Cylinder

Latest version: 1.0.6

Here's the changelog.

Here's the deb.

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This is a jailbreak tweak that lets you animate your icons when you swipe pages on the SpringBoard.

Differences to Barrel:

1. Combining multiple effects
2. Effects are written in Lua

With Lua, the effects can be modified and created using just a text editor (scripts are stored in /Library/Cylinder). No knowledge of C or Objective-C is necessary. A noob-friendly tutorial can be found here.

Custom scripts can be submitted to /r/cylinder.

If you want to make your own effects, check out any of the 53 scripts that are bundled with Cylinder. If you need more in-depth documentation you can check out EXAMPLE.lua as well. Once you've made your own effect, make a folder with your name in /Library/Cylinder on your phone (like /Library/Cylinder/rweichler), drop your scripts in, and it should appear in settings (no respring required).

Compatible with iOS 4-9.

How to build/install this

This is for people that would like to contribute to the core (C / Objective-C) framework. If you would like to create your own scripts, no extra setup is necessary. Just install Cylinder on Cydia and follow the instructions above.

Dependencies

• Mac OS X, Linux or jailbroken iOS
• Perl (for Logos. This project does not use Theos! And Logos is included already.)
• Xcode (or, clang/make and a copy of the iPhone SDK >= iOS 4)

Setup

First, clone the repository and cd into it

git clone https://github.com/rweichler/cylinder.git
cd cylinder

Then, init the submodules:

git submodule update --init

For those who don't have Xcode installed

Open config.mk and edit the line that says SDK= to reflect where your copy of the iPhone SDK is.

DHowett has been nice enough to host them for us here: http://iphone.howett.net/sdks/

Just download one of those (must be >= iOS 4, and preferably >= 7 for 64-bit support), unzip it somewhere, delete the original .tar.gz and paste wherever you unzipped it after the SDK= in the config.mk.

Building

If you just want a .deb, run this:

make package

If you want it to install on your device, run this:

make install IPHONE_IP=iphone_wifi_ip_here

You need OpenSSH installed in order for the installation to work.

Pull request policy

Pull requests here are only for changes and improvements to the core framework. Not Lua scripts.

I regularly check /r/cylinder. If I see a script there I'd like to include by default, I'll PM you.

License

GPLv3, unless otherwise stated in the files themselves.