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by syntaxing 588 days ago
I was about to post the exact thing, I dont see any thing API related to iOS apps on Google.

Edit: After some Google-ing and trying it on my macbook, there is a native CLI tool called "strings". Supposedly it does the following: strings is primarily used to find and display printable character sequences in binary files, object files, and executables. Which means the author is probably looking at the app to see the hardcorded characters in the app binary(?) and searching for the API end points.

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Just for context, strings is super commonly used when reverse-engineering anything. It's a great first-step because it's easy, fast, and get's some decent clues to help you get your bearings in an unknown binary file.
Among 'nm' and 'binwalk e $FILE'.