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Why Re-Signing iOS Apps is Better than Recompiling

Re-signing iOS apps allows you to open your app after it’s been built and modify everything except the application code. The main reason to use this process is to avoid recompiling an app and risking the introduction of unintended changes. Because modifying an app requires a code signature to be applied for a second time, the process is generally called re-signing. Real World Re-Signing iOS Apps Example A project I recently worked on…