How to detect that the app is running on a jailbroken device? [duplicate]
I have just released my app for iOS, but I'm not sure how to make my app safe from being used by jailbrakers.
Can I do something to prevent my app working on jailbroken devices?
You can detect through code that if the app is running on a jail broken device or not. Through that way you can pop up an alert and close the app. You can do whatever you want to do. Here is a tutorial for it:
http://thwart-ipa-cracks.blogspot.com/2008/11/detection.html
and here is a Stack Overflow post:
How do I detect that an iOS app is running on a jailbroken phone?
Also, if you want a complete solution, you can see in tapjoy sdk code. They are detecting jailbroken iPhone. Here is tapjoy URL https://www.tapjoy.com/
Check for these paths
+ (BOOL)isJailBroken {
#ifdef TARGET_IPHONE_SIMULATOR
return NO;
#endif
NSArray *paths = @[@"/bin/bash",
@"/usr/sbin/sshd",
@"/etc/apt",
@"/private/var/lib/apt/",
@"/Applications/Cydia.app",
];
for (NSString *path in paths) {
if ([self fileExistsAtPath:path]) {
return YES;
}
}
return NO;
}
+ (BOOL)fileExistsAtPath:(NSString *)path {
FILE *pFile;
pFile = fopen([path cStringUsingEncoding:[NSString defaultCStringEncoding]], "r");
if (pFile == NULL) {
return NO;
}
else
fclose(pFile);
return YES;
}
Additionally, you can take a look https://github.com/OneSignal/OneSignal-iOS-SDK/blob/master/iOS_SDK/OneSignalSDK/Source/OneSignalJailbreakDetection.m
Try to find a file which cydia or jailbroken device create. Or try to write in a file outside the app's blackbox. If you succeed to do that, the device is compromised/jailbroken :)
- (BOOL)jailbroken
{
NSFileManager * fileManager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
return [fileManager fileExistsAtPath:@"/private/var/lib/apt/"];
}
-(BOOL) isJailbroken
{
#if TARGET_IPHONE_SIMULATOR
return NO;
#else
FILE *f = fopen("/bin/bash", "r");
if (errno == ENOENT)
{
// device is NOT jailbroken
fclose(f);
NSLog(@"no");
return NO;
}
else {
// device IS jailbroken
fclose(f);
NSLog(@"yes");
return YES;
}
#endif
}