fruitstrap

Install and debug iPhone apps without using Xcode. Designed to work on unjailbroken devices.

Requirements

Mac OS X. Tested on Lion/Mountain Lion.
You need to have a valid iPhone development certificate installed (or at least a correctly signed iOS app).
Xcode must be installed, along with the SDK for your iOS version.

Install

make install_os will compile and install fruitstrap to /usr/local/bin

Usage

fruitstrap [-d/--debug] [-i/--id device_id] -b/--bundle <app> [-a/--args arguments] [-t/--timeout timeout(seconds)] [-u/--unbuffered] [-g/--gdbargs gdb_arguments]

<app> must be an iPhone application bundle, not an IPA.
Optional -d flag launches a remote GDB session after the app has been installed.
Optional device id, useful when you have more than one iPhone/iPad connected to your computer
<arguments> are passed as argv to the running app.
<gdb_arguments> are passed to gdb.

Commands available:

install [-i/--id device_id] -b/--bundle bundle.app [-a/--args arguments]: Install the specified app with optional arguments to the specified device, or all attached devices if none are specified.
uninstall [-i/--id device_id] -b/--bundle bundle.app: Removed the specified bundle identifier (eg com.foo.MyApp) from the specified device, or all attached devices if none are specified.
list-devices: List all attached devices.

Demo

The included demo.app represents the minimum required to get code running on iOS.
make install will install demo.app to the device.
make debug will install demo.app and launch a GDB session.

Notes

With some modifications, it may be possible to use this without Xcode installed; however, you would need a copy of the relevant DeveloperDiskImage.dmg (included with Xcode). GDB would also run slower as symbols would be downloaded from the device on-the-fly.

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