Run iOS UI Automation on Ubuntu

Question

I am able to use iOS Instruments by Xcode or run the test written in javascript by shell but I have a question about it. Is it possible to run these test on Ubuntu, not being possible to install Xcode on it?

Answer 1

As it's mentioned here, the low-level tool chain for Xcode (the gcc compiler family, the gdb debugger, etc.) is all open source and common to Unix and Linux platforms. But the IDE--the editor, project management, indexing, navigation, build system, graphical debugger, visual data modeling, SCM system, refactoring, project snapshots, etc.--is a Mac OS X Cocoa application, and is not portable.

So, if you're using Xcode to develop iOS apps, you need to use Mac OS X as your operating system. The ideal option is to have a Mac computer, however if you don't care about the legal issues, you can install it on your non-Mac computer, or just as a virtual machine inside your Ubuntu, using Virtual Box or VMWare.

Unless you plan to use a third party IDE to develop iOS apps which won't necessarily let you have native apps.