[soda97]

I saw someone made an app that could hide icon with double tap but with all the other stuff...
I heard is not as stable tho...
Can someone make a standalone instead?


thanks in advance,
soda

[Eurisko]

Haha. It's a built in function of the iPhone and was made by Apple. It's quite stable.

[soda97]

o really...?
is there any easy way to activate it?
since no one able to make a password protected for icon yet
this will be able to avoid those noisy people...


soda

[Eurisko]

Originally Posted by soda97

o really...?
is there any easy way to activate it?
since no one able to make a password protected for icon yet
this will be able to avoid those noisy people...

soda

First, open up "com.apple.springboard.plist" which is located in "/var/root/Library/Preferences/" and if their not there already, add the following lines:

<key>SBEnableAppReveal</key>
<true/>

Then, for each program you want to hide, open up its .plist, (Mobile.Safari.app/info.plist for instance) and add the lines:

<key>SBIsRevealable</key>
<true/>

That's all there is to it.

[soda97]

but are we doing this manually?
I wanna have it on the fly, so I could hide some icons if I have to borrow it to somebody...


thanks in advance,
soda

[Eurisko]

Originally Posted by soda97

but are we doing this manually?
I wanna have it on the fly, so I could hide some icons if I have to borrow it to somebody...

thanks in advance,
soda

Each individual App would need to be configured manually, but once that's done, it's all on the fly. And there is a prefs hack that will put the option to enable/disable the AppReveal function in your General settings. I can send that to you when I get home tonight.

[soda97]

thanks again
I heard about the pref hacks but I don't need the other stuff
it sounds buggy and I don't wanna messed up my plist and other things...
so if I add the line manually, after that I could just double tap to hide and reveal or how does it work?


soda

[Eurisko]

Originally Posted by soda97

thanks again
I heard about the pref hacks but I don't need the other stuff
it sounds buggy and I don't wanna messed up my plist and other things...
so if I add the line manually, after that I could just double tap to hide and reveal or how does it work?


soda

Yup, every time you reboot, the icons will be invisible. You double tap the space to make the icon appear and then tap it once (as normal) to make it run. Double tap again to make it disappear. I put all mine right above the dock, that way, it "looks" like a normal setup with the bottom row missing, but all the apps are there.

[theguyz]

Originally Posted by Eurisko

Each individual App would need to be configured manually, but once that's done, it's all on the fly. And there is a prefs hack that will put the option to enable/disable the AppReveal function in your General settings. I can send that to you when I get home tonight.

Can you post the hack...very interested.

[soda97]

can you take some Screen Shot too?
will it leave the spot empty or will it mess up the arrangement?
I wish there's an app that could do all these...


thanks anyway,
soda

[Eurisko]

Originally Posted by soda97

can you take some Screen Shot too?
will it leave the spot empty or will it mess up the arrangement?
I wish there's an app that could do all these...

thanks anyway,
soda

Ya again, this is not like customize. It keeps the same icon arrangement (leaves the slot empty), its just invisible. Customize removes the icon from the list entirely. I'll provide some screens for you tonight when I get home.

[soda97]

cool...I appreciate that


soda

[luiz]

hello, i just tried to try that trick, but my .plist got ****ed up... can some1 upload theirs on 1.1.2? thanks so much if u do !

[soda97]

that's why I'm not trying to mess with the plist....
I wouldn't know where to start anyway...


soda

[Eurisko]

Originally Posted by soda97

that's why I'm not trying to mess with the plist....
I wouldn't know where to start anyway...

soda

Its really not that difficult.

Ok, here are the screenshots in order.

1. How the screen looks when I wake the iPhone.
2. Double tapping the space where Customize is.
3. General settings window. (App Reveal ON)
4. General settings window. (App Reveal turned OFF)
5. How the screen looks when App Reveal turned off.

Below is the Info.plist for MobileSafari.app, you'll note in red where the lines go:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>
<string>English</string>
<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
<string>MobileSafari</string>
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>com.apple.mobilesafari</string>
<key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
<string>6.0</string>
<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
<string>APPL</string>
<key>CFBundleSignature</key>
<string>????</string>
<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
<string>419.3</string>
<key>SBIsRevealable</key>
<true/>
<key>SBUsesNetwork</key>
<integer>3</integer>
<key>SafariProductVersion</key>
<string>3.0</string>
<key>UIHasPrefs</key>
<true/>
<key>UIPriority</key>
<integer>50</integer>
</dict>
</plist>