I am making an in-house (Enterprise) app. I want to delete other installed apps from the iOS device programmatically. I have successfully retrieved the installed apps' info (e.g. name, bundleId, version, icon etc.) using Apple's private framework methods. Please tell me how can I do that (i.e. delete an app). Thanks.
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I think you will need Super User Access. – Blind Ninja Aug 12 '15 at 04:46
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@HarvantS. What is super user access ? – iOS_Learner Aug 12 '15 at 04:50
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@Salman superuser access means you need to jailbreak your device and you become super user . – Badal Shah Aug 12 '15 at 04:52
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`SUDO` Keyword in linux and unix . That mean `Super User DO` . @BadalShah Yes. – Blind Ninja Aug 12 '15 at 04:53
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@BadalShah Thanks for explanation . But I don't want to jailbrake my device. – iOS_Learner Aug 12 '15 at 04:55
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@HarvantS. I found one method in Private Headers .... That is - (BOOL)uninstallApplication:(id)arg1 withOptions:(id)arg2; Its in LSApplicationworkspace. It takes two arguments. I passed first argument bundle identifier and second arguement was nil. This method deleted app successfully but after that crash occurred. – iOS_Learner Aug 12 '15 at 05:06
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@BadalShah I found one method in Private Headers .... That is - (BOOL)uninstallApplication:(id)arg1 withOptions:(id)arg2; Its in LSApplicationworkspace. It takes two arguments. I passed first argument bundle identifier and second arguement was nil. This method deleted app successfully but after that crash occurred. – iOS_Learner Aug 12 '15 at 05:07
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Its working for me without any crash but the method return `NO` sometimes. – Blind Ninja Aug 12 '15 at 05:46
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FYI: You can jailbreak your phone, and hide Cydia, if that is okay with you. – Munim Aug 12 '15 at 06:18
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@Thibaud David any suggestions – iOS_Learner Aug 19 '15 at 11:42
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Did you ever get a reliable solution for this? – newenglander May 05 '16 at 10:47
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Here is a solution (No jailbreak No crash) but its not working every time. Sometime it failed to uninstall application and return NO.
NSBundle *b = [NSBundle bundleWithPath:@"/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MobileCoreServices.framework"];
BOOL success = [b load];
if(success)
{
Class LSApplicationWorkspace = NSClassFromString(@"LSApplicationWorkspace");
id si = [LSApplicationWorkspace valueForKey:@"defaultWorkspace"];
SEL selector=NSSelectorFromString(@"uninstallApplication:withOptions:");
BOOL what=[si performSelector:selector withObject:@"Bundle_ID" withObject:nil];
}
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This is not possible with a non Jailbroken device, even with private APIs.
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@sleepwalkersfx I found one method in Private Headers .... That is - (BOOL)uninstallApplication:(id)arg1 withOptions:(id)arg2; Its in LSApplicationworkspace. It takes two arguments. I passed first argument bundle identifier and second arguement was nil. This method deleted app successfully but after that crash occurred. – iOS_Learner Aug 12 '15 at 05:07
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You will need an MDM solution, which gives the company quite a lot of power over enrolled devices. Using iOS software, there is no way whatsoever. And I'll just assume that your enterprise won't let jailbroken phones anywhere near it!
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