Retrieving a list of all local shared objects (iOS)

rbprisma

Hey guys!

I've been hired by a small company to remake their AIR iOS only game using the Starling framework. It's like 90% done and everything went alright so far, but I have stumbled on this annoying issue that I have been struggling with in the past few days.

So, basically, the last version of the game was published around 2 years ago and there's not a backup of the original code! (what kind of developer doesn't backup his own code?!). The player data such as progress/level/iAPs/highscores is saved (only!) on a local shared object. The problem is that I can't access it since I don't know what the name of the shared object is and if I create a whole new shared object, all the players that already have the game installed would lose all of their data.

Is there a way I could retrieve a list or "search" for a specific shared object in the application storage?

Robominister

Its not a direct answer to the question you asked, but you could use a decompiler on the original swf. Because the local name of the shared object will be a string literal, even if the code went through obfuscation, that should still be retrievable (as long as the project fully decompiles).

loonychewy

You could try using software like iTools to browse the app's folder to find the shared object's filename.

http://pro.itools.cn/itools3_en
http://pro.itools.cn/itools1 (Classic version, which I personally prefer more)

Browse into the app's /Library/Application Support/<application ID>/Local Store/#SharedObjects/<SWF name>.swf folder
The local shared object's file will be there as <SharedObject name>.sol
E.g. http://i.imgur.com/Cbhaw3d.png

You can even export this .sol file and use a tool like FlashDevelop's SharedObject Reader to view its contents.