https://github.com/profburke/applister

An iOS app to display information about all installed apps on the device and launch them.
https://github.com/profburke/applister

ios-app objective-c private-api swift

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An iOS app to display information about all installed apps on the device and launch them.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/profburke/applister
• Owner: profburke
• License: mit
• Created: 2014-11-13T21:46:23.000Z (about 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2017-08-05T16:40:20.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-04-05T10:34:17.425Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Topics: ios-app, objective-c, private-api, swift
• Language: Objective-C
• Homepage:
• Size: 103 KB
• Stars: 48
• Watchers: 11
• Forks: 14
• Open Issues: 3
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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## README

**NOTE: As of 5 August 2017 this project is dead. It looks like something's changed in iOS 11 that prevents the key (private) API call from working (`allApplications` on `LSApplicationWorkspace`).  The method works fine in the simulator, but on a device running iOS 11, it returns zero results.**

**I'll leave the project available, in case there's interest in the corpse (*besides it's useful for anybody who hasn't upgraded to 11*). And I'll hope to have a brainwave at some point.**

**If you have any thoughts on a fix, please [open a PR](https://github.com/profburke/AppLister/pulls), or leave a comment on [the relevant issue](https://github.com/profburke/AppLister/issues/4).**

**Regards,**

**T. Management**

This iOS app displays information on all the apps installed on the device.It makes use of

private classes and, as such, will be rejected if submitted to Apple's App Store. I find

looking at this info interesting/educational; I hope you do as well.

## Future Development

There will most likely be little or no future development of this project, although

From time to time, when I need a simple project to use as a test-bed for new ideas, I may add functionality

to this project. Also if/when an idea occurs for an interesting extension, I might add it.

For example, it just occured (Jan '15) to me that `LSWorkspace` must (*might*) have a way to launch apps. And voilà,

**AppLister** now has that functionality.

In addition, I will attempt to address bug reports, pull requests, etc. promptly. I am particularly interested

in hearing suggestions on how I can improve my Swift coding.

The little bit of Objective-C that exists in this project is there because I couldn't

figure out a Swift equivalent---particularly a work-around for `performSelector`. Note

the existance of the `AppInfo` class is almost entirely due to repeated segfaults when

trying to use `LSApplicationProxy` more directly.

## License

Copyright (c) 2014--2017 Matthew M. Burke

 

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining

a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the

"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including

without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,

distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to

permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to

the following conditions:

 

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be

included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

 

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,

EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF

MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND

NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE

LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION

OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION

WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.