An ApportablePlugin

A simple plugin to run apportable commands from inside Xcode as a starting point. To use, build the project which will linstall to the correct directory and then restart Xcode. Open an apportable project and use the new menu at the end of Xcode's "Product" menu to run the apportable debug/load/log/kill commands. You can type into the console windows opened or type control-c to interrupt the command. The "apportable log" window can be filtered by entering a regular expression. Windows close automatically on sucess.

Live Coding

The plugin now also supports live coding where you can make changes to the implementation any class in a running program. The main.m of the project project must first have been slightly patched by using the menu item "Product/Apportable/Prepare". After this, when the program is running or being debugged, changes to the current selected file can be applied using the "Apportable/Patch" command. As this requires a debugging connection, if one is not already open the plugin will attach to the program.

Live Coding works by #importing the changed class into a small stub of code which lists the classes being loaded which is compiled and the resulting shared library copied to phone. gdb is then messaged by the plugin to call [APLiveCoding inject:"/data/local/tmp/APLiveCodingN.so"] which loads and calls the stub in the shared library. This registers any selector references and "swizzles" the new implementations onto the original class. Remember to "Apportable/Prepare" your project to make APLiveCoding available.

Demo App

A small demo app is included in the plugin which can be opened using the "Apportable/Demo" menu item. Run the applpication using "Apportable/Load" and edit the file "INRoseView.m" and type ^X to see how changing the various hard coded values affects the displayed appearance. This will open a window to "just_attach" to the process to load the changes using gdb commands. Do not close this window if you want to make subseqent changes as patching only works in the first debug/attach window opened.

MIT License

Copyright (C) 2014 John Holdsworth

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