I'm pretty new to coding for iOS and i have a question about setting up my development components.
I have MacBook Air with 10.5.8 Leopard on it. So we question is: will I have no problems writing apps having iPhone SDK 3.1.3 with XCode 3.1.4 for Leopard (10.5.7)? Will the created app work on all iphone versions? There is a possibility to upgrade to mountain lion and use newest xcode, but is it worth it ? Considering that I firstly have to upgrade to snow leopard and then to mountain lion.
Thank you for your answers in advance.
If you want to send them to the app Store, the apps have to be compiled with the latest iOS (right now iOS6), so you can't compile them with xcode 3.1.4.
You need lion to download xcode 4.5 that includes the iOS 6 sdk
It looks like the configuration of your MAC Machine is not compatible for latest Mountain Lion OS. Even if it supports Lion OS, that itself will be a great deal.
Anyways, Using leopard, you can develop applications only upto iOS ver 3.2. So you would not be able to submit your applications to App Store untill you compile it with latest SDK.
For this you need atleast Lion OS (Better if you upgrade your hardware compatible with Mountain Lion). So that you can install latest XCode (Currently Ver 4.5). It will allow you to develop fully featured iOS application with latest features as well as upload them to Apple App Store.
Hope it helps. Let me know if anything else required.
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Currently I am using Xcode 3 and iOS SDK 4.2 on Snow Leopard. I am planning to download and install Xcode 4 and iOS SDK 4.3.
I would like to know if Xcode 4 and iOS SDK 4.3 are compatible with Snow Leopard.
Yes..You will have separate .dmg available for download when you visit iOS developer center X-Code download link.
Please do note that the X-Code 4.2 will have iOS 5 simulator and library only. If you want lower version simulator and library with X-Code just goto X.Code->Prefrences-> Downloads Tab. In downloads tab you'll have two tabs:
1) Components - Here you will have option to download iOS 4.3 simulator(~600 Mb), iOS 4.0-4.1(~670 MB) Device debugging support, iOS 3.0-3.2.2(686.3 MB) Device debugging support.
2) Documentation- Yoy will have option to download iOS 5.0,XCode 4.2 Developer libaray,Mac OSX 10.7 Core Library.
Install the components which ever you need and there you go..
Hope that helps.
There's a specific version of Xcode 4.2 (and likely earlier versions) that can be used on Snow Leopard. That's the version I use on my iMac. Note that you can use 4.2 w/iOS5 SDK and still deploy on older devices (and even download the 4.3 simulator) in case you cannot find Xcode 4.
However you cannot use (download) the one from the AppStore which is Lion-specific. To find the Snow Leopard specific version log into Apple's developers portal and you'll see separate links for SL and Lion.
Yes, it's compatible. Download the XCode 4.2 .dmg from the iOS dev program portal, which includes the iOS 5.0 SDK.
http://developer.apple.com/devcenter/download.action?path=/Developer_Tools/xcode_4.2_with_ios_5_sdk/xcode_4.2_and_ios_5_sdk_for_snow_leopard.dmg
Yes, but only if you have the correct download from Apple.
There are currently 2 separate dmg downloads for the SDK and Xcode installer from the enrolled Developer web site, one for Lion and one for Snow Leopard. The download for Lion is only compatible with Lion. The download for Snow Leopard is only compatible with Snow Leopard. The installer from the App store might be for Lion only, so you may have to sign up for the developer program to get the other installer.
Apple usually removes (or hides) downloads for previous versions of the SDK, so if you didn't download the correct installer dmg (with the SDK for iOS 4.x) for the Mac OS of interest in time, you won't have a compatible installer.
I am newbie to iphone programming and trying to learn iphone programming.I need experts help.Please forgive me if its repeat question.
I have intel processor MacBook with 2.5 GB memory.
Version of Mac OS X installed is : 10.5.2
I have downloaded Xcode 3.2.5 and iOS SDK 4.2 from APPLE DEVELOPER site.
My Query is : Whether the OS will support the Xcode version or i need to upgrade OS.
I don't want to upgrade the OS.
Please suggest .
regards,
Sunny
Sorry to bring you the bad news, but you will need to upgrade your OS.
Specifically, you will need Snow Leopard 10.6.4 or later.
If you can get a really old version of XCODE/iOS SDK, you might be able to run it on 10.5.2. But they are not longer available in Apple's WebSite.
I am new to iPhone programming and have a MacBook running Leopard with XCode 3.1.2. I want to use CoreData to read and write to plists, but I read on http://tapity.com/iphone-app-development/readwrite-data-on-the-iphone-property-lists-sqlite-or-core-data/ that CoreData is only available on iPhone OS 3.0. Right now, I am developing for iOS 2.2.1. Is there any way I can develop for iOS 3.0 or even iOS 4.0 with Leopard or do I need to upgrade to Snow Leopard?
Thanks!
You should upgrade. Apple approves apps only if they have been built against the latest sdk (even if the target os is a major release back). So, basically, you have no choice if you plan to submit your app to the store ultimately.
Not sure if you can use the latest version of the iOS SDK with the version of XCode you have installed, but that would be an obvious solution. I'm sure you should be able to use at least an early version of the 3.0 SDK with XCode 3.1.
However, I would recommend that you upgrade anyway - there are a lot of other useful features in more recent XCode updates, and Snow Leopard should give you better performance on your existing hardware anyway.
I have a Mac with Leopard installed (not Snow Leopard). I'm trying to start playing around with iPhone development, so I want to download XCode and the iPhone SDK. I found a version of XCode on Apple's site which runs on Leopard, but it doesn't have the iPhone SDK bundled with it, and I can't find the iPhone SDK anywhere except bundled with the latest version of XCode (and it won't run on Leopard, just Snow Leopard).
Where can I get a copy of the iPhone SDK for Leopard?
http://chris-fletcher.com/2010/08/28/howto-install-iphone-sdk-2-0-3-1-for-xcode-3-2/
Choose [iPhone SDK 3.1.3 with Xcode 3.1.4 – Leopard].
(I had the same problem.. an old PPC with Mac OS X 10.5 that can't be upgraded to 10.6.2)
This will definitely let you write simple and useful iPhone apps, although I'm not sure about App Store acceptance. Good for 'hello world' and personal stuff, though.
You're out of luck. Current SDK is Snow Leopard only.
Edit: Listen to Eiko. 10.5 is no longer supported.
I would like to download ipad sdk (i.e.iphone sdk 3.2),but i think it requires a mac osX Snow Leopard version 10.6.2 or later.But i have only Mac Osx Version 10.5.8 (build:9L31A).So,i made a software update but i couldnot find mac osx update in the software update list.I would like to know how to update my mac to 10.6.2 and install iphone sdk 3.2 for developing ipad Applications.
Thank You In Advance..
To move from 10.5.x to 10.6.x you have to buy Snow Leopard.
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC223?mco=MTAyNTQ0NDI
You are right about having to upgrade to Snow. I'm now on Snow and I have iPad SDK installed (iPhone SDK 3.2 beta 3). Please note that you also need to be registered to the iPhone Developer Program to be able to download the 3.2 beta.
Amazon used to sell it for a lower price, 24 USD I think, but it's now also at 29 USD.