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Is it possible to run an IPA file in an iPhone simulator on Windows?
I spent enough time searching that is there any iPhone simulator for windows? I saw number of threads in StackOverFlow and other blogs but did not found accepted answer.
I need iPhone simulator for windows to which i can install IPA for testing.
what usually do is
install Machine emulator in your windows
then install MacOS in virtual machine for test.
The answer is no. You need to have (Mac) OS X to run the iPhone Emulator. You can try to install OS X on a PC (via Virtual Machine or "hackintosh") though.
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I'm new to iPhone programming. Can I run Xcode on windows system? Is it possible to build an iPhone app on windows pc?
No. Xcode only runs on Mac OS X. You'll need to buy a Mac - and a recent one too, because the latest version of Xcode only runs on 10.8 now.
You can use platforms like Monotouch and Unity to develop on Windows, but you'll still need a Mac for simulation/testing and deployment.
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Unable to run an ipad application
I have an .app file built for ipad. Can i run it in mac lion os? I tried to run it on mac but i got a message box with following error.
"You can't open the application appname.app because it is not supported on this type of mac"
Please guide me how to run an .app file in mac lion os, xcode and in a simulator on mac os.
Thanks!
No, you can't run it. iOS and OSX apps are completely different types of apps, and an app designated for one can't be run on the other. They are different architectures, and would require a rewrite of an application to run it on the other.
Man, that is an iPad app. You need to run it in an iPad.
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I want to write an application for Iphone but I don't have a Mac machine. Ussually, I setup a Hackintos on my laptop to do this. Can we do this directly on window environment? which tools?
Thanks for your help!
No, you cannot do this directly from Windows. Get a mac mini.
By Apple's definition, this is impossible. They 'require' you to use a macintosh, however, you can install VMWare on your Windows machine to run Mac OSX. That should work, however I recommend you just buy a cheap Mac (used, maybe Mac Mini).
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I've got a standard windows machine, if I duel boot it with mac OS Lion or whatever is newest. Will I be able to develop apps and fully use the enviorments if I dont use an original mac machine ?
No.
I think there is no chance to install Mac OS on a non-Mac Hardware except Mac OS 10.7+. Mac OS 10.7+ is runnable in Virtual Machines. But it is very slow and often crashes. So absolutely no environment to develop (although Xcode would run in the VM).
My tip: Buy a second-hand MacBook.
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I am looking for some environment where I can develop an iPhone application. But my budget does not allow me to invest on mac machine. So can I do it on my Intel system using VMWare?
Follow the steps to install OS X in VMWare:
Download VMWare here.
Purchase a fully-licensed copy of Mac OS X Snow Leopard.
Extract the zip file (you will have a folder).
Install VMWare and locate .vmx file(in above extracted folder) when you go to open option in VMWare.
Hope this helps.
If you run into trouble with VMWare, another common alternative people will do is to buy used Mac hardware to develop on. You can get a four year old Mac/Macbook and throw some more ram into it and get a few more years out of it.
There is no real need to buy brand new hardware just to develop for iOS on. If you are just running XCode, an older machine will do just fine. It won't be a speed queen for compiling, but it will get you what you need.
Check Craigslist/eBay for some used Mac's and save yourself a ton of cash (You may even have some friends that have upgraded to newer Macs and have their old laptops laying around).
It is also a great way to get iOS devices to do testing on.