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Rafael Oliveira
Rafael Oliveira

Reputation: 2923

Finding App Id under .ipa or .app

I'm building an application that search and recognizes any iPhone apps that user has in his/her computer. I would like to know a way to "extract" the id of the application from the .ipa file.

I was trying to do the recognition using only the App File Name, but I discovered that the File Name is not the name of the app in Apple Store. Live Poker 6K Free by Zynga != Live Poker 3.7.ipa

The id i'm talking about is the app id, like in, http://itunes.apple.com/app/live-poker-6k-free-by-zynga/id354901953?mt=8 the id is 354901953.

Does any body has a clue how can I manage to find this information?

Upvotes: 12

Views: 20140

Answers (4)

kennytm
kennytm

Reputation: 523634

An IPA is just a ZIP archive. When you unzip it you'll find an iTunesMetadata.plist or Info.plist which should contain all info you need.

Upvotes: 13

northtree
northtree

Reputation: 9285

It's impossible to extract app id from any .ipa/.app file.

Upvotes: -6

rob
rob

Reputation: 4119

If the app is not distributed via iTunes, i.e. it is an enterprise distribution or ad-hoc, you can find the bundle seed ID in the embedded.mobileprovision file. It's a binary, but you can read it in the terminal with

cat embedded.mobileprovision

You should see a line that says <BUNDLE SEED ID>.com.yourcompanyname.*

Upvotes: 4

nduplessis
nduplessis

Reputation: 12436

That App ID is generated whenever you create the app in iTunes Connect (even before you upload the binary) and exists separately from your app bundle. I'm guessing the iTunesMetadata.plist file is only modified by iTunes Connect after you've submitted your binary

Upvotes: 1

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