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+# Telegram iOS Source Code Compilation Guide
+
+1. Install the brew package manager, if you haven’t already.
+2. Install the packages pkg-config, yasm:
+brew install pkg-config yasm
+3. Clone the project from GitHub:
+
+git clone --recursive https://github.com/peter-iakovlev/Telegram-iOS.git
+
+4. Open Telegram-iOS.workspace.
+5. Open the Telegram-iOS-Fork scheme.
+6. Replace the contents of Config-Fork.xcconfig with
+APP_NAME=Telegram Fork
+APP_BUNDLE_ID=fork.telegram.Fork
+APP_SPECIFIC_URL_SCHEME=tgfork
+
+GLOBAL_CONSTANTS = APP_CONFIG_IS_INTERNAL_BUILD=false APP_CONFIG_IS_APPSTORE_BUILD=true APP_CONFIG_APPSTORE_ID=0 APP_SPECIFIC_URL_SCHEME="\"$(APP_SPECIFIC_URL_SCHEME)\""
+GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS = $(inherited) $(GLOBAL_CONSTANTS)
+
+GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS = $(inherited) APP_CONFIG_API_ID=8 APP_CONFIG_API_HASH="\"7245de8e747a0d6fbe11f7cc14fcc0bb\"" APP_CONFIG_HOCKEYAPP_ID="\"\""
+7. Replace group ID in Telegram-iOS-Fork.entitlements with group.fork.telegram.Fork.
+8. Start the compilation process.
+9. To run the app on your device, you will need to set the correct values for the signature, .entitlements files and package IDs in accordance with your developer account values.