List of all apps installed on iOS device and their position on the Home Screen (Springboard)

Question

I\'ve been searching several days for a descent answer on how to acquire the list of installed applications on a device running iOS > 5.0 (com.apple.mobile.installation.pl

Answer 1

You can take a look into iTUnes Search API

http://www.apple.com/itunes/affiliates/resources/documentation/itunes-store-web-service-search-api.html

Answer 2

Theoretically you could but that is accessing private ivar which is strictly prohibited by Apple.

Answer 3

I don't know if Apple will ever authorised it. Honestly I don't think so. But for technical fun, if you want to do that, check how Airwatch or other MDM solution work, they can show all the apps installed.

Have fun !