Can you use SIMBL to develop a plug-in for the iPhone's Safari?
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No, you cannot.
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if you jailbreak iphone and use unofficial sdk ? – user42118 Dec 01 '08 at 19:04
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There are no input managers on iPhone, so SIMBL is not a viable option. – Ben Gottlieb Dec 01 '08 at 19:27
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ok, any suggestions? is there another solution or i must abandon my efforts? thanks for your responses – user42118 Dec 01 '08 at 20:34
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I can't think of anyway to do a plug-in for Safari without Apple's direct (and extremely unlikely) assistance. Sorry. – Ben Gottlieb Dec 02 '08 at 00:07
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As is clear in Apple's terms of use with the iPhone SDK, no non-native code can be run by any application. This means, among other things NO PLUGINS. At all. Not for Safari, not for your own application.
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It's not possible taking into account Apple's terms of use, but... would it be possible from a technical point of view ? – Guido Dec 01 '08 at 15:05
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so if you jailbreak iphone and use unofficial sdk you can develop plug ins? – user42118 Dec 01 '08 at 18:57
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For devices that have Cydia, you can build a MobileSubstrate plugin. An example of such a plugin is DHowett's Safari Download Manager.
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You could also create a Safari webplugin, which loads a custom UIView to display content based on MIME types.
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