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@Oktokolo It depends. If you’re working on native app development you will need XCode, which can only be installed on Mac OSX. But other apps can be made in cross-platform software that generates an XCode project as a build output, such as Unity. In the end though, you will need a Mac with a developer license in order to publish the app or to test it natively on a real iPhone.
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@theKarlisK I suspect the subscription service would be cheaper, but the trade-off is that it is now restrictive..
@Datamind hour the nail on the head there in that regard actually.. I can use something like Ionic Trapeze to script the necessary changes for the native projects (setting permissions, adding entitlements, providing usage description strings, etc), but I cannot debug on a real device with one of these cloud systems.
Also, just FYI: Apple don't allow Push Notifications in the Simulator.
Basically, anything for Apple when you don't have one yourself, is downright painful to do.... -
@theKarlisK if you need to do serious IOS/OSX development I would say so. If you can do it all with a single subscription for multiple developers/support engineers it's a lot cheaper. Especially if you take into account that the organisation is not accommodating at all for some t stuff.
So in my current organisation I would say yeah give the man a MacBook. In my previous organisation please don't. -
@chagai95 it is slow indeed, but it's quicker than using Windows... 🤦
when your code is a mess but everything work out in the end
When you keep getting +1s on a rant you posted a month ago.
Go big or go home.
Well, shit... I may have just shot myself in the foot. 🤔
5 years worth of asking my boss to get a Mac development machine for me, thereby allowing me to better create and maintain the hybrid mobile apps I've been building for him for years...
I finally got a definitive "yes, we'll do that" about 2 or 3 weeks back.
Now, running into stupid startup crashes on the aging iPad (6th gen) that I have for testing, I asked if I can just get a "Mac in cloud" subscription IN THE MEANTIME, you know, to help me meet deadlines...
His response: "Ah, yes.. that's a nice elegant solution, now you don't need a Mac! Well done."
F.. M.. L..
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