How to edit plist on a .ipa file

It is inspired by the BinaryPlist Sublime Text package, although the experience is not as seamless the user must agree to opening a binary file and the editing takes place in an additional tab.

The extension is cross-platform but primarily uses the macOS plutil binary for conversion, the Python plistlib is used as an alterntative if available. The node package simple-plist is used as a fallback but due to JavaScript not having a float type real values that are whole numbers will be cast to integer types a warning dialog is shown first. PlistBuddy can read and modify values inside of a plist, either interactively or directly on the command line.

BBEdit will open plist files for editing, and do any necessary conversion of file types. It's the essential text editor for Mac. No connection to the company, just a user for 30 years! Sign up to join this community.

The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. How do I edit a. Ask Question. Asked 11 years ago. Active 6 months ago. Viewed k times. What's the best application to open and edit a plist file? Improve this question. Pierre Watelet Pierre Watelet 5, 13 13 gold badges 47 47 silver badges 80 80 bronze badges.

I think if you just changed your question to be more specific about what you're trying to do it wouldn't get any 'subjective' votes. Voting to close without commenting? Way to go, team! This is a good question. The name stands for "iOS app package". IPA files are equivalent to the ". They use the common Zip format , despite their unusual file extension. A valid IPA file must always contain a top-level Payload folder, and -- if it is designed for distribution via the App Store -- it will also have some iTunesMetadata files.

Here's an example of the IPA for iBooks 3. And iTunesMetadata. IPA files contain binaries that are specific to iOS. They may be built for bit iOS devices ie. This means that without a specific embedded x86 binary, your computer won't be able to run an iOS app. If an IPA has been built to debug on a Mac, it may contain an x86 binary.

If so, it's likely it can be run using the iPhone Simulator included with Xcode on a Mac. Viewed 10k times. Improve this question. Better delete this and ask the question at Ask Different before you get down votes. It's more like coding, I voted up and it seems that I am not the only one : — sorin. Add a comment.

Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Command doesnt seem to work but I learnt about plist buddy, thanks heaps! Eventworld to new value Add -i to edit in place. I found a site with those steps. In short: unzip app. Jon Jon 7, 1 1 gold badge 36 36 silver badges 40 40 bronze badges. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google.