[Solved] Can i develop IOS app and mobile sw on windows pc or must I buy a mac? [closed]

Question

iOS development must be done under OS X. The proper way to do this is to buy Mac hardware. You can build a Hackintosh if you’d rather, but you cannot install OS X in a virtual machine.

What you could do, if you want to target multiple platforms (Windows Phone, iOS, Android) is to use a cross-platform development tool. You may (I haven’t checked) find one that runs under Windows and will compile for iOS. You still have the problem of uploading to the App Store however, as that process is now integrated into Xcode (Apple’s development environment).

Accepted Answer

iOS development must be done under OS X. The proper way to do this is to buy Mac hardware. You can build a Hackintosh if you’d rather, but you cannot install OS X in a virtual machine.

What you could do, if you want to target multiple platforms (Windows Phone, iOS, Android) is to use a cross-platform development tool. You may (I haven’t checked) find one that runs under Windows and will compile for iOS. You still have the problem of uploading to the App Store however, as that process is now integrated into Xcode (Apple’s development environment).