Loader application with secondary embedded application object

• US 10,628,175 B2
• Filed: 10/04/2017
• Issued: 04/21/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc. (Cloud Software Group)
• Original Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc. (Cloud Software Group)
• Inventors: Bullard, Justin, Pitts, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Chowdhury, Ziaul A
• Assistant Examiner(s): Luu, Cuong V
• Application Number:
  US15/724,764
• Publication Number:
  US 20190102200A1
• Time in Patent Office: 930 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/445 Program loading or initiating bootstrapping G06F9/4401; security arrangements for program loading or initiating G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files

Abstract

Methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable media for embedding a secondary application object within a loader application are described herein. In some embodiments, a computing platform may initiate a first iOS application comprising a first name and a first instance of UIApplication comprising an NSObject class. Further, the computing platform may embed into the first iOS application, a second iOS application comprising a second name, a second instance of UIApplication, and a first derived class. Next, the computing platform may generate, based on NSObject and the first derived class, a second derived class. Additionally, the computing platform may generate an iPhone Application (IPA) file comprising the first iOS application wherein the first iOS application comprises the second derived class and the second name. Subsequently, the computing platform may distribute via a communication interface, the IPA file.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

initiating, at a computing platform comprising at least one processor, memory, and a communication interface, by the at least one processor, a first iOS application comprising a first name and a first instance of UIApplication comprising an NSObject class, wherein the NSObject object class specifies a plurality of parameters and variables of a loader application;

embedding, into the first iOS application, by the at least one processor, a second iOS application comprising a second name, a second instance of UIApplication, and a first derived class, wherein the first derived class is derived based on the NSObject class;

generating, by the at least one processor, based on the NSObject class and the first derived class, a second derived class;

generating, by the at least one processor, an iPhone Application (IPA) file comprising the first iOS application wherein the first iOS application comprises the second derived class and the second name of the embedded second iOS application; and

transmitting, to a plurality of mobile devices, by the at least one processor and via the communication interface, the IPA file.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising inspecting, by the at least one processor and via objectiveC inspection classes, the first derived class.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first derived class comprises at least one of:

a variable of the second iOS application, a selector of the second iOS application, a method of the second iOS application, and a property of the second iOS application.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the inspecting the first derived class occurs at runtime.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising loading, by the at least one processor and within an address space of the first iOS application, the second iOS application.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the loading comprises loading, prior to the embedding, the second iOS application.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising configuring, by the at least one processor, the second derived class as a forwarding object for unknown selectors.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first iOS application comprises the loader application and wherein the second iOS application comprises a third party application.

9. A computing platform, comprising:

at least one processor;

a communication interface communicatively coupled to the at least one processor; and

memory storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing platform to;

initiate, by the at least one processor, a first iOS application comprising a first name and a first instance of UIApplication comprising an NSObject class, wherein the NSObject object class specifies a plurality of parameters and variables of a loader application;

embed, into the first iOS application, by the at least one processor, a second iOS application comprising a second name, a second instance of UIApplication, and a first derived class, wherein the first derived class is derived based on the NSObject class;

generate, by the at least one processor, based on the NSObject class and the first derived class, a second derived class;

generate, by the at least one processor, an iPhone Application (IPA) file comprising the first iOS application wherein the first iOS application comprises the second derived class and the second name of the embedded second iOS application; and

transmit, to a plurality of mobile devices, by the at least one processor and via the communication interface, the IPA file.

10. The computing platform of claim 9, wherein the memory stores additional computer-readable instructions, that when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing platform to:

inspect, by the at least one processor, via objectiveC inspection classes, and at runtime, the first derived class, wherein the first derived class comprises at least one of;

a variable of the second iOS application, a selector of the second iOS application, a method of the second iOS application, and a property of the second iOS application.

11. The computing platform of claim 9, wherein the memory stores additional computer-readable instructions, that when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:

load, by the at least one processor, prior to the embedding, and within an address space of the first iOS application, the second iOS application.

12. The computing platform of claim 9, wherein the memory stores additional computer-readable instructions, that when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:

configure, by the at least one processor, the second derived class as a forwarding object for unknown selectors.

13. The computing platform of claim 9, wherein the first iOS application comprises-a the loader application and wherein the second iOS application comprises a third party application.

14. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by a computing platform comprising at least one processor, memory, and a communication interface, cause the computing platform to:

initiate, by the at least one processor, a first iOS application comprising a first name and a first instance of UIApplication comprising an NSObject class, wherein the NSObject object class specifies a plurality of parameters and variables of a loader application;

embed, into the first iOS application, by the at least one processor, a second iOS application comprising a second name, a second instance of UIApplication, and a first derived class, wherein the first derived class is derived based on the NSObject class;

derive, by the at least one processor, based on the NSObject class and the first derived class, a second derived class;

generate, by the at least one processor, an iPhone Application (IPA) file comprising the first iOS application, wherein the first iOS application comprises the second derived class and the second name of the embedded second iOS application; and

transmit, to a plurality of mobile devices, by the at least one processor and via the communication interface, the IPA file.

15. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 14, wherein the memory stores additional computer readable media storing instructions, that when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:

inspect, by the at least one processor, via objectiveC inspection classes, and at runtime, the first derived class.

16. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein the first derived class comprises at least one of:

a variable of the second iOS application, a selector of the second iOS application, a method of the second iOS application, and a property of the second iOS application.

17. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 14, wherein the memory stores additional computer readable media storing instructions, that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:

load, by the at least one processor and within an address space of the first iOS application, the second iOS application.

18. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 17, wherein the memory stores additional computer readable media storing instructions, that when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:

load the second iOS application prior to the embedding.

19. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 14, wherein the memory stores additional computer readable media storing instructions, that when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:

configure, by the at least one processor, the second derived class as a forwarding object for unknown selectors.

20. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 14, wherein the first iOS application comprises the loader application and wherein the second iOS application comprises a third party application.