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iOS

Posted by Kendall Chung
Kendall Chung
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Can I use windows to develop swift?

Is it possible to use a virtual box to emulate the latest version of Mac OS to program Swift 2.0?

Or is there any other options? because I can't afford a mac.

Thanks all!

3 Answers

Michael Hulet
Michael Hulet
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Michael Hulet
Michael Hulet
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Yes, it's possible; I've done it before. You can get the full features of iOS development as if it was on a Mac, but it is not fun

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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I tried this, but had very limited luck. My computer is by no means awful, but when Apple says that Xcode isn't meant to be run on a VM ... they mean it. Anything more than a simple "Hello, World" app and suddenly I was debugging threading processes. And beyond that, running Xcode in a VM is extremely slow.

Kendall Chung
Kendall Chung
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Kendall Chung
Kendall Chung
9,511 Points

alright thanks for the input