I am testing a native mobile app that has been developed for the iPhone, and I am trying to find an emulator that will run on Windows. I have found a lot of emulators, but their description is for mobile web apps, but the app that I am testing, and will be testing, is for native apps. Does anyone know of an iPhone emulator for Windows to test native apps?
Nope. There's no such program out there currently. If you're doing iOS development, you more or less need an Intel-based Mac.
This isn't possible as Native Apps are specifically for them, platforms.
If you would like to develop multi-platform app, i would advise a Mobile Web Application.
SeeTest enables you to connect IOS emulators and to test native applications.
See here: http://experitest.com/studio/help2/WebHelp/Connect_iPhone_emulator1.htm
No solution for that to my knowledge. The only way I can think of would be to use Hackintosh with Xcode.
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I found two ways how i can easier develop web app for iPhone.
http://moduscreate.com/enable-remote-web-inspector-in-ios-6/
http://webdesign.tutsplus.com/tutorials/workflow-tutorials/quick-tip-using-web-inspector-to-debug-mobile-safari/
But I can't do it on Windows, because for windows is only Safari 5. Have you any ideas how I can solve this problem?
Congrats on doing iOS development! As pointed out in the comments, your best bet is to be running Mac OS when developing on iOS, whether you're developing a native or web application. Just as if you were to develop a Windows application where you'd need to be running Microsoft Windows, you'll need Mac OS to do iOS development.
Good luck!
That's no big deal if you want to develop a web app because all you got to know is some XHTML and I would recommend that you get Dreamweaver for a better experience :)
I'm trying out PhoneGap, so I followed the instructions to create an Android Project in Eclipse.
But now I'm wondering how I can use this same code for building an iPhone app.
Is there something like a hybrid project in Eclipse!?
UPDATE:
I realize now that it's not possible to use PhoneGap on Windows to develop iPhone apps? That's too bad... is there any way to use PhoneGap on Windows to compile for iOS ??
In theory PhoneGap build should allow iPhone development on Windows.
However Nitobi was bought out by Adobe (PhoneGap:Build service may have changed), and you may still need iOS to upload your app (might be able to get around with a jailbroken iOS?!).
A dodgy solution could be to install OSX in a vbox virtual machine :)
No, there is no way to develop iPhone app on Windows using PhoneGap or Titanium.
Because they need iPhone SDK and Android SDK on back-end, which is not possible on windows environment. However you can make both apps on iOS simulations.
Can i use my iPhone for android application development testing?
By using some hacks, you can do so. But what will be the use of this? The users of your application will use it on an Android phone, not on iPhone. If you don't have an Android device, you can test your apps on emulators of different versions.
Actually, it may be possible:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=android+on+iphone&aq=0
http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=how+to+install+android+on+iphone
Just try to install Android on your iPhone.
Does your iPhone run Android? Probably not, so no you can not use your iPhone to test apps that were built for Android.
You can install Android on an iPhone, but I don't know about developing.
For iPhone 2G: http://www.iphoneheat.com/2010/05/install-android-on-iphone-3g-2g-iphodroid/
3G/S: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB9e3Cb-H4I
(Nothing available for iPhone 4 yet, but it is coming soon: http://www.redmondpie.com/android-on-iphone-4)
This is still a preliminary version, and is buggy, as a lot of the drivers don't work. This could limit it from being used for Android development.
Am looking into developing an iPhone native app using Titanium Developer
Since this is still in beta, I am wondering if there are any better options and/or if its a good idea using such software to develop native apps (which are not games; not graphic intensive)
If you don't want to wait, you can do what a lot of us did: develop apps in Cocoa Touch. It works perfectly well for games as well as non-graphic intensive apps.
The similar and more mature PhoneGap framework has been used in a number of iPhone apps and Apple only seems to object if the application autoupdates.
That being said, I wouldn't recommend using web frameworks unless your application is really simple--you will get a much better experience from a native application (on both Android and iPhone)
My company uses Titanium and it's working fine so far. It's also a pleasure to develop iPhone app using javascript and co. I'd recomend you give it a try, it's really simple to set up and start coding.
Some reading up: http://boldr.net/iphone-app-with-titanium-mobile/
I am planning to make an iPhone web application and I just wanted to know what is required for web development?
Can I do the web development on a windows machine? Does Apple provide any iPhone plugin so that we can develop web application using Windows?
What is required for developing on a Mac?
Regards,
Amit
If you are making a web application, you can download Safari for Windows and view it there.
You can also use Joe Hewitt's iUI framework to make your app look and feel all iPhone-y.
? If you are gonna build a web application, the application runs on the browser. To use your application the user use Safari (on the iPhone). Apple doesn't control web applications.
If you mean, embed your web application, INSIDE a native iPhone application, you need a Mac to build the wrapper, for the core application you can use whatever system you want.
May I suggest to take a look at phonegap (if you are looking to iPhone app).
Check out these three apple sites:
http://developer.apple.com/safari/library/codinghowtos/Mobile/GraphicsMediaAndVisualEffects/index.html
http://developer.apple.com/safari/
http://developer.apple.com/safari/library/navigation/CodingHow-Tos.html
I would check out these pages thoroughly, and also at a minimum, I'd download safari for mac or windows.
Yes, you can develop it on windows. They are just web apps.
For mac or windows, latest safari and a public website is probably all you need. Check out google app engine for a good free development site that supports a database/datastore. www.appspot.com
Also, you can look at the webapps on a regular computer. http://www.apple.com/webapps/travel/staycation.html
http://wsidecar.apple.com/cgi-bin/nph-reg3rdpty2.pl/product=25536&cat=94&platform=osx&method=sa/
http://www.apple.com/webapps/games/
I presume you are talking about creating a web application designed to be used from an iphone.
The iphone uses safari as its browser. You can download this for use on windows and it should give you an accurate representation of how your app will look when rendered on an iphone. However in order to test how well your app performs on the phone, and if it really is usable using the touch screen the I think the only way to be really sure is to test using the iPhone.
You can use safari for windows to test the rendering but for your final tests you need to use a real iphone in order to understand how your users will experience it.