Does using private frameworks require jailbreaking?

[nuappdevman]

Hi All,

I am a complete new developer to the IPhone, so sorry if this is a simple question. I have been told to develop an application that can access the Phone logs of the phone, to gather phone number information. After a long searching, I have found out that there is no public API for this. But then I heard about private frameworks. I don't know if there is a private framework available to do what I need, but even before that, I was wondering if it is always necessary to do the 'jailbreak' before using private framework. It seems for this app, the ability to distribute through Apple App Store is not critical, but I am sure requiring a 'jail break' is not going to be acceptable. If that is a requirement, then this whole task is need to be canceled, I think.

I will be very grateful if there is a quick answers.

[flamingliquid]

You don't need to jailbreak it to use them, but your app will be rejected for using the private frameworks. Jailbreaking is just so that you can distribute your app without ad-hoc or the app store. It essentially allows for unsecure apps.

Long story short - No you do not need the jailbreak for the apps to work, but they will be rejected from the app store.

[nuappdevman]

Thanks FlamingLiquid, for the quick answer. But I am confused. From what I read on the internet, 'jail breaking' is done to allow installing of 3rd party apps, which is apps not approved by Apple store. Is this understanding correct?

[flamingliquid]

Correct.

[nuappdevman]

Hi Flamingliquid,

sorry, I would like to confirm: Do you mean I don't need to jailbreak to use Private framework for development and testing of the app on my phone, but if I try to install the app on a different phone, that phone would need to be jailbreaked?

[flamingliquid]

Do you mean I don't need to jailbreak to use Private framework for development and testing of the app on my phone

Correct.

but if I try to install the app on a different phone, that phone would need to be jailbreaked?

Well, with the $99 dev program, you can create ad hoc builds, so it would not need to be jailbroken, but if you want to distribute it globally it would only be available on Cydia for jailbroken devices.

[nuappdevman]

hi again,

thanks for the quick reply on friday, sorry I did not have a chance to see it. In terms of distribution, I believe we want try to distribute to internal employees only. So it does not require a global distribution. Can one of the following be done without Cydia:

1. tell user to go to a particular website, and then download and install from there

or

2. send User's phone to IT departmnt, and they will install manually(perhaps by using cable connection to desktop).


I am not sure if #2 is a very practical, but I would like to know all possibilities, so I can answer if it is asked.