Is there a way to develop an iPhone app on a windows machine?
I was thinking there should be a way using phonegap and the new cloud building https://build.phonegap.com/
However, I can’t figure out how to get started!
I’d like to use Visual Studio 2010 Express as my IDE, but really, that’s not a requirement. But I do need to be able to do this on a windows machine.
I can find articles explaining how to do this for windows phone development, but nothing for iPhone…shockingly.
UPDATE: I have found this.
http://nickalchemist.wordpress.com/iapproach-mobile-development-made-elegant/deploying-to-iphone-without-a-mac-with-an-apple-developer-account-and-phonegap-build/
So it appears once I figure out how to develop this app I should be able to build it.
Now I just need to find out how to create a PhoneGap app.
To build your app file for iOS (ipa) for free use the Sencha Touch build tool
And then to deploy your app to a device without the Apple App Store use iTunes and sync your app to it.
Find out more
Distributing your app without paying the $99 developer license might be more tricky because you need to generate a signed ad hoc or app store distribution profile. The ad hoc profile let’s you send your app to random people (up to 100) and the app store profile is for the rest of the world.
Don’t lose heart if this gets confusing – it is! But it can be done. 🙂