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iOS

Posted by Aurelian Spodarec
Aurelian Spodarec
7,369 Points

iOS xcode on Windows8

Hello, I have a problem installing xcode on Windows8. I have virtual box but it doesnt work, i searched on yt how to do it but i didnt find it.Can somebody help me to instal xcode on Wndows8? please

1 Answer

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

you wont be able to install xcode unless you are running OS X somehow. Getting OSX working on a virtual machine may be tricky. I've never tried. I found this recent article that explains how to install mavericks using virtual box.

Note that is against apples TOS to run OS X on non apple hardware.

Aurelian Spodarec
Aurelian Spodarec
7,369 Points

Thank you for your answer , now i know that i need to buy mac for sure :/

bdw , since i want to make apps but i will not be able to do it for the next 1-2 months , what would you recomend me to do? Because i was learning HTML and CSS and now i was going to PHP but i decided that i preffer apps , just bigger intrest and all. Would you recomend to learn PHP and then when i get mac leave it ?

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

check out the android track. you can build android apps just fine on both windows and and mac computers. TTH just recently released a new Build A Simple Android App course that I recently completed. You should check it out

Aurelian Spodarec
Aurelian Spodarec
7,369 Points

Oh yes , but its in Java . Im mainly intrested in C programming language because it can do everything since Java is more of a game programming language i think. But is it a good way to start in Java and then switch to C? i mean the strings etc