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iOS

Posted by Shahin Zangenehpour
Shahin Zangenehpour
19,146 Points

Do I need to pay for a developer account upfront in order to take either of the iOS development tracks?

I just started section 2 of course 2 ("Build a Simple iPhone App with Objective-C) in the iOS Obj-C Development track. I cannot find a way to follow the course step-by-step without enrolling in the iOS developer programme. Any help or tip is much appreciated.

2 Answers

samy alihamad
samy alihamad
9,690 Points
samy alihamad
samy alihamad
9,690 Points

That's great! I'm glad to hear you got it working.

samy alihamad
samy alihamad
9,690 Points
samy alihamad
samy alihamad
9,690 Points

I just finished the "Build a simple iPhone App with Objective-C" and "Build a Playlist Browser with Objective-C" and I did not need to pay for a developer account. The only time you would need the developer account is if you wanted to test your app on a real iPhone or deploy your app to iTunes. As long as you have a Mac to download XCode, then you should be good to go. Was there anything specific that was asking for your developer account?

Shahin Zangenehpour
Shahin Zangenehpour
19,146 Points

Thanks Samy. I have now identified the source of the issue. I was charging my phone off my computer when doing the assignment and Xcode by default was trying to test the code on my iPhone and hence asking for a developers account. Many thanks again for pointing it out.