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Currently this only works in conjunction with [Paper](https://facebook.com/paper/) and iOS 7.\n\n[The Verge](http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/17/4235816/chat-heads-for-iphone-jailbreak-tweak) approves! :P\n\nFor more technical info I did a [blog post](http://blog.adambell.ca/post/73338421921/breaking-chat-heads-out-of-the-ios-sandbox) as well!\n\nThe [original hack](https://github.com/b3ll/MessageBox-olde) has been deprecated and will no longer be supported, however back-porting a lot of this to iOS 6 shouldn't be too difficult (for those of you still on iOS 6).\n\n### How do I MessageBox?\nOpen Paper, wait for everything to appear, press the Home button. Magic! :D\n\n**If you open the app and close it super quickly, you're going to have a bad time!**\n\n![MessageBox Preview GIF](readme/messageboxPreview.gif)\n\n### Price?\nTotally free! If you'd like to support my continuation of this project (and others!), feel free to [donate](http://www.adambell.ca/donate)! It'd be much appreciated :D\n\n### How do I get?\nIt's on Cydia under the BigBoss repo!\n\n### How do I compile?\n[@DHowett](https://www.twitter.com/DHowett) was very sad when he realized I didn't use [theos](https://www.github.com/DHowett/theos) for my initial version of MessageBox, and seeing as how it's now the suggested route for [Cydia Substrate](http://cydiasubstrate.com/) so I've switched to that (though, I'm using [@rpetrich's fork](https://www.github.com/rpetrich/theos) since it's nicer for working with universal builds).\n\nOnce you've got that setup, (nice writeup [here](http://iphonedevwiki.net/index.php/Theos/Getting_Started)) change the Makefile to your liking. After that simply run:\n\n    THEOS_DEVICE_IP=\u003cyour ip here\u003e THEOS_DEVICE_PORT=\u003cyour SSH port here\u003e make package install\n\n### License?\nPretty much the BSD license, just don't repackage it and call it your own please!\n\nAlso if you do make some changes, feel free to make a pull request and help make things more awesome!\n\n### Contact Info?\nIf you have any support requests please feel free to email me at messagebox[at]adambell[dot]me.\n\nOtherwise, feel free to follow me on twitter: [@b3ll](https:///www.twitter.com/b3ll)!\n\n### Special Thanks\nme :P  \nFacebook, for being awesome.\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fb3ll%2Fmessagebox","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fb3ll%2Fmessagebox","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fb3ll%2Fmessagebox/lists"}