Lost X Code Project for a Live Application

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Created Apr ’25

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Hello,

I currently have a live application in the iOS App Store that needs an update to start functioning again, but I've lost the source code in a hard drive failure. Is there a way to reverse engineer the currently deployed package that is live (and also a way to download it from App Store Connect)⁉️

The development change itself is just a very small change for an API route in the code itself. I could even direct an engineer at Apple to make the change in 5 minutes!

Let me know if this is possible.

Thanks❗️

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DTS Engineer OP

Apple

Apr ’25

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Apple doesn't get the source code for your app when you submit it to App Store Connect. Only the final compiled app is submitted for review and release on the App Store. There is no mechanism for getting the source code from the final app, including from archives in Xcode.

If you do not have the project's source code, and cannot recover it from a backup or a source control system such as git, you'll need to recreate the project.

— Ed Ford,  DTS Engineer

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