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iOS Objective-C Basics (Retired) Fundamentals of C Anatomy of a C program

Ronnie McDowall
Ronnie McDowall
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Posted by Ronnie McDowall
Ronnie McDowall
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xcode for non mac users

Hi there,

anyone know if there is a way around xcode if you don't have a mac?

2 Answers

Dino Paškvan
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Dino Paškvan
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Dino Paškvan
Dino Paškvan
Courses Plus Student 44,107 Points

While there are several ways to develop iOS applications on Windows, most of them break the Apple EULA. You could run OS X in a VM, as Michael suggested, but it'll be slow. You could attempt to build a Hackintosh, but those are prone to breaking with updates (and even without them).

The only way to develop iOS apps reliably is to buy a Mac. You can get refurbished Mac Minis fairly cheap.

Michael Austin
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Michael Austin
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Michael Austin
Michael Austin
Courses Plus Student 7,814 Points

Hi,

I don’t think there’s any Xcode packages for Windows. The only solution I know of is to setup a virtual machine (VirtualBox is free and reliable) with Mac OS Installed and in turn Xcode.