# danielamitay/iHasApp

The iHasApp iOS Framework allows you to detect installed apps on a user's device.

Repository: https://github.com/danielamitay/iHasApp
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ihasapp
Language: Objective-C
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2022-09-09T12:26:11+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5182, "days_push": 1454, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1397, forks 172 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:36.737468+00:00)

## What it is
An Objective-C iOS framework that detects installed apps on a user's device by probing URL schemes via canOpenURL: and enriching results with the iTunes Search API. It was a 2011 proof of concept and is no longer viable since Apple restricts excessive canOpenURL: usage.

## Use cases
- detect which apps are installed on an ios device
- check if a specific app is installed via url scheme
- research ios app detection techniques
- enumerate installed app ids from url schemes
- look up detected apps in the itunes search api

## When to choose
- studying historical ios app-detection techniques
- academic or security research on url scheme probing
- maintaining a legacy codebase that already relies on it

## When to avoid
- shipping a new app to the app store - apple rejects canOpenURL: misuse
- needing reliable app detection on modern ios versions
- any production privacy-sensitive feature

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: sdk, security, developer-tools
- domain: mobile-development, privacy
- platform: -
- tags: app-detection, url-schemes, canopenurl, proof-of-concept, deprecated-technique, ios, objective-c, mobile

## Member repositories
- danielamitay/iHasApp (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:36.737468+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:39:16.239627+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/danielamitay/iHasApp (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:36.737468+00:00, sha 8770b5f3577b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.