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'''BlackThunder ''' (Chinese: 黑雷) is a commercial, closed-source iOS emulator developed by Hangzhou Kiwi Logic Technology Co., Ltd in China. Currently it is capable to run a few commercial iOS applications and games.
==General Information==
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|BlackThunder
|Windows
|v2.0.25.21652181
|{{~}} <ref group=N name=free>Some games require payment by usage time.</ref>
|VirtualBox (public versions) / VMware Workstation (beta versions)
In the past, a specially made [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackintosh Hackintosh] VirtualBox disk image (Which is a highly trimmed [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS macOS] High Sierra containing Xcode) is required for BlackThuder, but users need to obtain the image manually on the downloading page of BlackThunder website. As of version 2.0, the Hackintosh image is intergated to BlackThuder's installer and the website is therefore no longer provide any download link to it.
BlackThunder is capable to run up to 73 commercial iOS programs apps (10 applications, programs and 63 games), including some popular games like ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arena_of_Valor Arena of Valor]''. However, all applications All apps must be download downloaded from BlackThunder 's own server and user typically, users cannot directly run their own apps. However, any company or individual that obtained permissions from Developer Platform can sumbit their apps (packaged in patched <code>IPA</code> format) to BlackThunder. All sumbitted apps that were secured and reviewed by BlackThunder will be added to the server.<ref>https://www.heilei.com/question_content-78.html</ref> All officially supported applications app run quite fine (including graphic, 3D acceleration, sound, touch and network) as long as the host PC is capable to run the emulator.
==System Requirements==
When emulator is started, BlackThunder backend will first load up VirtualBox, which load up the Hackintosh image. Such image contain a copy of Xcode that will be started and also load built-in iOS simulator (a.k.a "Xcode simulator") once the macOS in the image is booted up, hence the double-layer virtualization is set up. All graphics and sounds from the Xcode simulator will be send to BlackThunder frontend, which send user inputs to backend.
Xcode simulator can only run x86-based apps, while ARM-based apps can't, so a "conversion", or to say, decompiling, is needed. This is done beforehand by BlackThunder, and that is why users cannot add their own apps. How decompiling is done is unknown, due to it's on the server side and users cannot interfere with this process. All iOS apps in "BlackThunder App Store" are actually unzipped x86 <code>IPA </code> packages. These packages will be injected into the Xcode simulator in the VirtualBox disk image and be executed within.
==Issues==
===Lack of Applications===
Currently, users cannot load their own apps directly into the emulator(although sumbitting apps from Developer Platform is allowed), and all apps provided by BlackThunder are heavily China-oriented, which render it useless for non-Chinese users.
===Localization Issues===
===Payment===
Though BlackThunder is free to use, some games require extra payment by usage time, and numbers of applications of free users are also limited.
==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:IOS Emulators]][[Category:Mobile emulators]][[Category:iOS emulators]][[Category:Closed-source emulators]][[Category:Windows emulation software]][[Category:Inactive emulation software]]
