[moneymike47]

Hello, so i am interested in starting to develop iOS apps and i am a computer science major so i have a basic knowledge of some computer language but i am asking the community for some help with this. Like, what program would be best for this, what tutorials or websites or books would be the most helpful? Thanks guys, i look forward to hearing from you all.

[hpcomputergeek]

Hello, so i am interested in starting to develop iOS apps and i am a computer science major so i have a basic knowledge of some computer language but i am asking the community for some help with this. Like, what program would be best for this, what tutorials or websites or books would be the most helpful? Thanks guys, i look forward to hearing from you all.

If u got a Mac, use XCode to develop. U would have to learn a lot of Objective C. If this is a game, use GameSalad which requires no code of any kind.

[moneymike47]

Well I have a PC, and what if I wanted to develop an app that wasn't a game?

[hpcomputergeek]

Well I have a PC, and what if I wanted to develop an app that wasn't a game?

Is it an Intel computer?

[joteykj]

I assume you meant Windows system. You may try PhoneGap.

[hpcomputergeek]

I assume you meant Windows system. You may try PhoneGap.

I'm checking that to see if he could emulate Mac OSX on his PC.

[moneymike47]

Is it an Intel computer?

Yes, it is a Dell computer with and intel core and the operating system is Windows 7.

[cdbeshore]

Lydia.com has some good training. May be a little outdated. Not sure they have updated to the new OS's.

[hpcomputergeek]

Yes, it is a Dell computer with and intel core and the operating system is Windows 7.

Then you're lucky to emulate Mac OSX on your computer!

[moneymike47]

And how would I go about doing that? Lol

[hpcomputergeek]

And how would I go about doing that? Lol

Xcode is the SDK for Apple. It only runs on Mac OSX. You can look up videos on YouTube on how to emulate Mac OSX on your PC. (Or even dual boot it!)

[moneymike47]

Alright, once I do this I'll let you know how it turns out!

[hpcomputergeek]

Alright, once I do this I'll let you know how it turns out!

Results???

[hpcomputergeek]

Also, I forgot to mention that you have to get a free or paid dev account from Apple at developer.apple.com.

The paid one has all of the features in the developer center with publishing your app(s) in the app store. Also, you can get pre-releases of iOS versions like the future iOS 5.1.

[moneymike47]

I haven't downloaded it yet beause i haven't had the time, but once i do i will download that, as well as the programs and i'll reply! hopefully by the end of the weekend i should since im working all weekend

[hpcomputergeek]

I haven't downloaded it yet beause i haven't had the time, but once i do i will download that, as well as the programs and i'll reply! hopefully by the end of the weekend i should since im working all weekend

Ok. No rush...

[moneymike47]

Im having a bit of problems downloading Mac OS emulator on my PC because it seems like every youtube video has a different way of doing it, and none of them are really working too well. . . so far

[hpcomputergeek]

Im having a bit of problems downloading Mac OS emulator on my PC because it seems like every youtube video has a different way of doing it, and none of them are really working too well. . . so far

What's the problem?

[moneymike47]

It's hard to find a torrent that has every file that i need, i've downloaded a few different torrents, snowy VM zips, and i downloaded both VMware and virtual box but only installed VMware, i just have to sit and figure it out at this point

[hpcomputergeek]

It's hard to find a torrent that has every file that i need, i've downloaded a few different torrents, snowy VM zips, and i downloaded both VMware and virtual box but only installed VMware, i just have to sit and figure it out at this point

Basically you just need VMware Player. You need to find the Mac OSX iso. Run that in VMware player and Mac OSX probably will boot up correctly.

[moneymike47]

i dont think its that easy lol but i do have VMware and have the mac os X iso but i need other files and stuff

[moneymike47]

Heres from an install file:
Installing Snow Leopard in Vmware Workstation 7

Prerequisites...


Patience

VMware Workstation 7
Basic knowledge of OS X and the
terminal
Previous boot-132 experience
Retail Snow Leopard 29.99 DVD
(as an ISO)
A pre-made Snow Leopard VMX (included)
dariwn_snow.iso
(included)
Intel Based Processor


----- Step 1 -----

preparing the image

Open
VMware, load the vmx that came with this pkg

edit the vmware settings to
match your needs

set the darwin_snow.iso as the cdrom media.

save your
settings

----- Step 2 -----

Installing

Start up your OS X VM

once at the
darwin boot prompt eject the darwin_snow.iso and load your Snow Leopard
ISO

Install Snow Leopard as normal


reboot**

**note:
FakeSMC causes
kernel panics on reboot in Snow Leopard for some reason. Just ignore the
Kernel panics.


---- Post Install ----

TAKE A SNAPSHOT before updating or
making any other chages to the VM.

Use Apple Software Update

Reboot

Take a
Snapshot

Install Vmware Tools

Reboot


---- Caveats ----

It seems that for some
reason it takes about 10 reboots before Snow Leopard will boot normally
into the VM. you will get stuck at the apple logo for about 3-4 reboots,
then you will get to the dekstop but only get the beachball of death.
Keep rebooting and eventually you will get to the registration form, once
the registration form loads you will be smooth sailing from now on.

You
will always need to use the darwin_snow.iso to boot your vm but this is a
small price to pay for having Snow Leopard in a vm right?


-P|astikman


Thanks
to PolishOX for forcing me to do this the right way

[hpcomputergeek]

Did it work when you followed those instructions?

[moneymike47]

no because im getting so many different conflicting instructions

[hpcomputergeek]

no because im getting so many different conflicting instructions

Your last choice is to buy a Mac then.