View Full Version : Should I make iPhone and iTouch Utilities?
gamegamer
01-10-2010, 00:23
Will it be OK I did make iTouch, iPad, iPhone Utilities?
Michael Clease
01-10-2010, 00:32
What do you know about app dev on the Apple range?
Do you own a Mac ?
gamegamer
01-10-2010, 16:37
Yes, iMac Snow Leopard 10.6. I dont have the SDK, but I know a lot about iDevices. I was going to make utilities like troubleshooting, help, software info, hardware info, etc...
Michael Hartlef
01-10-2010, 17:16
Do you want to create these with thinBasic? If yes, I would like to know how you want to integrate them. As I am on a Mac too I could help testing.
gamegamer
01-10-2010, 21:29
Michael, did you mean create the applications in mac os x? I thought ThinAIR was only for windows :?
Michael Hartlef
02-10-2010, 00:02
No, I ment how do you want to use your windows app for Iphone dev? I am curious about this as I do IDev myself with various tools.
Michael Clease
02-10-2010, 00:10
Mike I recently got an iPhone 4 and the urge to write programs for it but then discovered I needed a mac to write apps but I have heard of a hackintosh in vmware but not see anything concrete.
I also think you have to signup to apple for $99 a year unless you jailbreak :0)
Michael Hartlef
02-10-2010, 00:22
Yes, you have to spend some money to get into it. I can't tell you if you can use the 3rd party hardware to develop for it.
Right now I use Corona SDK a lot for it. That gives me the best for the money. But it is Mac only too.
gamegamer
03-10-2010, 19:03
No, i didnt mean to make apps for the idevices. I meant was making iPhone, iTouch, iPad utilities for windows. Like creating custom ipsw, editing plist files, just iOS stuff...
Michael Hartlef
03-10-2010, 19:07
Personally I would not need programs like this as OSC and XCode provides everything I need. But if you want to create programs like that... why not.
gamegamer
04-10-2010, 17:56
Well, ok... I guess i will post the first program here then once its done...
@Michael Clease
you can install Os X server on vmware, apparently vmware convinced Apple to allow this, only drawback is that os x server cost about US $500
Michael Hartlef
05-10-2010, 08:31
@Jack,
I heard that this only works on VMWare Fusion (OSX). On a linux or windows host it doesn't work. But that info was about normal a OSX installation. Maybe Server is different.
Michael Hartlef, as I understand, it's illegal to install the non-server version of osx on vmware, some people found a way to trick vmware into "thinking" that the normal version was in fact a server version so it would install.
Michael Hartlef
06-10-2010, 14:03
It is legal to install the OSX desktop version via VMWare Fusion on a MAC. But it is damn slow. Did that already but trashed it again.