easily (kind of) extract ipa from iphone using imazing + some tricks

first use imazing and do these steps:

1. load your phone to imazing
2. click "Apps"
3. right-click the app you want, choose "Extract App"

you should now see your app stored on your disk with a .imazingapp extension.
now comes the fun part:

1. first, unzip the imazingapp thingy:

   unzip app.imazingapp
   

2. see that 3 new things appear: Payload folder, Container folder, iTunesMetadata.plist. see that inside the Payload folder is a file with a .app extension named with your app - the .app thingy is just a directory. now copy everything inside the Container folder into this .app folder:

   cd Container
   cp -r * ../Payload/yourapp.app/
   

3. also copy the iTunesMetadata.plist file into yourapp.app as Info.plist:

   cd ..
   cp iTunesMetadata.plist Payload/yourapp.app/Info.plist
   

4. now turn your Payload folder into an ipa by zipping it up and renaming it as ipa:

   zip -r youripa.ipa Payload
   

   now mobsf should recognize the ipa - we’re good to go for static analysis!