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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.
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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.
This has been asked before, I know, but the answers are a bit dated.
I think I've read somewhere that the Snow Leopard EULA has changed and that you now are allowed to install the OS on a Virtual Machine of some sort.
I know I should buy a Mac and I might do so, but I want to try Objective-C in practice before I do that.
I want to develop an application for iPhone, but if the IDE is as nasty as they say I might skip it altogether. I just want to have a look at it first.
So, is it possible do install what you need to develop iPhone apps on a Windows based machine as host?
Yes. You can run OSX in a VM. I use MonoTouch and Visual Studio to write my applications in C# with a shared directory between the two. Write code in VS, build and debug on OSX within the simulator. It would also work with Objective-C if that's the path you take. If you're not a Mac Guy I would recommend MonoTouch though, it makes development MUCH faster.
Yes , it is possible to run OSX snow leopard on your PC.
I recommend that only for evaluation purposes (if you dont have access to mac development machines, friends/family/etc.).
Your shopping list would include:
a legit copy of snow leopard.
your choice of virtual machine (in my opinion , virtualbox is great, altough it doesnt support widescreen at the moment).
some guide for combining the above (google is your friend).
you will eventually need some drivers for your pc peripherals (sound card , usb etc).
I would start the research from step 3..
Once you're done , you will see that you need a very fast pc to develop, as Waiting for the apps to compile could be frustrating at times.
I tried to install OSX on my pc just for evaluation purposes , getting to know the SDK and the OS before I buy a machine. Actually waiting for the new series of MacBook Airs to buy one..
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I need to develop an iPhone application. I have Windows XP operating system. How can I configure iOS development environment in Windows XP?
You can't. iPhone development requires XCode, which only runs on Mac OS X.
On windows you could try to build native application using Web technologies, and software like http://appcelerator.com/ . You're using one of preferable web-languages (PHP, Ruby, etc.) and it will be converted to ObjectiveC.
On Windows you can't do that. But you can maybe do it on your pc. You could try to install a Mac OS on your PC. For that consultate http://osx86.thefreesuite.com/ or http://www.hackint0sh.org/. However this is not rellay easy and you main have some disadvantages, like not fully working XCode and so on. Additionally its not very easy to install.
You could also search in the Internet for a Mac OS image which can be virtualized on PCs (e.g. by using VMWare).
Note: this is not fully legal as far as I know.
There is no chance to develop an iPhone application on the windows...
and also you can't do it on other than mac pc(you must have iMac,Mac mini,or Mac book)
you can install a Mac OS on general non mac pc.
but you can't install iPhone SDK successfully on that system...
So there is no chance to develop iPhone Application on the Windows as wel as non-Mac machine...strong text
My question is very simple:
Is there any solution to install xCode, or equivalent, under unix OS, like ubuntu ?
Indeed, i don't want to buy an expensive macbook to develop my private iPhone applications.
The iPhone SDK requires Mac OS, and you need to install the SDK even if you plan to develop applications with, say, MonoTouch or Corona.
I don't know if Mac OS can be run as a virtual machine inside Linux. Anyway, you may consider buying a Mac Mini. It is not very expensive and powerful enough for software development.
The OSX86 project might solve your problem. It's not as convenient as buying a cheap Mac, but you can install it on a regular PC and it seems there are ways to install XCode on it.
If you end up buying a Mac, be sure to look at the specs for IPhone development first. If I remember correctly, you need a mac based on an x86 core (such as the Mac Mini) to develop IPhone software.
xCode without Mac OS is definitely not possible. The real question here is, wether it's possible to install the complete Mac operating system in a virtual environment or not.
Last Saturday I tested a very nice soft called... VMware !
So is it possible to install mac OSX leopard on this kind of virtual machine ?
As far as I know iPhone development under unix is only possible if you jailbreak your iPhone. Which I would not recommend. You could try to buy a used Intel mac mini to develop for the iPhone.
Martin,
I am doing some apps development for an iPhone and I have a Windows 7. You can install VMWare and install the Mac OS 10.6 through this and load xCode from Mac. The key is in finding the correct place to download VMWare and Mac OS.
Good Luck.
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It is not possible, and if it is possible, it is not worth your effort. Developing for the iPhone is only supported on Mac OS X through the Apple Xcode Developer Tools and Official iPhone SDK. While there are alternative toolchains out there (I don't know how good those are), you will almost certainly not be able to distribute your application to the App Store if you use those build tools. In addition, trying to setup your own cross-compiler environment can be quite painful. If you already don't care whether or not your application makes it into the App Store, then I suggest (from a purely technical standpoint) you buy a copy of Mac OS X Snow Leopard for $30 and violate the Apple EULA by installing it in a copy of VirtualBox on your Windows XP machine. You can then download and install the official Xcode developer tools and iPhone SDK in your virtual environment.
If you truly want to develop for the iPhone or have made the right ethical choice to not violate Apple's EULA, then I suggest you get yourself a used or refurbished Mac to develop on, or splurge for a new Mac laptop.
Take a look at the WiSDK project. Anyway it is under development and you need to register at beta tester if you want to try it. Note that this project is 100% unofficial.