Can we detect which ios application is using my Custom keyboard

Question

I want to detect in my custom keyboard extension app which application is using my extension. Can we detect any information in keyboard extension about application which is using my extension.I dont think it is possible .if any body have have knowledge about this kindly share it.

Thanks

in my knowledge is not possible, in extension you can't detect the type or anything, but your question is fine, — Anbu.Karthik, Apr 15 '15 at 06:10
I have not tried if it works in an extension, but check this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8275578/ — NeonBerry, May 10 '15 at 13:59

score 15 · Answer 1 · answered May 28 '15 at 10:07

15

You can try this code in your UIInputViewController

override public func viewWillAppear(animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillAppear(animated)
    if let parentViewController = self.parentViewController {
        var hostBundleID = parentViewController.valueForKey("_hostBundleID")
        println(hostBundleID)
    }
}

But I'm not sure that Apple will approved when you release to App Store

answered May 28 '15 at 10:07

Thanh Dat Nguyen

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Where's `_hostBundleID` officially documented? – Pang Feb 07 '18 at 04:46
`valueForKey("_hostBundleID")` returns `nil` in iOS 16. – Daniel Saidi Sep 22 '22 at 21:30

zhijie feng · Answer 2 · 2023-03-03T12:46:03.917

for iOS 16+

#import <dlfcn.h>

+ (nullable NSString *)hostBundleIDWithInputVC:(UIInputViewController *)vc {
    
    NSString *bundleID = nil;
    
    @try {
        bundleID = [vc.parentViewController valueForKey:@"_hostBundleID"];
    } @catch (NSException *exception) {
        NSLog(@"hostBundleID Get Failure 1 %@", exception);
    } @finally {
        
    }
    
    if(XMUtils.validString(bundleID) && ![bundleID isEqual:@"<null>"]) {
        return bundleID;
    }
    
    // 云控禁止xpc取法

    // xpc取法 逆向自xx输入法 主要解决iOS16上获取不到的问题
    @try {
        id hostPid = [vc.parentViewController valueForKey:@"_hostPID"];
        
        if (hostPid) {
            
    #pragma clang diagnostic push
    #pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Warc-performSelector-leaks"
            
            id serverIns = [NSClassFromString(@"PKService") performSelector:NSSelectorFromString(@"defaultService")];
            id lities = [serverIns performSelector:NSSelectorFromString(@"personalities")];

            id infos = [lities objectForKey:[NSBundle mainBundle].bundleIdentifier];
            
            id info = [infos objectForKey:hostPid];
            id con = [info performSelector:NSSelectorFromString(@"connection")];
            id xpcCon = [con performSelector:NSSelectorFromString(@"_xpcConnection")];
            
    #pragma clang diagnostic pop
            
            const char * (* cfunc)(id) = dlsym(RTLD_DEFAULT, "xpc_connection_copy_bundle_id");
            
            if (cfunc != nil && xpcCon != nil) {
                const char *res = cfunc(xpcCon);
                bundleID = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:res];
                return  bundleID;
            }
        }
    } @catch (NSException *exception) {
        NSLog(@"hostBundleID Get Failure 2 %@", exception);
    } @finally {
        
    }
   
    return nil;
}

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 05 '22 at 06:58

0

ios 16+, "_hostBundleID" the value is nil

answered Sep 05 '22 at 06:58

jake.huang

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 20 '23 at 14:06

Swift 5 Version

This works for iOS 16 and older

import Foundation
import UIKit

extension UIInputViewController {
    
    func hostBundleId() -> String? {
        if let parentViewController = parent {
            if let hostBundleId = parentViewController.value(forKey: "_hostBundleID") as? String,
               hostBundleId != "<null>" {
                return hostBundleId
            } else if let hostPID = parentViewController.value(forKey: "_hostPID") {
                let selector = NSSelectorFromString("defaultService")
                if let anyClass: AnyObject = NSClassFromString("PKService"),
                   let pkService = anyClass as? NSObjectProtocol,
                   pkService.responds(to: selector),
                   let serverInis = pkService.perform(selector).takeUnretainedValue() as? NSObjectProtocol {
                    let lities = serverInis.perform(NSSelectorFromString("personalities")).takeUnretainedValue()
                    let bundleId = Bundle.main.bundleIdentifier ?? ""
                    if let infos = lities.object(forKey: bundleId) as? AnyObject,
                       let info = infos.object(forKey: hostPID) as? AnyObject,
                       let con = info.perform(NSSelectorFromString("connection")).takeUnretainedValue() as? NSObjectProtocol {
                        let xpcCon = con.perform(NSSelectorFromString("_xpcConnection")).takeUnretainedValue()
                        let handle = dlopen("/usr/lib/libc.dylib", RTLD_NOW)
                        let sym = dlsym(handle, "xpc_connection_copy_bundle_id")
                        typealias xpcFunc = @convention(c) (AnyObject) -> UnsafePointer<CChar>
                        let cFunc = unsafeBitCast(sym, to: xpcFunc.self)
                        let response = cFunc(xpcCon)
                        let hostBundleId = NSString(utf8String: response)
                        return hostBundleId as String?
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        return nil
    }
    
}

This unfortunately seems to have stopped working in iOS 17. – Daniel Saidi Aug 02 '23 at 22:06 — Daniel Saidi, Aug 02 '23 at 22:06

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