PojavLauncher_iOS

Minecraft: Java Edition launcher for iOS, based on PojavLauncher Android.

Navigation

• Introduction
• Building
• How can it work?
• Current status
• Known issues
• License
• Contributing
• Credits & Third party components and their licenses

Introduction

• This is an attempt to get Minecraft Java run on a jailbroken iOS.
• Minimum requirements: device running iOS 12 or newer.

Building

Requirements:

• Mac OS X (tested: 10.15)
• XCode (tested: 11.7.0)
• JDK 8 installed
• gradle to build Java part.
• cmake, wget, ldid, dpkg and fakeroot to package. Run in this directory

# Only run if you haven't installed JDK 8
brew install adoptopenjdk8

# Install required packages
brew install cmake wget ldid dpkg fakeroot gradle

# Give exec perm
chmod 755 *.sh

# Build natives part
./build_natives.sh

# Build java part
./build_javaapp.sh

# Sign with entitlements and package
./build_package.sh

How can it work?

• Use OpenJDK 16 from Procursus to get real Java environment.
• Use MetalANGLE for OpenGL ES -> Metal translator.
• Use GL4ES for OpenGL -> OpenGL ES translator.
• Use our LWJGL3 iOS port.
• Use same launch method as PojavLauncher Android.

Current status

• Java Runtime Environment: OpenJDK 16.
• LWJGL3 iOS port: works
• OpenGL: GL4ES
• Did Minecraft recognize OpenGL?
• OpenAL: use @kcat's openal-soft
• Input pipe implementation
• Account authentication (partial).
• Does it work? Partial.
• Currently, only Minecraft 1.14+ fully works.
• Forge won't work, but Fabric and OptiFine will.

Known issues

• Mojang authentication might not work, but copying logged in account json from Android will work.
• Camera position will be jumped to random location on first time touch.
• 1.12.2 and below only render a tiny panorama at bottom left corner.
• Other versions will crash for various reasons: Narrator crash, etc...
• It may crash sometimes, but try launch again until you get it works.

Installing OpenJDK 16

For Chimera/Odyssey bootstrap

• Add Procursus repository (https://apt.procurs.us).
• Find and install java-16-openjdk.

For other jailbreak bootstrap

• Download openjdk-16-jre.deb.
• Install and open Filza File manager.
• Go to where the .deb file downloaded.
• Open it and press Install.
• If everything fine, it will ends up with Setting up ....

Directory locations

• Account json directory: /var/mobile/Documents/.pojavlauncher/accounts.
• Minecraft home directory: /var/mobile/Documents/minecraft.
• Select a version: edit /var/mobile/Documents/minecraft/config_ver.txt, put to Minecraft version want to start.

License

• PojavLauncher is licensed under GNU GPLv3.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! We welcome any type of contribution, not only code. Any code change should be submitted as a pull request. The description should explain what the code does and give steps to execute it.

Credits & Third party components and their licenses

• Contributors of PojavLauncher Android and here.
• Apache Commons.
• jsr305
• org.json
• Boardwalk (JVM Launcher): Unknown License/Apache License 2.0 or GNU GPLv2.
• GL4ES by @lunixbochs @ptitSeb: MIT License.
  
• MetalANGLE by @kakashidinho and ANGLE team: BSD License 2.0.
• OpenJDK 16 ported to iOS by @Diatrus: GNU GPLv2 License.
  
• LWJGL3: BSD-3 License.
• LWJGLX (LWJGL2 API compatibility layer for LWJGL3): unknown license.