iosiphonejailbreak

How do I detect that an iOS app is running on a jailbroken phone?

If I want my app to behave differently on a jailbroken iPhone, how would I go about determining this?

Solution

  • It depends what you mean by jailbreak. In the simple case, you should be able to see if Cydia is installed and go by that - something like

    NSString *filePath = @"/Applications/Cydia.app";
if ([[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:filePath])
{
   // do something useful
}

    For hacked kernels, it's a little (lot) more involved.