Default Files in theos

So now we have 4 new files we can edit and I will do my best to explain every one of them, so you have a complete understanding

Any calls that explicitly state the tweak name we will either refer to in this guide by either

TWEAK_NAME , ExampleTweak

ExampleTweak.plist    Makefile    Tweak.x    control

TWEAK_NAME.plist

This file, we wont need to edit as it simply contains the different bundleID's incase you were targeting a different bundleID for your tweak

{ Filter = { Bundles = ( "com.apple.springboard" ); }; }

Makefile

INSTALL_TARGET_PROCESSES = SpringBoard

include $(THEOS)/makefiles/common.mk

TWEAK_NAME = ExampleTweak

ExampleTweak_FILES = Tweak.x
ExampleTweak_CFLAGS = -fobjc-arc

include $(THEOS_MAKE_PATH)/tweak.mk

Additionally, please know that ExampleTweak_FILES can be replaced with $(TWEAK_NAME)_FILES If you see $(TWEAK_NAME) referenced this can be interchanged with our actual tweak name

Editors Note: You CAN use $(TWEAK_NAME) but it can cause some conflicts and its not recommended the reason i chose to include it so people could 'copy paste' from the guide

It is HIGHLY recommended to use for example ExampleTweak_FILES instead, but i can't stop you just be aware if you are getting issues with $(TWEAK_NAME) then use the traditional way

This File is crucial to setting your tweak to deploy properly

When editing $(TWEAK_NAME) in this case the make file states it is ExampleTweak. This is reflected in the name of the PLIST file so please rename accordingly

There are several things we can add to this file to start off with, mainly

ARCHS = arm64 arm64e

These are the two architectures we will compile our tweak for. At the time of writing they are the current architectures used on iOS13

arm64 - This is pre A12 devices. Anything released before 2018 arm64e - This is A12/A13 devices and is the current architecture

Luckily we don't have to do anything to compile for both of them as theos does this for us

THEOS_DEVICE_IP = YOUR_IPHONE_IP

Now if we add this too our makefile it makes it a hell of a load easier to test our tweaks as it installs it too our device for us

Things to Note

• SSH must be set up on your iPhone
• It is advisable to set up SSH Keys so you don't have to type your password every-time
• If setting up SSH Keys don't include a key, as otherwise you would have to type that key every time you tried to SSH into your phone
• You Can SSH Over USB - This is a tutorial to set it up

If we want to add additional frameworks either Public or Private we need to add them to our makefile

$(TWEAK_NAME)_FRAMEWORKS =
$(TWEAK_NAME)_PRIVATE_FRAMEWORKS =

Please be aware you can copy those two directly into the makefile as $(TWEAK_NAME) is a bash variable

When we have finish with our tweak and want to package it for launch we can add this to our makefile

FINAL_PACKAGE = 1

This will remove the build number from our tweak and just leave us with our version nummber

And that is it for our makefile

control

Package: com.kodeycodesstuff.exampletweak
Name: ExampleTweak
Depends: mobilesubstrate
Version: 0.0.1
Architecture: iphoneos-arm
Description: An awesome MobileSubstrate tweak!
Maintainer: Kodey Thomas
Author: Kodey Thomas
Section: Tweaks

Everything in control can be edited to our liking but the main things you will want to edit are;

Name - Display name of the tweak in cydia

Description - The Description of the tweak as it appears in cydia

Package - BundleID of our tweak

Version - Version of our tweak its best to use Semantic Versioning as this will make it easier to understand when you update your tweak

tweak.x

Now this is the bit we came here for, tweak.x will actually hold all of our tweak code. You can add additional files of tweak code but we wont need too.

If you wanted to do this you would go into the makefile and edit

ExampleTweak_FILES = Tweak.x anotherFile.x

Cool, so we now know exactly what every file does and we have our makefile all configured.