targets" and modify the target name to whatever you want.
Checking if the change has been made:
Click on "Target" and on the right hand side search for "Product Name" under "Build Settings". The displayed value of the product name should reflect your change. If not, double click on that name to make sure it's being set to $(TARGET_NAME).
Select Project
Select Target and single click to edit and rename and you're done
You can see the product name gets changed
Here the snap for these 3 steps
Edited:
I've noticed the similar answer with image attachment by youshunei after my post. So, I would add a bit more information here that I've tested it on Xcode 6.3.2 and it doesn't need any restart.
Edited:
When I renamed one of my Mac OS X app which contains comma in its name the same way. I got missing file (name trimmed up-to comma) in some pod linking library. So, I have to rename my app at Target -> Build Settings -> Product Name
To change the name of the app if it has been customized:
Project info -> Targets (click on app icon entry) -> Build Settings -> Product Name
In recent versions of XCode (I am on 4.3.2 currently), $(PRODUCT_NAME) is set to $(TARGET_NAME) which defaults to the name of the project directory (no don't change the directory name).
Solution: Click on the file navigator. Click on your blue project icon. Look for the TARGETS list (under the PROJECT list). Hover-click your target; then rename it to your product name.
Aside: If you are having code-signing problems, I found that deleting, revoking, and regenerating all certificates/keys, and profiles fixed my problem. I tried everything else first!
One thing that seemed to help when I went through this is in Xcode 4 is that it appeared to be necessary to delete all the schemes. Prior to this it seemed that although the app would be compiled under its new name, it'd be as the old name in the simulator. However, I did do other desperate measures like re-start xcode and delete the app out of the simulator folder so it's hard to be certain that deleting the schemes was the key.
The issue I was having was that I have multiple Info.plist files in my Xcode project. In order to ensure I had the right one which contains the Product Name, I moved the existing Info.plist temporarily to force Xcode to allow me to choose another one. Since Info.plist is not part of a target, but part of the Project configuration, this was the only way I could find to do this.
I have searched and figured out how to change the name of my app (going through and changing the Product_Name) that shows up below the icon so now my app doesn't use the arbitrary name that I picked out when I started developing.
Now that I am using a distribution certificate - it goes back to the old one. I changed the name of the .app file under the Products menu and it shows up just fine during the "debug" time of Xcode. As soon as I change the Overview slider to "distribution" it reverts back to the old .app name and for the life of me I can't change it. What gives?
Search for "Product Name" in the Project Settings screen. I'll venture a guess that there are two different settings there, one for the "Debug" and another for the "Distribution" configurations.
Alternatively, you can also directly edit the "Bundle Display Name" in the (YourAppName)-Info.plist file.
There is "bundle display name" in the info.plist that can change the name under the icon on the device.
I am getting ready to submit my first app and for some reason when I changed xcode to "release" mode - the name below my icon changes. The info.plst file still says [Product_name] and when I go into the info section of the app it still says what I want it to say under Product name. When I switch back to debug and run the app the name is correct again. What would make this happen?
Go to the Active Target settings via the Project/Edit Active Target "Blah" menu item.
Check that the Configuration combo box at the the top of the dialog (on the Build tab) is set to All Configurations when you edit the Product Name setting in the Packaging settings.
You can also use the "bundle display name" option in the info.plist to change your apps name on the devices icon screen.