[debug]: enabled back appropriate preprocessor debug blocks as before wherever applicable

AltBackup/ViewController.swift

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class ViewController: UIViewController
         self.activityIndicatorView.color = .altstoreText
         self.activityIndicatorView.startAnimating()
         
-        // TODO: @mahee96: Disabled this buttons which were present for debugging purpose.
+        // TODO: @mahee96: Disabled these backup/restore buttons in altbackup.app screen which were present for debugging purpose.
         //                 Can find something useful for these later, but these are not required by this backup/restore app
 //        #if DEBUG
 //        let button1 = UIButton(type: .system)

AltStore/AppDelegate.swift

@@ -294,9 +294,9 @@ extension AppDelegate
         UNUserNotificationCenter.current().requestAuthorization(options: [.alert, .badge, .sound]) { (success, error) in
         }
         
-//        #if DEBUG
-//        UIApplication.shared.registerForRemoteNotifications()
-//        #endif
+        #if DEBUG && targetEnvironment(simulator)
+        UIApplication.shared.registerForRemoteNotifications()
+        #endif
     }
     
     func application(_ application: UIApplication, didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken deviceToken: Data)

AltStore/My Apps/MyAppsViewController.swift

@@ -1930,11 +1930,12 @@ extension MyAppsViewController
                 var outError: NSError? = nil
                 
                 self.coordinator.coordinate(readingItemAt: backupDirectoryURL, options: [.withoutChanges], error: &outError) { (backupDirectoryURL) in
-//                    #if DEBUG
-//                    backupExists = true
-//                    #else
+
+                    #if DEBUG && targetEnvironment(simulator)
+                    backupExists = true
+                    #else
                     backupExists = FileManager.default.fileExists(atPath: backupDirectoryURL.path)
-//                    #endif
+                    #endif
                 }
                 
                 if backupExists
@@ -1965,13 +1966,12 @@ extension MyAppsViewController
             }
             
             
-//            #if DEBUG
-//            if installedApp.bundleIdentifier != StoreApp.altstoreAppID
-//            {
-//                actions.append(removeAction)
-//            }
-//            
-//            #else
+            #if DEBUG && targetEnvironment(simulator)
+            if installedApp.bundleIdentifier != StoreApp.altstoreAppID
+            {
+                actions.append(removeAction)
+            }
+            #else
             
             if (UserDefaults.standard.legacySideloadedApps ?? []).contains(installedApp.bundleIdentifier)
             {
@@ -1985,7 +1985,7 @@ extension MyAppsViewController
                 actions.append(removeAction)
             }
             
-//            #endif
+            #endif
         }
         
         // Change the order of entries to make changes to how the context menu is displayed

AltStore/Operations/AuthenticationOperation.swift

@@ -715,9 +715,10 @@ private extension AuthenticationOperation
         // If we're not using the same certificate used to install AltStore, warn user that they need to refresh.
         guard !provisioningProfile.certificates.contains(signer.certificate) else { return completionHandler(false) }
         
-//#if DEBUG
+//        #if DEBUG && targetEnvironment(simulator)
 //        completionHandler(false)
-//#else
+//        #else
+        
         DispatchQueue.main.async {
             let context = AuthenticatedOperationContext(context: self.context)
             context.operations.removeAllObjects() // Prevent deadlock due to endless waiting on previous operations to finish.
@@ -733,7 +734,7 @@ private extension AuthenticationOperation
                 completionHandler(false)
             }
         }
-//#endif
+//        #endif
     }
 }
 

AltStore/Operations/FetchProvisioningProfilesOperation.swift

@@ -134,19 +134,21 @@ extension FetchProvisioningProfilesOperation
                 // or if installedApp.team is nil but resignedBundleIdentifier contains the team's identifier.
                 let teamsMatch = installedApp.team?.identifier == team.identifier || (installedApp.team == nil && installedApp.resignedBundleIdentifier.contains(team.identifier))
                 
-//                #if DEBUG
-//
-//                if app.isAltStoreApp
-//                {
-//                    // Use legacy bundle ID format for AltStore.
-//                    preferredBundleID = teamsMatch ? installedApp.resignedBundleIdentifier : nil
-//                }
-//                else
-//                {
-//                    preferredBundleID = teamsMatch ? installedApp.resignedBundleIdentifier : nil
-//                }
-//
-//                #else
+                // TODO: @mahee96: Try to keep the debug build and release build operations similar, refactor later with proper reasoning
+                //                 for now, restricted it to debug on simulator only
+                #if DEBUG && targetEnvironment(simulator)
+
+                if app.isAltStoreApp
+                {
+                    // Use legacy bundle ID format for AltStore.
+                    preferredBundleID = teamsMatch ? installedApp.resignedBundleIdentifier : nil
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    preferredBundleID = teamsMatch ? installedApp.resignedBundleIdentifier : nil
+                }
+
+                #else
                 
                 if teamsMatch
                 {
@@ -160,7 +162,7 @@ extension FetchProvisioningProfilesOperation
                     preferredBundleID = nil
                 }
                 
-               // #endif
+                #endif
             }
             else
             {

AltStore/Operations/RemoveAppBackupOperation.swift

@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ final class RemoveAppBackupOperation: ResultOperation<Void>
                 }
                 catch let error as CocoaError where error.code == CocoaError.Code.fileNoSuchFile
                 {
+                    // TODO: @mahee96: Find out why should in debug builds the app-groups is not expected to match
 //                    #if DEBUG
 //                    
 //                    // When debugging, it's expected that app groups don't match, so ignore.

