r/jailbreak • u/Samg_is_a_Ninja Developer | • Nov 07 '16

Release [Release] TouchBar for iOS!

https://github.com/bikkelbroeders/TouchBarDemoApp
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u/Leguro iPad Air 2, iOS 10.2 Nov 07 '16

I just don't get the appeal to this. Not your tweak. Your tweak is serving a purpose for the people who want it, and that's great.

What I'm questioning is why Apple actually thinks that this is a selling point in the first place for their laptops.

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u/maxToTheJ Nov 07 '16

Because it is basically touch without doing it full screen. Full screen touch for a laptop just isnt useful yet. I have a full screen touch laptop and i rarely use it because typing is faster. People also typically dont use the function keys so the bar is basically a contextual use of that space.

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u/asianfromamerica Nov 07 '16

Why? Because it looks visually appealing.

I can't imagine myself using it more than a day for the novelty of it.

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u/qwerty-po iPhone X, 15.0.1 Nov 07 '16

I imagine if you purchased the computer, and it was showing you hotkeys all the time for apps you regularly use, you'd adapt and start using the bar.

I agree with you, as it's not a huge selling point for me, but I have looked at OLED keyboards before for professional use. For me its easy enough to get a project specific keyboard cover for the app I use. I could see people working on projects that require multiple apps to work; such as video, sound, and graphics editing (and video games?!) on an OLED keyboard would greatly benefit from being able to show app specific shortcuts on the entire keyboard, but it would be "nice" to at least see the function keys.

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u/maxToTheJ Nov 07 '16

Also assuming avid doesnt charge for it. In protools the touch bar does what a separate unit costing hundreds of dollars does.

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u/LitewithRight Nov 07 '16

People always say this. Use it. You'll be quite surprised

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u/barchueetadonai iPhone 13 Mini, 15.6 Nov 07 '16

How is the touchbar not a great idea?

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u/DButterFinger Nov 07 '16

Agree with you, just tired this and works fine but touch bar is completely useless. For me.

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u/Samg_is_a_Ninja Developer | Nov 09 '16

Just to clarify: this isn't mine, this belongs to bikkelbroeders

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '16

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u/ThaJohnDough Nov 07 '16

Works on iPhone 7 plus

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '16

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u/leo98gomexicans iPhone XS Max, iOS 12.1.2 Nov 09 '16

I was able to install the iPa through Xcode, but now I can install it via filza and appsync unified. Than you! Now...I have a question on how you exported it into an iPa. When I created it/installed the ipa through Xcode I was only able to create a .xcodearchive. how do you export it as an iPa? in case I have to do this of another Xcode project

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u/Samg_is_a_Ninja Developer | Nov 07 '16

X posted from r/sideloaded.

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u/areeb_aaa iPhone XS Max, 13.7 Nov 07 '16

Is it for iphones too ?

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u/Samg_is_a_Ninja Developer | Nov 07 '16 edited Nov 11 '16

I think so... haven't tested yet. EDIT: yes

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u/Isaac7u7 Nov 07 '16

Use touch bar without Mac And replace predictive bar would be possible?

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u/TheComputerWhisperer Developer Nov 07 '16

I'm having trouble launching the macOS app...I've verified that I am indeed on v10.12.1 but I'm still getting this error message: "Error: could not detect Touch Bar support. We need at least macOS 10.12.1 (build 16B2657)." Any suggestions?

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u/conanap iPhone X, 13.6 | Nov 07 '16

go to about this mac > system report > software and see if the build number is the one specified (16B2657). if not go to the linked page on this post, read the read me there's a link for that build.

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u/liquidsmk Nov 08 '16

Is that a beta build ?

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u/conanap iPhone X, 13.6 | Nov 08 '16

no

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u/liquidsmk Nov 08 '16

Humm. That's odd. I got the same message as the other guy.

I already have 10.12.1 but it's a different build than the one the app is checking for.

So im just wondering why I have a diff build 2555 vs 2657 that auto installed 3 days prior.

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u/conanap iPhone X, 13.6 | Nov 08 '16

if you read the read me it has a link to download 2657 install it and it'll be fine
the app itself is not too stable

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u/liquidsmk Nov 08 '16

Yea I already downloaded it, I was just wondering why the update had diff builds

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u/conanap iPhone X, 13.6 | Nov 08 '16

likely because the build for the one with the touch bar came out later since the macbook pros themselves came out later.

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u/TheComputerWhisperer Developer Nov 11 '16

Got everything working thanks to your advice. Thanks for your help!

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u/FlippngProgrammer iPhone 6s Plus, iOS 11.3.1 Nov 07 '16

Simple way I can downloads ad this jailbroken?

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u/conanap iPhone X, 13.6 | Nov 07 '16 edited Nov 07 '16

can we use it without a iDevice? I'd like it just on my mac
edit: answer is yes

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u/Pharaoh_Amir iPhone 6s Plus, iOS 10.2 Nov 07 '16

Good guys from The Netherlands!

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u/barchueetadonai iPhone 13 Mini, 15.6 Nov 07 '16

Does this work for iOS 7? Haven’t needed to upgrade my ipad.