How to compile mobilesubstrate extension in iPhone gcc for OS 3.0

(1) You need iphone gcc installed in your jailbroken iPhone / iPod Touch with firmware 3.0 or above

iPhone gcc is available in Cydia. To install it in you need to do these


# assume you have installed APT 0.6 Transitional and Aptitude and wget in Cydia, so that you can use the command apt-get
# if libgcc is broken in Cydia, you have to install it manually before iphone-gcc
wget http://apt.saurik.com/debs/libgcc_4.2-20080410-1-6_iphoneos-arm.deb
dpkg -i libgcc_4.2-20080410-1-6_iphoneos-arm.deb
# install iphone-gcc
apt-get install iphone-gcc


Moreover, you need these utilities as well


apt-get install make ldid zip unzip wget


for editor in iPhone you can use vim or nano

(2) You need the header files of toolchain and SDK 3.0, libsubstrate and classdump the SpringBoard and UIKit headers

The building of iPhone gcc in Linux and header files (updated for OS 3.0) is here in
http://www.saurik.com/id/4

The updated mobilesubtrate header files are here

The classdump procedure is here

But all these involved a lot of downloading and patching, so I put all the downloading/classdump/patching in one zipped tar file (sys30.tgz). You can download it (about 96M) here

(3) copy and untar the required headers and libraries (say copy to /var/mobile/sys30.tgz) and install it in iPhone / iPod Touch say

mkdir /var/toolchain/
cd /var/toolchain/
tar -xzvf /var/mobile/sys30.tgz


(4) Use this sample mobilesubstrate extension (ExampleHook.zip) and unzip it to test. You need to apt-get install mobilesubstrate in iPhone / iPod Touch first

http://apiexplorer.googlecode.com/files/ExampleHook.zip

apt-get install mobilesubstrate
wget http://apiexplorer.googlecode.com/files/ExampleHook.zip
unzip ExampleHook.zip
cd ExampleHook

make (to compile and codesign)
make install (to install), after install you need respring the device to test
make uninstall (to uninstall), after uninstall you need respring as well

respring utility is available from my cydia source http://cydia.iphone.org.hk/apt/

(5) You can also checkout a copy of the iphone backgrounder to test your iphone gcc and mobilesubstrate development environment
http://code.google.com/p/iphone-backgrounder/source/checkout

Install subversion before using svn in iPhone / iPod Touch

apt-get install subversion
svn checkout http://iphone-backgrounder.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ iphone-backgrounder
cd iphone-backgrounder



I use this modified Makefile to compile iphone-backgrounder

MakefileSelect all


NAME = Backgrounder
APP_ID = jp.ashikase.backgrounder

# These paths must be changed to match the compilation environment
TOOLCHAIN = /var/toolchain/sys30/dump
SYS_PATH = /var/toolchain/sys30
MS_PATH = /var/toolchain/sys30/mobilesubstrate
INC_PATH = /var/toolchain/sys30/usr/include
LDID = /usr/bin/ldid

CXX = arm-apple-darwin9-g++
CXXFLAGS = -g0 -O2 -Wall -Werror -Wno-write-strings -include common.h -DAPP_ID=\"$(APP_ID)\"
LD = $(CXX)
LDFLAGS = -march=armv6 \
-mcpu=arm1176jzf-s \
-bind_at_load \
-multiply_defined suppress \
-framework CoreFoundation \
-framework Foundation \
-framework UIKit \
-framework GraphicsServices \
-framework CoreGraphics \
-F$(SYS_PATH)/System/Library/Frameworks \
-F$(SYS_PATH)/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks \
-L$(SYS_PATH)/usr/lib -lsubstrate \
-lobjc

INCLUDES = -I$(INC_PATH) -I$(MS_PATH) -I$(TOOLCHAIN) \
-I./Classes

SUBDIRS = . Classes

DIRLIST := $(SUBDIRS:%=%)
SRCS := $(foreach dir,$(DIRLIST), $(wildcard $(dir)/*.mm))
HDRS := $(foreach dir,$(DIRLIST), $(wildcard $(dir)/*.h))
OBJS := $(SRCS:.mm=.o)

all: $(NAME).dylib

config:
ln -snf $(TOOLCHAIN) $(SYS_PATH)

# Replace 'iphone' with the IP or hostname of your device
install: config $(NAME).dylib
ssh root@iphone rm -f /Library/MobileSubstrate/DynamicLibraries/$(NAME).dylib
scp $(NAME).dylib root@iphone:/Library/MobileSubstrate/DynamicLibraries/
ssh root@iphone restart

$(NAME).dylib: $(OBJS) $(HDRS)
$(LD) -dynamiclib $(LDFLAGS) $(OBJS) -init _$(NAME)Initialize -o $@
$(LDID) -S $@

%.o: %.mm
$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(INCLUDES) -c $< -o $@

clean:
rm -f $(OBJS) $(NAME).dylib


P.S. This is how to compile a standard c++ program in iPhone gcc

test.cppSelect all


arm-apple-darwin9-g++ -I"/var/toolchain/sys30/usr/include" -I"/var/toolchain/sys30/usr/include/c++/4.2.1" -I"/var/toolchain/sys30/usr/include/c++/4.2.1/armv6-apple-darwin9" -g0 -O2 -Wall -L"/var/toolchain/sys30/usr/lib" -march=armv6 -mcpu=arm1176jzf-s test.cpp -o test