Build is overriding custom iOS info.plist file

[nraboy]

Not sure what happened, but just to be clear this worked fine in 1.5.x.

So I'm sure you're familiar with the iOS 9 App Transport Security (ATS) requirement for accessing URLs that are not HTTPS. The fix was to update the iOS info.plist file as seen here:

https://blog.nraboy.com/2015/12/fix-ios-9-app-transport-security-issues-in-nativescript/

However, now in 1.6.x when I make changes to the info.plist file and build, the changes are replaced.

What is the correct way to create an ATS policy in NativeScript now?

Thanks,

[toddanglin]

Have you tried creating the settings in a Info.plist file in App_Resources > iOS?

As of 1.6, settings in the plist in App Resources get merged with the default settings in platform > ios.

I'm doing this now in a 1.6 iOS project with ATS policy overrides with no trouble. Give it a try, let me know.

[nraboy]

To rule out me doing something silly and saying it doesn't work, can you give me an example of what you're dropping in the App_Resources?

Thanks,

[toddanglin]

Sure.

In app > App_Resources > iOS > Info.plist I've got something 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>en</string>
    ...
  <key>MinimumOSVersion</key>
  <string>8.0</string>
    <key>UIRequiredDeviceCapabilities</key>
    <array>
        <string>armv7</string>
    </array>
  <key>UIDeviceFamily</key>
  <array>
    <integer>2</integer>
  </array>
    <key>UISupportedInterfaceOrientations~ipad</key>
    <array>
        <string>UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft</string>
        <string>UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight</string>
    </array>
  <key>NSAppTransportSecurity</key>
  <dict>
      <!--Include to allow all connections (DANGER)-->
    <key>NSAllowsArbitraryLoads</key>
        <true/>
  </dict>
</dict>
</plist>

Cut out some of the stuff in the middle, but you get the idea. Hope this helps.

[nraboy]

That did it. I didn't realize there was an Info.plist file in there now.

Might want to document this somewhere? I'm sure I won't be the only person that asks as ATS policies are common now lately.

Thanks again!

[toddanglin]

Glad it helped. Agree, needs to be documented.

Here is the issue where the feature was discussed pre 1.6:
#1089