Extensify - Tweak your iOS device, no Jailbreaking requried

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Jailbreak without Jailbreaking. Not sure if Apple will allow this for long. With this service you can modify and tweak apps already downloaded in the app store (eg enable Vine to download videos to your camera roll)

Per TechCrunch, it'll be a $3/month service. And: "The way the system works is by first installing Extensify through a configuration profile on your device. After Extensify is trusted, you can browse its app store to download the tweaks. The app sends a request to the iTunes App Store, downloads a fresh copy of the host application, repackages the app with the tweaks (called “exos” in Extensify), then sends the request back to the device and sideloads the application." http://techcrunch.com/2016/03/01...

I'm very curious as to how this works. How is this thing altering the IPA files from the iTunes store (such as snapchat?). This is definitely going to be taken down by Apple. What if any of these so called 'exos' had malicious code - outside of Apples walled garden? Not going to last.

Looks like it doesn't involve Apple. They are distributing it ad hoc with something probably like Fabric. They probably create builds with a rotating development certificate or something shady like that

If this makes it so you can actually play YouTube videos in the background, I'm definitely getting it.

I'm guessing this will be delivered via enterprise certs? Can see their dev account being axed very very soon.

This is a cool idea and a great way to get around Apple's restrictions. However any jailbreaker who's familiar with the scene knows most of the value from tweaking lies in extending SpringBoard (the iOS shell, or "home screen app") rather than app store apps. The vast majority of tweaks on Cydia are targeted towards that and would not be applicable to Extensify. That being said I'm sure some people will find this useful, assuming it stays around for more than a few hours from now ;)

This is cool! Here is how the "Phantom" version of Snapchat looks like:

I think its a cool app however, I don't think Apple will allow it into the iTunes store it violates too many guidelines.