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injecting into info.Plist?

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Drewster

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Hello everyone!

I'm working on an iOS extension where I need to add lines to info.plist. This is simple enough to do by editing the project in Xcode before publishing, but I'm looking for a way to do this automatically -- something like having the ability to inject lines into info.plist, perhaps similar to how we can inject things in AndroidManifest.xml.

Thoughts?
 
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Drewster

Guest
I've got a workaround on this for now. I'm assuming this would have to be re-done when I update GMS again, but I was able to edit this file and have the resulting changes appear in my Xcode project:

Code: 
%appdata%\Roaming\GameMaker-Studio\YYC\iOS\TemplateProject\${YYXCodeProjName}\Supporting Files\${YYXCodeProjName}-Info.plist
 
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Drewster

Guest
Is there a better solution to this?

Drewster said:
I've got a workaround on this for now. I'm assuming this would have to be re-done when I update GMS again, but I was able to edit this file and have the resulting changes appear in my Xcode project:

Code: 
%appdata%\Roaming\GameMaker-Studio\YYC\iOS\TemplateProject\${YYXCodeProjName}\Supporting Files\${YYXCodeProjName}-Info.plist
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clee2005

clee2005

Member
@Drewster thanks so much for posting this solution. I modified mine and it works great! Only I'm not using YYC iOS, and so the .plist is in the interpreted folder instead.

%AppData%\Roaming\GameMaker-Studio\Interpreted\iOS\TemplateProject\${YYXCodeProjName}\Supporting Files

ADD :
<key>NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription</key>
<string>Used to capture in game screenshots</string>
<key>NSCalendarsUsageDescription</key>
<string>Used to access your device's calendar for a better game experience</string>
 
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Drewster

Guest
For what it's worth, the latest GMS versions include an option to inject stuff into the info.plist for extensions. With 1.4.1763 I still needed to do the NSCalendarsUsageDescription, but not the NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription one.

EDIT: I read on stackoverflow that the AdMob SDK causes this, though I saw a note in a google forum that the latest AdMob version eliminates this issue.

EDIT2: @ShaunJS perhaps you can pass this along to get it updated? I downloaded the latest google whatever extensions but the requirement didn't disappear.
 
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Zixtix

Member
Can confirm what @Drewster said about NSCalendarsUsageDescription. @ShaunJS I have been using the latest GooglePlayServiceExtension and I still have to manually inject NSCalendarsUsageDescription and NSBluetoothPeripheralUsageDescription into the info.plist or do it from XCode's Info tab with games built from GMS Version 1.4.1763.
 
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Drewster

Guest
Zixtix said:
Can confirm what @Drewster said about NSCalendarsUsageDescription. @ShaunJS I have been using the latest GooglePlayServiceExtension and I still have to manually inject NSCalendarsUsageDescription and NSBluetoothPeripheralUsageDescription into the info.plist or do it from XCode's Info tab with games built from GMS Version 1.4.1763.
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Hi Zixtix,

For what it's worth, I'm using HeyZap to mediate AdMob and others. Their latest SDK drops the requirement for these, but I think maybe it was AdColony still needs NSCalendarUsageDescription.
 
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