Space in iOS app name is not showing

Question

My bundle display name is "Standford 2015" in Xcode but it is showing on my iPhone as "Standford2015" when it's installed.

Am I doing anything wrong?

Property name in plist is "Bundle display name", I changed it to "Standford 2015" through XCode. — Arturo Marruffo Vegas, Feb 19 '16 at 01:54
I resolved this issue. See [this post](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46337691/bundle-display-name-missing-space-characters/46399849). — Alex Motor, Sep 25 '17 at 08:09
Possible duplicate of [Bundle display name missing space characters](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46337691/bundle-display-name-missing-space-characters) — Mike Sprague, Jan 08 '18 at 19:14

score 53 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 10 '17 at 22:49

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For iOS 11 you can open the info.plist as source code and use   instead of spaces

answered Oct 10 '17 at 22:49

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Try follow the steps in this issue: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46337691/bundle-display-name-missing-space-characters – desigNerd Oct 31 '18 at 01:43
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I used this solution today and it worked, thank you – Sam Kelham Oct 02 '19 at 00:07
On iOS 14.7.1 is working for me. I used ``` ``` – Florentin Lupascu Sep 01 '21 at 11:46

score 31 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 19 '19 at 06:58

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Open the info.plist file as SourceCode.
Use &#x2007 ; as separator for the space in CFBundleDisplayName.

Example

<key>CFBundleDisplayName</key>
<string>App&#x2007;Name</string>

answered Aug 19 '19 at 06:58

Phani Bob

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It seems like double space – K.Amanov Aug 30 '21 at 12:02

score 7 · Answer 3 · answered May 15 '21 at 19:52

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I'd actually recommend using   instead of  . The latter is a "figure space" which looks awkward compared to the former, which is simply a space. See comparison below:

answered May 15 '21 at 19:52

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That should be an accepted answer – David Kyslenko Oct 06 '21 at 12:32
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doesnt work for me – Tobias Jan 03 '22 at 16:10
Using 0020 allows iOS to show several more characters of your app name than 2007. – LBC Feb 24 '22 at 22:24

score 6 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 29 '17 at 15:50

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In your localized InfoPlist.string DO NOT use spaces but instead use unicode character "No-break space" :

http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/00a0/index.htm

so your line in InfoPlist.string should look like :

"CFBundleDisplayName" = "My\U00A0app";

answered Mar 29 '17 at 15:50

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In your InfoPlist.strings, use the character `\U2007` ("figure space") rather than the "no-break space". – Jleuleu Apr 08 '20 at 12:53
Thanks, in my info.plist I loaded the name from my build settings, ` ` did not work for me but `\U2007` did. – HartWoom Jan 21 '22 at 12:02

score 4 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 02 '17 at 06:19

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I resolved this issue by replacing space with unicode symbol like NB space.

I presented a little instruction in this post.

answered Oct 02 '17 at 06:19

Alex Motor

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score 0 · Answer 6 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

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Use plist CFBundleDisplayName to set the space below the icon.

More info: What's the difference between "bundle display name" and "bundle name" in cocoa application's info plist

edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

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answered Feb 19 '16 at 01:52

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How is this different from what I said? – matt Feb 19 '16 at 01:57
@matt notice the link to more info which explains other edge cases. – Dmitry Sadakov Feb 20 '16 at 17:11

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Feb 19 '16 at 02:56

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Possible workaround: use localizable InfoPlist.strings file with content:

/* Localized versions of Info.plist keys */
"CFBundleDisplayName" = "Standford 2015";

answered Feb 19 '16 at 02:56

Alexey Lobanov

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