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App Metadata – A Comprehensive Guide To iOS, Android, And UWP Application Metadata Extraction

This package has been deprecated, and is not being maintained by MSFT anymore.

This library helps you retrieve the most frequently extracted metadata and icons within iOS, Android and UWP applications.

Usage

Import

import { Extract } from 'app-metadata';

usage

let results = await Extract.run(pathName);

Results

The library will return the information most relevant for the supported platforms. For a better understanding of the details retrieved refer to the tables below.

iOS

Supported extension: .ipa
PropertyDescription
icon
iconName
languagesArray of language strings compiled from .lproj files
hasProvisioningShould always be true since IPA will contain a provisioning profile
appex_provisioning_profilesArray of all other provisioning profiles included in the metadata
  • from Plist (info.plist):
PropertyDescription
displayNameCFBundleDisplayName (The user-visible name of the bundle) or CFBundleName (short bundle name)
uniqueIdentifierCFBundleIdentifier (reverse DNS that identifies a project by concatenating the company identifier with the product name)
versionCFBundleShortVersionString (The release-version-number string for the bundle)
buildVersionCFBundleVersion (The build-version-number string for the bundle)
executableNameCFBundleExecutable (Name of the bundle’s executable file)
minimumOsVersionMinimumOSVersion or LSMinimumSystemVersion
deviceFamilyUIdeviceFamily
  • from Provisioning Profile (embedded.mobileprovision):
PropertyDescription
pathNamePath of the provisioning profile from inside of the IPA
mobileProvisionFileContentProvisioning profile content
teamIdentifierEntitlements[“com.apple.developer.team-identifier”]
profileTypeIf data.ProvisionedDevices exists, “adhoc”. Otherwise “enterprise”
expiredAtexpired_at or ExpirationDate
idNameAppIDName
nameName
UniqueDeviceIdentifierListProvisionedDevices
deviceFamilyPlatform

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