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How to parse the Info.plist file from an ipa

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I want to write a program to get app details, e.g. app name, version, bundle identifier, from an ipa file. However this file is not a plain text file, it's encoded in some way and my program cannot parse it.

Is there any way to decode this file?

UPDATE

To clarify the question, I'm writing a python program to get app details from ipa files that I exported from Xcode.

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Henry H Miao Avatar asked Nov 21 '14 02:11

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1 Answers

It's easy if you have a macbook.
Then follow this guideline: http://osxdaily.com/2011/04/07/extract-and-explore-an-ios-app-in-mac-os-x/

  1. Rename from file.ipa -> file.zip
  2. Unzip file.zip
  3. Go to Payload folder
  4. Right click Application file -> Show Package Contents
  5. See Info.plist
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hoangtu23 Avatar answered Oct 12 '22 07:10

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