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iOS

Posted by John Bothwell
John Bothwell
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iOS Development with Objective-C

Is it possible to complete the iOS Development with Objective-C track with out a Mac computer?

Thanks!

2 Answers

Jason Anders
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Jason Anders
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Jason Anders
Jason Anders
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Hey John,

Short Answer: No.

Xcode only runs on a Mac. I have seen threads here in the forum (if you want to search), that say it can be done with a Virtual Machine installed on your Windows system. Some say it works just fine, while others say it doesn't. Short of that, Apple development can only really be done on an Apple system. Sorry.

:dizzy:

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Just a note: I'm pretty sure Jason Anders means that iOS development can only be done on a Mac OS X system :sparkles: Xcode is not available on iOS devices. :smiley:

Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,863 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,863 Points

Yep, that's what I meant. :) In my head I was saying "Apple" Lol. Oops.

Edited to reflect correction.

Michael Hulet
Michael Hulet
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Michael Hulet
Michael Hulet
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You can definitely virtualize macOS, if you have a system compatible with the hardware it requires. Though definitely not recommended (and kind of a legal gray area), you could try turning your system into a Hackintosh (which tonymacx86 can help with). That and virtualization should work 100% of the time, if you can get it set up. There are also very experimental iOS toolchains that work on Windows available, but getting those set up and running is definitely not something for beginners. This one is the most popular/well supported as far as I know, but you won't be able to use Xcode, as that's a Mac-only app