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, or leave a comment on the relevant issue.
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.
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.
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