我可以使用Ubuntu创建Apple iPod / iPhone / iPad应用程序吗？

Question

I was wondering if I could make some money by creating an iDevice app and posting it on the Rock your Phone Store. Which language should I use and are there exceptions to it.

Answer 1

I tried that a few weeks back. There's a project called GnuStep that includes a runtime library for Objective C. However, I was a bit disappointed to find that there are big differences to the Cocoa library provided by (and only on) Apple. A lot of the classes and methods I found in Apple's Cocoa documentation were not supported, so programming became a bit tedious. There are even differences in the dialect of Objective-C that's available. I ended up developing on my MacBook using XCode.

If you're willing to put up with the limits and inconvenience of not developing in the "genuine" environment, it is possible. I think I heard that some people do it.

You should be able to get a used MacMini for something like $200... that would allow you do iSomething development in a "real" native Mac environment. The version of XCode required to produce apps for iMac and iPad requires OS X.6 .

Alternatively, I hear there are projects that allow one to run Mac OS X on non-Mac hardware. However, this is illegal because it's in breach of your (or anyone's) contract with Apple. Creating Apple programs in an illegally set-up environment is probably not a promising start to a flourishing business relationship with the only distributor for your software.

Answer 2

Yes! What you need to do is get a copy of OS X downloaded (legally if at all possible), and search google for a guide, this search will work: This One Then you can create the VM on any OS, even windows. (Before anyone says that it is not possible, I am running it on my windows machine as we speak for work). Once you have done this, you can log onto the Mac App Store and download Xcode like anyone else.