AltStore/Operations/ResignAppOperation.swift

@@ -244,13 +244,14 @@ private extension ResignAppOperation
                 {
                     for case let fileURL as URL in enumerator
                     {
-//                        #if DEBUG
-//                        guard !fileURL.lastPathComponent.lowercased().contains(".xctest") else {
-//                            // Remove embedded XCTest (+ dSYM) bundle from copied app bundle.
-//                            try FileManager.default.removeItem(at: fileURL)
-//                            continue
-//                        }
-//                        #endif
+                        // for both sim and device, in debug mode builds, remove the tests bundles (if any)
+                        #if DEBUG
+                        guard !fileURL.lastPathComponent.lowercased().contains(".xctest") else {
+                            // Remove embedded XCTest (+ dSYM) bundle from copied app bundle.
+                            try FileManager.default.removeItem(at: fileURL)
+                            continue
+                        }
+                        #endif
                         
                         guard let appExtension = Bundle(url: fileURL) else { throw ALTError(.missingAppBundle) }
                         try prepare(appExtension)

AltStore/Settings/PatreonViewController.swift

@@ -318,11 +318,12 @@ extension PatreonViewController
                 case .none: footerView.button.isIndicatingActivity = true
                 case .success?: footerView.button.isHidden = true
                 case .failure?:
-//                    #if DEBUG
-//                    let debug = true
-//                    #else
+                    // In simulator debug builds only enable debug mode flag
+                    #if DEBUG && targetEnvironment(simulator)
+                    let debug = true
+                    #else
                     let debug = false
-//                    #endif
+                    #endif
                     
                     if self.patronsDataSource.itemCount == 0 || debug
                     {

AltStoreCore/Extensions/UserDefaults+AltStore.swift

@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ public extension UserDefaults
         (ProcessInfo.processInfo.isOperatingSystemAtLeast(ios14) && !ProcessInfo.processInfo.isOperatingSystemAtLeast(ios15_7_2)) ||
         (ProcessInfo.processInfo.isOperatingSystemAtLeast(ios16) && !ProcessInfo.processInfo.isOperatingSystemAtLeast(ios16_2))
         
+        // TODO: @mahee96: why should the permissions checking be any different, for now, it shouldn't so commented debug mode code
 //        #if DEBUG
 //        let permissionCheckingDisabled = true
 //        #else

AltStoreCore/Model/DatabaseManager.swift

@@ -87,21 +87,22 @@ public extension DatabaseManager
             
             guard !self.isStarted else { return finish(nil) }
             
-//            #if DEBUG
-//            // Wrap in #if DEBUG to *ensure* we never accidentally delete production databases.
-//            if ProcessInfo.processInfo.isPreview
-//            {
-//                do
-//                {
-//                    print("!!! Purging database for preview...")
-//                    try FileManager.default.removeItem(at: PersistentContainer.defaultDirectoryURL())
-//                }
-//                catch
-//                {
-//                    print("Failed to remove database directory for preview.", error)
-//                }
-//            }
-//            #endif
+            // In simulator, when previews are generated, it initializes the db, in doing so this removal may be required
+            #if DEBUG && targetEnvironment(simulator)
+            // Wrap in #if DEBUG to *ensure* we never accidentally delete production databases.
+            if ProcessInfo.processInfo.isPreview
+            {
+                do
+                {
+                    print("!!! Purging database for preview...")
+                    try FileManager.default.removeItem(at: PersistentContainer.defaultDirectoryURL())
+                }
+                catch
+                {
+                    print("Failed to remove database directory for preview.", error)
+                }
+            }
+            #endif
             
             if self.persistentContainer.isMigrationRequired
             {
@@ -354,11 +355,12 @@ private extension DatabaseManager
             
             let fileURL = installedApp.fileURL
             
-//            #if DEBUG
-//            let replaceCachedApp = true
-//            #else
+            // @mahee96: it shouldn't matter if it is debug/release, the file is expected to be in its place (except for simulator probably coz it doesn't suppor app installs anyway)
+            #if DEBUG && targetEnvironment(simulator)
+            let replaceCachedApp = true
+            #else
             let replaceCachedApp = !FileManager.default.fileExists(atPath: fileURL.path) || installedApp.version != localApp.version || installedApp.buildVersion != localApp.buildVersion
-//            #endif
+            #endif
             
             if replaceCachedApp
             {