How to develop an app for Cydia and jailbroken iPhones

Question

I am starting to develop apps for iPhone. There is 1 specific app that I\'d like to develop, but Apple will for sure reject it, so I want to do it for Cydia, cause I think

Answer 1

The Theos application template will help you create a jailbreak application, but you won't be able to use Interface Builder for it without some extensive introspection. There is a module for Theos that allows you to compile xibs to nibs, but Interface Builder is awful and should not really be used for anything anyway.

In addition, Theos is what will handle compilation, and even signing using ldid. You simply run make to build your project, and then make package to package it in a .deb. You can install it to your device with make install.

Creating interfaces in code is not as difficult as it might seem.

If you need further assistance, check out the IRC channel #theos at irc.saurik.com. I hang out there, and, in fact, I'm the author of Theos.