Updating extensions for iOS 8

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What has changed in iOS 8? (Classes, frameworks, etc.)

• The term 'Display Identifier' has been removed from SpringBoard. Methods that used the term usually have a 'Bundle Identifier' equivalent; e.g. -[SBApplicationController applicationWithDisplayIdentifier:] and -[SBApplication displayIdentifier] are now -[SBApplicationController applicationWithBundleIdentifier] and -[SBApplication bundleIdentifier]

• "Has anyone looked into granting entitlements in iOS 8? It would appear the popular method of hooking "_XPCConnectionHasEntitlement" no longer works." "I haven't had a whole lot of time to do testing or look for better methods but I found "_BSAuditTokenTaskHasEntitlement" which appears to have a similar function to "_XPCConnectionHasEntitlement", its part of the "assertiond" process which must be hooked in order to access it, so far it's worked. More specifically, part of the "BaseBoard" private framework within "assertiond"."

• PLBatteryPropertiesEntry no longer seems to exist for getting current battery info such as: [PLBatteryPropertiesEntry batteryPropertiesEntry].currentCapacity. You can still use:

io_service_t powerSource = IOServiceGetMatchingService(kIOMasterPortDefault, IOServiceMatching("IOPMPowerSource"));
CFNumberRef currentCapacityNum = (CFNumberRef)IORegistryEntryCreateCFProperty(powerSource, CFSTR(kIOPMPSCurrentCapacityKey), kCFAllocatorDefault, 0);

• installd can no longer be controlled via launchctl, it would appear. At least, I (Karen/angelXwind) haven't gotten it to - this happens: /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.mobile.installd.plist: The specified service path was not in the service cache

• After doing some digging into iOS 8's installd binary, I (Karen/angelXwind) have found that MISValidateSignatureAndCopyInfo performs additional code-signing checks during app installation now, which is one of the reasons why AppSync Unified no longer works in iOS 8. The second reason is that installd can't be reloaded via launchctl anymore, which is what the ASU postinst script does in order for ASU to inject into installd.

• NO PLS RECOVERY (which basically hot-patches `EnterRecovery` out of lockdownd using Substrate) still works in iOS 8.

• Mobile application containers are at /var/mobile/Containers/Application

• Looks like certain apps dont have privileges for IORegistryEntryCreateCFProperty anymore (Safari, Mail)

• xTM3x has been doing some research into preference saving (log, file atomicity takes long enough to see the auxiliary files)

What is new in iOS 8, and how does it work?

• "would anyone happen to know what the view Reachability invokes is?" "Yes, in the new framework FrontBoard, you can hook it. It is a FBWindowContextHostView."

• FrontBoard is a new thing

• Apple seems to call the iOS side Octavia and the OS X side Nero

Reac

Which tools and other preexisting things are still working on iOS 8? Which ones don't work?

• The package syslogd to /var/log/syslog seems to not be working. An alternative - also as listed on TheiPhoneWiki.

• "Does Theos work on iOS 8?" uroboro responds here

• AppList seems to not be compatible yet

• libsymbolicate doesn't work on 8... (VMUHeader is gone from Symbolication.framework)

• RocketBootstrap seems to work

Random assorted other notes

• iOS 8.0 Headers and another set of SpringBoard headers (made with two different class dumping tools).

• In things like SBStarkBanner* classes, Stark is the codename for the blur-heavy UI since iOS 7