Can I edit an iPad s host file

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I doubt this is possible without extensive jail-breaking  but is it at all possible to edit the iPad s  or any iOS device s  hosts file

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If you have the freedom to choose the hostname  then you can just add your host to a dynanmic DNS service  like dyndns org  Then you can rely on the iPad s normal resolution mechanisms to resolve the address

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Best Answer  Simply add http or https in your browser  the IP address  colon and port number  Example  https   123 23 145 67 80

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I would imagine you could do it by setting up a transparent proxy  using something like charles and re-direct traffic that way

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No  you can t change iPad s host file without jailbreak   but can workaround   Here is my scenario    Mac OS X  with IP 192 168 2 1  running a web app iPad  the device you would like to test the web app Charles  for Mac    enables HTTP proxy for your iPad   I am going to test the web app running in my Mac via iPad  but I can t access directly to it   The solution works for me    Firstly  make sure that your server and iPad are in the same local network  Then  set up Charles proxy  in the menu  Proxy   Proxy Settings      fill in Port mostly 8888  and toggle Enable transparent HTTP proxying         Setup proxy setting in iPad      Now you can visit your web app in iPad   Of course you can use other proxy tools like Squid or Varnish in Linux  or fiddler in Wondows

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Yes  you can edit the iPad hosts file  but you need to be jailbroken  Once you ve done that  download Cydia  app market   and get iFile  The hosts file is located within   etc hosts

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I know it s been a while this has been posted  but with iOS 7 1  a few things have changed   So far  if you are developing an App  you MUST have a valid SSL certificate recognized by Apple  otherwise you will get an error message on you iDevice  No more self-signed certificates  See here a list   http   support apple com kb ht5012  Additionally  if you are here  it means that you are trying to make you iDevice resolve a name  to your https server   on a test or development environment   Instead of using squid  which is a great application  you could simply run a very basic DNS server like dnsmasq  It will use your hosts file as a first line of name resolution  so  you can basically fool your iDevice there  saying that www blah com is 192 168 10 10   The configuration file is as simple as 3 to 4 lines  and you can even configure its internal DHCP server if you want   Here is mine   listen-address 192 168 10 35  domain-needed  bogus-priv  no-dhcp-interface eth0  local  localnet   Of course you have to configure networking on your iDevice to use that DNS  192 168 10 35 in my case   or just start using DHCP from that server anyway  after properly configured   Additionally  if dnsmasq cannot resolve the name internally  it uses your regular DNS server  like 8 8 8 8  to resolve it for you  VERY simple  elegant  and solved my problems with iDevice App installation in-house   By the way  solves many name resolution problems with regular macs  OS X  as well   Now  my rant  bloody Apple  Making a device safe should not include castrating the operating system or the developers

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You need access to  private etc  so  no  you cant

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I needed the same functionality  and doing jailbreak is no-no  One solution is to host yourself DNS server  MaraDNS   go to your wifi settings in ipad phone  and add your custom DNS server there   The whole process took me only 10 minutes  and it works   1  Download MaraDNS  2  Run mkSecretTxt exe as administrator  3  Modify mararc file  mine is   ipv4 bind addresses    put your public IP Here  timestamp type   2 random seed file    secret txt   csv2      csv2  Simple Example com       example configuration    Add file called  example configuration  into the same folder where run maradns bat is   4  Edit your example configuration file   Simple Example com  10 10 13 13     5  Disable all Firewalls  convenience   6  Run file  run maradns bat   7  There should be no errors   8  Add your DNS server to list  as shown here  http   www iphonehacks com 2014 08 change-dns-iphone-ipad html  9  Works

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No  Apps can only modify files within the documents directory  within their own sandbox  This is for security  and ease of installing uninstalling  So you could only do this on a jailbroken device

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Workarond I use for development purposes    Create your own proxy server  One option would be  Squid on Linux   Set your hosts file with your domains  Set the proxy server on the IPAD IPHONE and you can use with your hosts

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The previous answer is correct  but if the effect you are looking for is to redirect HTTP traffic for a domain to another IP there is a way     Since it technically is not answering your question  I have asked and answered the question here   How can I redirect HTTP requests made from an iPad

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You can also make use of a proxy server on your iPhone or iPade via mobile internet  3G  by using a iPhone Mobile proxy generator   http   iphonesettings net mobileproxygenerator php  Just enter the apn of your carrier  with apn username password if needed  and the proxy server you want to go through and tap Generate

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The easiest way to do this is to run an iPad simulator using XCode and then add an entry in the hosts file   etc hosts  on the host system to point to your test site

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