NativeScript method for getting app version and build info anytime. Works for iOS, Android and even Vision Pro + Meta Quest.

device.util.ts

import { Utils } from '@nativescript/core'

export function getAppVersionInfo() {
  let versionName: string;
  let buildNumber: string;
  if (__APPLE__) {
    versionName = NSBundle.mainBundle.objectForInfoDictionaryKey('CFBundleShortVersionString');
    buildNumber = NSBundle.mainBundle.objectForInfoDictionaryKey('CFBundleVersion');
  } else {
    const pi = Utils.android
      .getApplicationContext()
      .getPackageManager()
      .getPackageInfo(Utils.android.getApplicationContext().getPackageName(), 0);
    versionName = pi.versionName;
    buildNumber = pi.versionCode.toString();
  }
  return {
    versionName,
    buildNumber,
    versionDisplay: `${versionName} (${buildNumber})`
  };
}

// {
//   versionName: '1.0.0',
//   buildNumber: '2025',
//   versionDisplay: '1.0.0 (2025)'
// }

If you're using something like Sentry and dynamically insert version/build info during CI, you can use process.env vars, for example:

export function getAppVersionInfo() {
  let versionName: string;
  let buildNumber: string;
  if (__APPLE__) {
    const infoPlistVersion = NSBundle.mainBundle.objectForInfoDictionaryKey('CFBundleShortVersionString');
    try {
      versionName = process.env.APP_VERSION_STRING || infoPlistVersion;
    } catch (err) {
      versionName = infoPlistVersion;
    }
    const infoPlistBuild = NSBundle.mainBundle.objectForInfoDictionaryKey('CFBundleVersion');
    try {
      buildNumber = process.env.APP_BUILD_NUMBER || infoPlistBuild;
    } catch (err) {
      buildNumber = infoPlistBuild;
    }
  } else {
    const pi = Utils.android
      .getApplicationContext()
      .getPackageManager()
      .getPackageInfo(Utils.android.getApplicationContext().getPackageName(), 0);
    try {
      versionName = process.env.APP_VERSION_STRING || pi.versionName;
    } catch (err) {
      versionName = pi.versionName;
    }
    try {
      buildNumber = process.env.APP_BUILD_NUMBER || pi.versionCode.toString();
    } catch (err) {
      buildNumber = pi.versionCode.toString();
    }
  }
  return {
    versionName,
    buildNumber,
    versionDisplay: `${versionName} (${buildNumber})`
  };
}