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The original was posted on /r/jailbreak by /u/sergealagon on 2024-12-05 23:55:22+00:00.
This is probably the biggest project I’ve created so far
Introducing ReplyActions! A BiteSMS-like tweak, for modern iOS. Did anyone of you miss this tweak?
Watch the demo
Back in the old days of jailbreaking, this was one of the most popular tweak. I’ve never had the chance to use BiteSMS myself, so I thought of creating one from scratch, with extra features!
Get it on Havoc
Features (pls take your time reading this, because there’s a lot!)
Almost all notable features of BiteSMS is included in this tweak, including:
- Pop up preview when you receive a message
- Quick actions for:
- Schedule a message (I had a hard time implementing this)
- Marking a message as read
- Service switching (that’s right, you can now send iMessage/SMS as you wish!)
- Quick FaceTime Video/Audio call button
- Toast message for certain actions you perform
- Profile Picture View
- Send/Receive images through the pop up modal preview
- Quick Compose
- Themes! (I figured since each one of us has different taste in colors/designs, you can even create your own theme according to your taste :D)
And of course that’s not the end. I also considered other users, I know not everyone uses the stock message app. I imagined, it would be really awesome if this works on third party messaging apps, right?
And guess what? Yes! It also works for almost ALL third party messaging apps! (Messenger, Discord, Instagram DMs, Twitter DMs, Viber, WhatsApp, Telegram). The list is not exhaustive, but as long as any third party messaging app utilizes native iOS APIs, it should work ;)
Although for third party apps, it has limitations. What works for third party apps:
- Pop up modal preview when you receive a message (of course)
- Scheduling a message is still possible don’t worry ;) (though it works a bit different than the stock message app)
- Profile Picture View partially works (as of now, profile pic only works for Twitter and Discord. I’ve thought of creating a custom API that fetches profile picture for most third party apps but it’s gonna be hella expensive) Though alternatively, you can try adding a contact information on your contacts that matches the sender’s name, with a photo of course; ReplyActions will automatically fetch the profile picture saved on your contacts, regardless of where the message came from ;)
- Sending/receiving photos on third party apps over the preview isn’t supported.
- Theming still applies here :)
Gestures
- The preview has several gestures. By default, it is expanded. You can configure it on preferences to be on compact view by default.
- You can swipe down on the preview itself to expand it (if in compact view)
- Swipe up to collapse the preview.
- Swiping from the left part of the preview towards right side dismisses itself. Clicking the minimize button at the very top hides the preview temporarily (it will show up again once you view the notification in Notification Center). You can also clear the notification of the message from NC to dismiss.
- Tapping the photo button at the top lets you select an image/video you want to send.
- Long pressing the photo button will let you see the media you’ve selected.
- Tapping the video call button will let you call the person through FaceTime. Same goes with phone button. Though if you want to call them through Phone app instead of FaceTime audio, you can long press the call button to call them via Phone app.
Switch Service (iMessage/SMS)
By default, the tweak automatically decides if the message you’re going to send is suitable for iMessage or SMS. But, if you want to explicitly switch between iMessage/SMS, you can hold the send button and swipe it to the left to switch it. That will change the color of the button, indicating the selected service; either blue (iMessage), green (SMS), or the default one (default color depends on the theme). Btw this switch gesture also applies to the stock Messages app send button too!
Quick Compose
Pressing vol- button then vol+ brings up the Quick Compose preview that lets you send a message easily. When sending a message through Quick Compose, please make sure that the phone number is complete (e.g. +999999999). Using email instead of phone number works really well.
Message Scheduling
When you schedule a message for stock messages app, you can view the list of the messages you’ve scheduled on Messages app (you will see a timer button at the top of the app that you can click to view the list).
For third party apps, since it works differently, it is located in the Notification Center. You will see if a particular notification has a scheduled message.
Themes
For themes, it is stored in /Library/Application Support/ReplyActions/Themes. From there you can put your own custom themes. I’ve created a documentation on how to customize/create themes yourself.
Localization
Supports 11 languages ;) (Arabic, German, Spanish, French, Japanese, Russian, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese Simplified/Traditional)
⚠NOTE⚠
- Not compatible with Dayn
- Since the preview takes up screen space, it only works in portrait orientation.
I hope y’all will like this tweak. If this gets enough support, I might even create a poll and take tweak requests someday.
You can thank u/thomasis for bringing this idea to me :)
I still have so many cool tweak projects that I want to release in the future. Like I always say, I want to keep the community alive.
You can follow me on Twitter for updates, or if you have any concerns/questions.
If you think this tweak is worth more than how much I valued it, you can definitely support me! :)
It really melts my heart when someone appreciates my efforts.
Thanks guys :)
