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Hi all,

i want to ask if you can use SIMBL and develop a plug-in for iPhone Safari.

+5  A: 

No, you cannot.

Ben Gottlieb
if you jailbreak iphone and use unofficial sdk ?
There are no input managers on iPhone, so SIMBL is not a viable option.
Ben Gottlieb
ok, any suggestions?is there another solution or i must abandon my efforts? thanks for your responses
I can't think of anyway to do a plug-in for Safari without Apple's direct (and extremely unlikely) assistance. Sorry.
Ben Gottlieb
+3  A: 

As is clear in Apple's terms of use with the iPhone SDK, no non-native code can be run by any application. This means, among other things NO PLUGINS. At all. Not for Safari, not for your own application.

August
It's not possible taking into account Apple's terms of use, but... would it be possible from a technical point of view ?
Guido
Not without jailbreaking.
ceejayoz
so if you jailbreak iphone and use unofficial sdk you can develop plug ins?
+2  A: 

For devices that have Cydia, you can build a MobileSubstrate plugin. An example of such a plugin is DHowett's Safari Download Manager.

rpetrich
A: 

You could also create a Safari webplugin, which loads a custom UIView to display content based on MIME types.

http://iphonedevwiki.net/index.php/Internet_Plug-Ins

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