iOSOpenDev: Xcode Templates Framework to Develop Jailbreak Style Tweaks

iOSOpenDev – a project for jailbreak developer community is releasing shortly according to developer James Spencer. The project will allow any developer to start creating jailbreak tweaks for “iOSOpenDev” - an open source framework for developing cydia apps that sets up Xcode and iOS SDK environment for development, includes templates and have ability to build and deploy to device along with building packages for Cydia.

The iOSOpenDev project comes packed with Xcode templates for creating jailbreak-style tweaks, including Activator listeners, command line tools, dynamic libraries,NotificationCenterwidgets, SBSettings toggles, and Mobile Substrate tweaks.  It does not use ‘Theos’, however.

It will even build .deb files of the completed projects. For folks that weren’t aware, with .deb file, you can manually install jailbreak apps and tweaks without ever opening Cydia. All you need is iFile or an FTP client like iPhone Explorer or Cyberduck.

Normally, jailbreak app developers do not use Xcode or other development tools of Apple iOS to create their packages. And since AppStore App developers use Xcode extensively, this is a golden opportunity for them to learn how to prepare packages for Cydia distribution and create tweaks for the jailbreak community.  James has shared the video demo of an iOSOpenDev Xcode project template that builds an SBSettings Toggle and its Debian package (for Cydia submission).

iOSOpenDev will indeed make application development for cydia more intuitive and increase productivity in the future for all future jailbreakers! I am very happy for development kit and grateful someone took the time to create such path breaking step.

James is currently finalizing packaging and testing across multiple OS X installs to iron out any critical bug and ensure stability. The templates (along w/ a config for Xcode & SDK to allow such builds) will be publicly available in a few days.

I for one am incredibly excited for its release. If you are too, let us know in the comments. And if you want to try developing your own jailbreak tweaks for the project, head over to iOSOpenDev for more information.

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