com.apple.mobile.installation.plist

This is a plist file in the folder /private/var/mobile/Library/Cache/ that caches the list of installed applications to be shown on the SpringBoard. This is no longer present in iOS 8.0 and later. It's content is a dict object with this content:

• CacheGUID: string with a GUID
• InfoPlistCachedKeys: array of strings:
  • CFBundleVersion
  • UIVPNPlugin
  • CFBundleIdentifier
  • etc.
• Internal: empty dict
• MICachedKeys: array of strings:
  • Container
  • SequenceNumber
  • NewsstandArtwork
  • etc.
• Metadata: dict with this content:
  • Build: string "Build"
  • FullVersionString: string "Version 6.1 (Build 10B143)"
  • ProductBuildVersion: string "10B143"
  • ProductCopyright: string "1983-2013 Apple Inc."
  • ProductName: string "iPhone OS"
  • ProductVersion: string "6.1"
  • Version: string "Version"
• SequenceNumber: integer
• System: dict with list of applications; key is app id and content is a dict

So for each application there is an entry, for example this one with app id com.apple.DemoApp and this content in the dict:

• ApplicationType: string "System"
• CFBundleExecutable: string "DemoApp"
• CFBundleIdentifier: string "com.apple.DemoApp"
• CFBundleShortVersionString: string "1.0.0"
• CFBundleVersion: string "1.0"
• CodeInfoIdentifier: string "com.apple.DemoApp"
• Entitlements: dict with one entry:
  • keychain-access-groups: array of strings, one entry: "apple"
• MinumumOSVersion: string "6.1"
• Path: string "/Applications/DemoApp.app"
• SBAppTags: array of strings, one entry: "hidden"
• SequenceNumber: integer
• UIDeviceFamily: array of integer: 1, 2

evasi0n also creates such an entry for the application used in the initial jailbreak process.

Parents

(root)/private/var/mobile/Library/Cache