Xcode 13 and earlier allowed us to mark lazy stored properties with @available, but it turns out this was never actually supported. Xcode 14 now throws a compiler error, so we work around it by converting lazy @available properties into computed properties, backed by typed-erased lazy ivars.
The Patreon API doesn’t have a way to fetch just the patrons belonging to our Friend Zone tier. Instead, we need to fetch ALL patrons (including inactive ones) and filter out those not in the tier. This is very inefficient, and takes over a minute to complete as of April 14, 2022, due to the number of patrons we have.
We can’t do much to change this, but AltStore will now at least cache the fetched patrons with Core Data. Additionally, AltStore will only perform this long fetch whenever the Friend Zone list actually changes, rather than every time the Patreon screen appears.
Previously, only the beta version of AltStore could add sources. Now, the public version supports adding explicitly “trusted” sources, while the beta version can continue to add any source.
If a jailbreak app contains the relevant Fugu14 entries in its Info.plist, AltStore will automatically guide the user through the Fugu14 untether process before installing the jailbreak.
When attempting to install a new app without any active slots available, AltStore will now present an alert asking the user to choose an app to deactivate in order to continue installation — just like when activating an app without an active slot.
729b2a1f made all serial operations execute in FIFO order. This caused circular dependencies between BackupAppOperation and InstallAppOperation, resulting in (de-)activating apps never finishing.
Now, we ensure InstallAppOperations that are reinstalling AltStore always execute last in a context, but other serial operations may run in any order they become ready.
Ensures AltStore is always the last app to be refreshed, which matters when AltStore needs to be resigned and reinstalled (such as when using AltDaemon on iOS 14).
Refreshing with AltServer while jailbroken will now continue using provisioning profiles, but AltDaemon will still reinstall apps instead of just refreshing them.
Refreshing with provisioning profiles causes apps to become untrusted on iOS 14 or later. As a (hopefully) temporary workaround, we instead now always re-install apps to refresh them on iOS 14+ jailbroken devices, which does still work as expected.
Treating AltKit as a full module resulted in more complexity than necessary, when we really just wanted to share some files between different targets. Now we can share individual files across modules as-needed without AltKit overhead.
AltStore will use AltDaemon as a local AltServer if it’s installed and running. AltStore remains a regular sandboxed app, but AltDaemon has private entitlements necessary to perform AltServer operations without a computer.
To activate an inactive app that has been deleted from the phone, AltStore will reinstall the app, as well as restore any app data from when it was deactivated.
Deactivating apps by removing their profiles no longer works on iOS 13.5. Instead, AltStore will now back up the app by temporarily replacing it with AltBackup, then remove the app from the phone.
iOS 13.3.1 limits free developer accounts to 3 apps and app extensions. As a workaround, we now allow up to 3 “active” apps (apps with installed provisioning profiles), as well as additional “inactivate” apps which don’t have any profiles installed, causing them to not count towards the total. Inactive apps cannot be opened until they are activated.
Assuming the certificate used to originally sign an app is still valid, we can refresh an app simply by installing new provisioning profiles. However, if the signing certificate is no longer valid, we fall back to the old method of resigning + reinstalling.
