Library Inspector is a simple tool for inspecting the contents of compiled object code, archives, dynamic libraries (dylib), frameworks and applications. There are two main components, the Library Inspector application, and the Library Inspector Quick Look plugin. The main features provided by Library Inspector include:

• Quickly display local and exported symbols using colors to visually represent the type of symbol.
• Flexible filtering search for symbol name and type.
• Dump Objective-C libraries to header files quickly and easily.
• Disassemble compiled code to symbolic assembly language at the click of a button.
• Library-specific icons generated using Quick Look including the architectures included in the library.

Beautifully rendered icons provide at-a-glance architecture information.

Disassemble code for debugging and reverse engineering.

The Quick Look plugin provides fast access to symbol tables.

The main document window gives you comprehensive search and sorting.

Quickly dump libraries containing Objective-C code to header files.

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What is a library?

Libraries are collections of symbols. A symbol represents a piece of code or data. Symbols are either global or local.

When a library is loaded into a process, global symbols are made available to other parts of the code in the same process. Code that dynamically depends on external undefined symbols, must load libraries which provide definitions so that the program can execute correctly.

When comping code, sometimes you can have errors because symbols are undefined at compile time. Library Inspector can help reduce the complexity of tracking down missing symbols by allowing you to quickly evaluate what symbols are missing and where they are located.

Getting support for Library Inspector

If you are having questions or problems using Library Inspector, please contact us using our online contact form.

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