Packaging and AIR app for iOS causes version number discrepancies

Question

I'm packaging an iOS app built in Adobe AIR, and have noticed some odd behaviour relating to version numbers.

When I set the versionNumber in the app descriptor and build it, the resulting .ipa file has a different short version number.

Steps to demonstrate: I set the app version number in my app descriptor to be 2.0.001, like so: <versionNumber>2.0.001</versionNumber>

If I then compile the app, break open the resulting .ipa and check info.plist, I see the "Bundle versions string, short" as the correct value: 2.0.001

However, I see the Bundle Version as 2.0.99

This other value is definitely not set anywhere manually, this is a clean project for testing this out.

My question then, is: why would 2.0.001 become 2.0.99 when building? What's actually happening here?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Looks like a bug at Adobe's side. Frustrating.

https://bugbase.adobe.com/index.cfm?event=bug&id=3598688

Answer 2

Set xml file property readOnly. Flash can't change readOnly xml files.