Until now, developers were working on jailbreak applications and tweaks for Cydia and were not able to Xcode to develop apps. Despite Apple keeping the source code closed in its software, this may yet change in the future thanks to a certain James Spencer.
From ModMyi:
“A developer named Spencer James is nearing release of his project iOSOpenDev, which “sets up user environment, Xcode, and iOS SDK for ‘open’ development.” The project will come with Xcode templates for creating common types of jailbreak tweaks, including Activator listeners, command line tools, dynamic libraries, Notification Center widgets, SBSettings toggles, and Mobile Substrate tweaks. It will even build .deb files of the completed projects for when a developer wants to submit to Cydia for publication.”
Scheduled to be released in a week or so, iOSOpenDev will take care to change Xcode and iOS SDK to allow "open-source development" for jailbreak applications! However, Xcode will use Activator, the command line (Terminal), the dynamic libraries , and can also be used to create widgets for Notification Center , the toggles for SBSettings , and tweaks based on MobileSubstrate . A world of possibilities!Note that iOSOpenDev take care of your tweak to compress. Deb, to allow its distribution on Cydia (repositories).
This should also open a new path to development for many users jailbreak of Xcode, which will not be disoriented. An enlargement for the developer community?
If you're reading this without an iPhone and are looking to buy one, check out Smartphone comparison of the cheapest iPhone 4 and 4S offers by following the link.
If you still have questions regarding the iOSOpenDev Creates Jailbreak Applications in Xcode, you can either leave us a comment on our Facebook page, Follow us on twitter, add us on your Google+ circle to Stay updated
