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.