Can resources be extracted from a compiled iPhone app that is released to the iTunes store? I’m particularly interested in the security of XML files… if I have copyrighted data in an XML document in my resource directory, how likely is it for someone to extract that information and paste it around the internet?
If it’s as easy as using a resource editor, how can that data be secured?
Yes, resources can definitely be extracted. See this question
If it’s important to you, encrypting the data is a good idea, as medopal said.