VS Code Alternatives for iOS app development


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Hello beautiful people, how have you been? So, I’m a computer science student. I’ve been using VS Code for learning web development. Now I want to learn iOS app development, I just want to know if it is possible to do iOS app development on VS Code, if not please suggest an alternative to VS Code for the same purpose.
 

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Perhaps you two could usefully swap notes.

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Hello guys, Im looking for a way to run macOS on my Windows PC, actually Im a computer science student, working on a project, where I have to make a cross platform app using react native. I dont have a mac, I need to test and compile the iOS version of
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You also posted on 10 Forums.

As I said there Apple do not permit emulation on non apple devices.

To do so infringes EULA/copyright law, and it is borderline if we are permitted to discuss this on this forum. You should seek clarification from the moderators.

More importantly perhaps, you should discuss the legality of your project with your tutors, as you could be inadvertently putting them in an untenable legal situation and possibly invalidating your project input.
 

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There’s nothing illegal about developing apps for Apple platforms without an Apple device. That’s why we have React Native, Flutter, Xamarin, .NET MAUI, etc.

At some point, one probably will want a macOS device, either a real one or a virtual one via MacStadium or something similar.
 

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cereberus said:
You also posted on 10 Forums.

As I said there Apple do not permit emulation on non apple devices.

To do so infringes EULA/copyright law, and it is borderline if we are permitted to discuss this on this forum. You should seek clarification from the moderators.

More importantly perhaps, you should discuss the legality of your project with your tutors, as you could be inadvertently putting them in an untenable legal situation and possibly invalidating your project input.
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I have not posted on any other forums, and thank you for your advice. I don't know about the legality, but this is a private project we are not going to launch anywhere and make money from it, it is just for learning purposes. So, we can't discuss it here?
 

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Try3 said:
Perhaps you two could usefully swap notes.

Best way to run macOS on Windows - Windows 10 Help Forums

Hello guys, Im looking for a way to run macOS on my Windows PC, actually Im a computer science student, working on a project, where I have to make a cross platform app using react native. I dont have a mac, I need to test and compile the iOS version of
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Denis
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Thank you denis, I'll check it out.
 

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pseymour said:
There’s nothing illegal about developing apps for Apple platforms without an Apple device. That’s why we have React Native, Flutter, Xamarin, .NET MAUI, etc.

At some point, one probably will want a macOS device, either a real one or a virtual one via MacStadium or something similar.
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I'm not sure about it, but I think we need Xcode to test the app, right? and thank you, will check the macstadium.
 

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That’s correct as far as I know.
 

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pseymour said:
That’s correct as far as I know.
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Hey, I have checked the macstadium and it is a paid service. During the research I have found another way to run the xcode on windows. It looks genuine, but I’m not sure if it works or not. What are your thoughts on it?
 

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I don't know anything about that method, but running macOS on anything but Apple hardware violates the EULA, so that's up to you.
 

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Apple has a Mac emulator for developing iOS apps on PCs, and that's the only legal way outside of using Apple hardware.
 

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BarryGuff said:
Apple has a Mac emulator for developing iOS apps on PCs, and that's the only legal way outside of using Apple hardware.
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So, does Mac emulator work on Windows PC? Then what would be the flow of developing iOS apps on a PC?
 

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learn.microsoft.com

Build cross-platform apps in Visual Studio

Build cross-platform applications for Android, iOS, Mac Catalyst, and Windows devices by using Visual Studio and target devices from a single code base.
learn.microsoft.com

However, a macOS environment is still required for testing the development of iOS app software. Beyond that you do of course need to consider that the only Apple supported macOS and iOS hardware will be powered by 'Apple Silicon' (ARM64/aarch64) in the not very distant future; so all of the 'unofficial and questinable' methods of installing a supported version of macOS on non-Apple (x64) hardware have a limited life.

As far as I know the official Apple iOS Emulator is built in to the XCode installation, so won't run on Windows.

See one (not impartial!) but fair overview of iOS development options on Windows: Simulate iOS on Windows: Here’s What Actually Works
 
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My mistake: it's not an emulator; it's an IDE for developing MacOS apps called XCode. Apparently XCode can be run inside a VM on a PC, which is where I got it mixed up as it being an emulator. Sorry!
 

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BarryGuff said:
My mistake: it's not an emulator; it's an IDE for developing MacOS apps called XCode. Apparently XCode can be run inside a VM on a PC, which is where I got it mixed up as it being an emulator. Sorry!
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BarryGuff said:
My mistake: it's not an emulator; it's an IDE for developing MacOS apps called XCode. Apparently XCode can be run inside a VM on a PC, which is where I got it mixed up as it being an emulator. Sorry!
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BarryGuff said:
My mistake: it's not an emulator; it's an IDE for developing MacOS apps called XCode. Apparently XCode can be run inside a VM on a PC, which is where I got it mixed up as it being an emulator. Sorry!
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That is completely fine and yes I also find VM way to use xcode on my PC. Thank you for your help.
 

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