tapi-analyze(1) TAPI Tool Documentation tapi-analyze(1)

tapi-analyze - Analyze that a binary can be launched without missing frameworks and interfaces.

tapi-analyze [--help]

tapi-analyze [--target <target>] [-o <output_json>] [--sdkdb <sdkdb>] [--app-info-output <app_info_json>] [-v] <binary>

tapi-analyze [-o <output_json>] --sdkdb <sdkdb> [-v] <app_info_json>

tapi-analyze is a tool that checks if binary can be launched without running it. The tool will try to resolve all the dylibs/frameworks that is required by the main binary and all their dependencies, and verify that all the necessary interfaces are present in them.

--target

Specify the target to be analyzed. For example, x86_64-apple-macos. If the option is not specified, the tool will analyze all the available targets that can be applied to the main binary.

-o

Specify the output JSON file location. The output format can be extended to contain more information. The JSON output will be in the format of: 

{
  "launchAnalysis": {
    "arm64-apple-ios13" : {
      "crashOnLaunch": false
    }
    "armv7-apple-ios13" : {
      "crashOnLaunch": true,
      "reason": "missing symbol _foo"
    }
  }
}

-v

Verbose output. More information will be print to STDOUT during the analysis.

2019-02-19 Darwin