I'm making a small app for personal use that cannot (as far as I'm aware) be done as a web page. It utilises Cordova and the Ionic framework. The only reason I require Cordova is for bluetooth support.
Is there any way to put the app on just my phone without paying the $99? As far as I can see there isn't the possibility of that?
There is no way to do this. You have to join Apple Developer program to install your application into your actual device.
You can use the PhoneGap Developer App or Ionic View to run apps on your phone. However neither support the Cordova Bluetooth plugins yet.
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I want to build a very simple gallery like app (which uses the Telegram bot API to fetch images from certain telegram channel). I want to have this app for both Android and iOS device. I guess either progressive web app or flutter could be used to achieve this. I have developed native android apps before, and wish to learn PWA or flutter along with this project.
So my question is, can I deploy this app to my iOS device without enrolling in the Apple developer program? Since this is only for personal use and I do not wish to publish this app on any app store. Also, do I need to have a Mac with Xcode to do this?!
Thanks in advance!
For developing a Progressive Web App for iOS, you won't need Xcode and a Macbook since it is basically still a website with enhancements. However, bear in mind that PWA support on iOS is very limited. Android has much better PWA support.
This article gives an overview of what is currently possible
I continually have connection issues when attempting to preview iOS apps with Ionic 3.
No problems whatsoever with the Android side.
But iOS is just so temperamental and frustrating!
Connection errors, not Synching to latest etc?
I have a lot of luck sharing my app with Hockey App. You do need an apple developer account to use it with IOS though. And there are a few more steps involved than simply using uploading to Ionic Dashboard.
https://www.hockeyapp.net/
And the instructions to do this process is
https://gist.github.com/SWTPAIN/a6f8bda444da4e3a5886
And if you are just testing on your own phone, it is much easier to just plug it in and run ionic cordova run --prod ios
I tested my app on Android and Windows Phone 8.1 without any problem, and I want to test it on iOS.
I have never tested my App on it.
Before buying a Developer Program, I want to test my App first.
Is it possible to test my Ionic / Cordova App without having (paying 99$) Developer Program ?
If so how can I do that ?
As of XCode 7 it is possible to do this by getting a free Developers account, you should automatically get such an account when you try to deploy an app on a device in XCode.
There are however some limitations to such an account, you can compare all the memberships here. A much more detailed answer can be found here.
You could use Ionic View. I works great as long as you don't need to access non core plugins...
http://view.ionic.io/
I have a small app which displays different hot offers in malls, restaurents and their details around the user location. So I have to install this app in some other applications as a plugin. Is it possible in IOS.
Well No and Yes, You as the developer of this app can not still your app in other apps as and plugin.
You might offer other developers to download you app and a framework and us it in there apps.
I want to make a little app just for me. I don't want to distribute it, and don't want to make any money from it, I just need to have this app with me.
I don't have a Mac capable of running Xcode, and I don't want to waste any money on the developer license.
Is there a way I can make an app for only my personal iPhone 4s, without going through the App Store or using Xcode? My iPhone is jailbroken.
A web app might be a better solution.
The short answer is no. You would need a Mac/Xcode to compile/build the application for you. As #Thalecress suggested you might be better off building a web app.
Also check PhoneGap, with it you can deploy your web app in several platforms (including iOS, Android and WP7). Phonegap also offers a build service that you can use to wrap the final web app as a native app to run it on a device (PhoneGap:Buld).