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Reputation: 616

"Cannot find executable for CFBundle" while loading bundle with resources only

I'm using an NSBundle to load localization files into my iOS app.

Since I'm building with Xcode 11 everything is still working as expected, but I get a warning each time I read localizations from that bundle:

Cannot find executable for CFBundle [...] (not loaded)

The thing is there is no executable in the bundle. It contains nothing but the localization files and an Info.plist which looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>
    <string>$(DEVELOPMENT_LANGUAGE)</string>
    <key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
    <string>$(PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER)</string>
    <key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
    <string>6.0</string>
    <key>CFBundleName</key>
    <string>$(PRODUCT_NAME)</string>
    <key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
    <string>BNDL</string>
    <key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
    <string>1.0</string>
    <key>CFBundleSignature</key>
    <string>????</string>
    <key>CFBundleVersion</key>
    <string>1</string>
    <key>NSPrincipalClass</key>
    <string></string>
</dict>
</plist>

The bundle is loaded with 

NSBundle *bundle = [NSBundle bundleWithPath:path];
if (![bundle isLoaded]) {
    [bundle load];
}

and the localization read with 

NSString *string = [bundle localizedStringForKey:key value:defaultValue table:nil];

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2205

Answers (1)

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Reputation: 616

Apparently - load from NSBundle is only there to load executables from a bundle. From the documentation:

Dynamically loads the bundle’s executable code into a running program, if the code has not already been loaded.

For bundles with only resources it's not necessary to call - load.

Upvotes: 1

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