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Hi developers.

A couple of years ago, I got a "company" or person to make an app for me, and that was fine. The app is called the Amarone wine database and works fine.

The problem is that I can't get in touch with the developer and I never got the source codes.

Is it possible to find the codes elsewhere?

I have a back end of my computer where I can add new ones to the app, the database for the app is on my website, along with some other files and one called full project.

apple accounts are mine.

I'm not a developer and don't know much about it.

I hope you can help me.

No, you cannot get the code elsewhere (if you mean in Appstore).


You were really uncautious not to require delivery of all the source code at the time.


So, one option at this point, is to use the existing app as a specification for redeveloping the app (may be improve it) and this time require all source code to be delivered.

Also require that source code be thoroughly documented, otherwise it is virtually useless.

one called full project.

That may be a source code or may not be. A set of source code of an app is organized as a project which contains many programming language source files and resource files and settings file. But anyone can call other things a project, or that may be a project file for your backend.


What sort of files do you have there? Can you find files with extensions `.m` or `.swift`? If you can find some, those may be the source files.

If you cannot, it is very hard to get the source files.

If you don't have the original project, they you're out of luck getting the original code. Someone is going to need to write that code from scratch, again.


You can, however, extract various assets from the app if you have it...just change the name from myApp.ipa to myApp.zip and unpack it.

Hi Per

Many thanks for the reply.

The Full project is a file folder with 12 other folders, and 13 files.

I'm guessing it's the website files, am I right?


Folders:

app, bootstrap, config, database, fledge, public, resources, routes, storage, testing, vendor

Files:

JSON, LOCK, IOC, javaScript , PHP, OUT 1781KB, XML, MD, CONFIG.

JSON, LOCK, IOC, javaScript , PHP, OUT 1781KB, XML, MD, CONFIG.

Unfortunately your guess seems to be right it's the website files.


Which means, it is very hard to get the source files.

What files are there in the folder called "app"?

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