How to get the name of a running application in iOS

Question

If the application name under the icon on the main screen is “My Awesome App”, how will you get this line in the application at runtime?

Answer 1

Id try

[[NSBundle mainBundle] objectForInfoDictionaryKey:@"CFBundleDisplayName"]; 

although presumably you know your own application name and can just use it ...

Answer 2

Swift 3 and 4

 Bundle.main.object(forInfoDictionaryKey: "CFBundleName") as? String ?? "" Bundle.main.object(forInfoDictionaryKey: "CFBundleDisplayName") as? String ?? "" 

Swift 2.2

 NSBundle.mainBundle().objectForInfoDictionaryKey("CFBundleName") NSBundle.mainBundle().objectForInfoDictionaryKey("CFBundleDisplayName") 

Learn more about CFBundleName and CFBundleDisplayName

The following is Apple's core core documentation documentation.

CFBundleName , "Package Name", Shortened Package Name; not intended for viewing by the user. See CFBundleName for details. (Recommended, localized)

CFBundleDisplayName , " Package Display Name", user-visible package name; used by Siri and displayed on the main screen in iOS. See CFBundleDisplayName for details. (Required, Localized)

Answer 3

 [[NSBundle mainBundle] objectForInfoDictionaryKey:@"CFBundleName"]; 

Answer 4

Just because I like the new Xcode 4.5 way to get an array element. :)

 - (NSString*)project_getAppName { return NSBundle.mainBundle.infoDictionary[@"CFBundleDisplayName"]; } 

Answer 5

To use Xamarin.iOS:

 return ((NSString)NSBundle.MainBundle.InfoDictionary["CFBundleName"]).ToString(); 

Answer 6

 #include <stdlib.h> // work for iOS and MacOSX and ~23 times faster than get name from bundle NSString *app = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:getprogname()]; 

Answer 7

Swift 3/4

 let appName = Bundle.main.object(forInfoDictionaryKey: kCFBundleNameKey as String) as? String 

Answer 8

 NSString* applicationName = [entry objectForKey:(id)kCGWindowOwnerName]; 

Here is a good post with examples of what you are looking for. The OP did not accept anything, which is regrettable, but the answers are helpful.

Answer 9

Swift 3

 let appName = Bundle.main.infoDictionary?["CFBundleName"] as? String 

Answer 10

Attention :
If you localize the name of your application in another language, you must use the hit code to get a true localized display name:

 Bundle.main.object(forInfoDictionaryKey: "CFBundleName") as? String ?? "" Bundle.main.object(forInfoDictionaryKey: "CFBundleDisplayName") as? String ?? "" 

Not the following:

 Bundle.main.object(forInfoDictionaryKey: kCFBundleNameKey as String) as? String