Obviously, one needs a PC with a copy of Delphi XE2. But, do you need a Mac or iPad? Mac OSX running in a virtual machine? … Can you create and compile the application entirely on a PC?
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Obviously, one needs a PC with a copy of Delphi XE2. But, do you need a Mac or iPad? Mac OSX running in a virtual machine? … Can you create and compile the application entirely on a PC?
You require a Windows PC (32 or 64 bit, running Vista or 7 – though XP has limited support) to use Delphi XE2’s IDE and compiler. These simply will not work on any other platform, so you can only develop on a Windows PC!
With only a Windows 32 (or 64) bit PC, you can build Win32, Win64 and OSX applications.
To test/run 64bit Windows applications you require a 64bit system with a 64bit edition of Windows installed.
To test/run OSX Applications, a Mac system running 10.6 (Snow Leopard) or 10.7 (Lion) is required. A “Hackintosh” or VM running MacOSX will not work (and is a violation of Apple’s EULA)!
To produce iOS Applications, you require the same criteria as stated above for testing OSX applications, with the additional requirement of installing the FireMonkey iOS package (containing the FreePascal compiler and FireMonkey libraries), XCode, and the iOS emulator.
The iOS Emulator will run Delphi-made iOS applications, though of course testing on the physical device is often considered better.