I’ve just finished an Android application for a company which they are happy with. Now however they would like an iOS version of this app. I have no experience of iOS app development and do not own any apple products, but I said I would further investigate alternatives.
After reading around a bit it seems that you can develop iOs apps on Windows, but with cons. It seems like a hassle to get the enviroment up and running. It’s also supposedly slow and you can’t release the app on market without a mac license. Is this true?
The company would pay me for enviroment licenses and etc but not a for mac machine. If I claim this fee I don’t want to disappoint them with an app that isn’t tested on a real device, neither compiled and released by me.
Given the circumstances, can I develop the app without a mac computer?
The real answer is bad for you I guess: you need a Mac OS computer to develop your apps on, and really should own at least one or two iOS devices to test the app before putting it on the market. I would not start an iOS project without the company backing you up on this, better to disappoint them now then later.