I'm trying to write an app for my own use on my iPhone (iOS 6.0). Unfortunately I'm also traveling with my OSX 10.5 laptop with Xcode 3.1.4 loaded. Is there any way to run an app built with this xcode on my iPhone? I don't need any feature from a recent iOS and there are plenty of old apps that run just fine and were probably developed with old Xcode versions, but I always get an amber button indicating the iPhone iOS isn't supported when I hit build and run.
The oldest version of xcode that can develop for iOS 6 is xcode 4.5, and for running xcode 4.5 you need to have MAC OS 10.7.4 or later version
Sorry man, You can't.
You need Xcode4 and Lion for iOS6 development.
EDIT:
Now(2014 AD) Apple doesn't allow any app developed using below Xcode 5, so you need to have Xcode 5.
No. To develop for a modern iPhone, you need an Intel mac, and I doubt that a laptop with 10.5 is an Intel Mac (or that 10.5 even supports x86). Also, Xcode versions are correlated to API versions, if you haven't noticed, so even if possible, you'd probably only be able to use the 3.0 APIs, which are now not even usable because of the multitasking introduced in 4.0.
Short answer: No.
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I'm currently developing a mobile app using Cordova on Windows and Android, and I'd like to test it on Apple devices. I purchased a refurbished 2011 MacBook and an iPhone 6s cheaply in order to do this, but I'm running into frustrating compatibility issues regarding XCode. The MacBook can support OS X up to El Capitan, which can support XCode 9.1, but the iPhone, which has automatically upgraded to iOS 13.3, needs a newer version of XCode to compile to it, it seems. I can't find a way to downgrade the phone to an older version of iOS (apparently the current version cannot be jailbreak-ed) and as a result I can't write apps to the phone.
Anyone have any suggestions? I'm aware of device-emulation services like Browser Stack, but I'd like to find a solution that uses the technology I've already bought before I pay for a new service.
I have developped my app on android but would like to do the dev for iOS.
I have an old mac that supports only 10.6.8 and xcode 3.2.6.
I can get access from time to time on a mac with 10.10.
my understanding is that the way to go now is swift.
will my xcode 3.2.6 support swift so that I could developp on my old mac and test on the newest 10.10.
what do you recommend I do? buying a new mac? :)
Many thanks!
Swift is only supported on xCode 6 like you can read here. And only for iOS 7 and higher.
So even methods are available for iOS 2, as long as the devices don't have installed iOS 7 or higher the swift code can't be executed and you would need to use objective-c instead.
I have an existing app that need to be made compatible to ios7. I am new to ios app development. I have following things:
1. Macbook with MAC OS 10.6.8
2. X code - 4.2
is it possible to recompile the existing app using above to make it compatible for ios7?
(I know i need atleast MAC OS 10.8 for xcode5)
A little detailed explanation is highly appreciable as I am still figuring out how it works.
If not what all I would need to achieve same? If yes, how?
Its must to have xcode 5 or 5.1 to make app ios7 compatible.
Nope. iOS7 requires Xcode 5+ which requires mavericks. You can upgrade for free to mavericks and get Xcode.
Just open the App Store and upgrade to mavericks (5.3 GB) and then get Xcode 5.1
iOS7 developemnt only available with xcode5 and xcode5 is support minimum os version is MAC OS10.8 so first off all you have to upgrade os then xcode also then you can do your task.
From 1st Feb every app must be build in Xcode 5 and above as per apple declaration
I don't know about your existing app, but iOS 7 can run iOS 6 app, it shouldn't be an issue to just let your old app runs.
Of course, you will have to have xCode 5 in order to run and debug on iOS 7 device and simulator.
I only have the Macbook, which I CANNOT upgrade to Lion. I'd like to get started developing IOS applications. I've got an iPod Touch 5.0.1, so I'm good there. My main question is this-
When I finish making my applications and I deploy them to Apple, will they work just fine on other devices, like iPhone 4S 5.1.1?
Also, if I pay the $100 to Apple to develop, will they support my Xcode 4.2 for the whole year?
Will I be able to deploy my applications using this scenario without fear of Apple cutting me off?
Thanks in advance.
Xcode 4.2 is the last officially supported Xcode version that runs on Snow Leopard, but if you do developing on it, anything that works for older iOS's will run on your iDevices running newer OS's. You might be able to get newer SDK's to run with Xcode 4.2 but myself, I wouldn't risk it.
I think the big issue you're going to run into is that if you install a new OS onto your iDevice for testing, you may end up not being able to use your device for testing (in the Xcode organizer). So you probably want to keep at least one device back on the last supported iOS version for Xcode 4.2.
And this should take care of you for the whole year.
And hopefully you'll make enough money from whatever app you're building to afford a Macintosh where you can run Mountain Lion (OS 10.8) and Xcode 4.4 or 5 or whatever will be out a year from now.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
It really doesn't matter which Xcode do you have. You can even have Xcode 3 ;)
Seems like every time i go thru a required update of either the mac OS or the device iOS, i always end up getting very frustrated to the point of giving up on the iphone/ipad development altogether.
I just recently bought an ipad2 (iOS 5.1.1). And i noticed that my old Xcode 4 didnt support this iOS version. So now I just upgraded to XCode 4.2. But now I am still required to downgrade the iPad2 iOS to 5.0 (unfortunately). Now if I wanted to develop for iOS 5.1, then I must upgrade to XCode 4.3.2, which means I also need to upgrade my OS to Lion (i currently have Snow Leopard).
I believe these are the prerequisites that i was able to straighten out. Please correct me if Im wrong.
Finally, if my assessment here is correct, then I do need to download the iOS 5.0 firmware. I am unable to find a link to this anywhere on apple's site (everything is for 5.1). Anybody know where i can get the download link for older iOS's ?
Thanks!
When you go to your Xcode organizer, could you connect your iPad and select "Use For development" button that appears with your device in the organizer?
If the answer is "yes", then you can develop for iOS 4 and just do your testing on your iPad running OS 5.1.1.
If the answer is "no", then you should update your Macintosh to Lion and your Xcode to 4.3.X (which will include the iOS 5.0 & 5.1 SDK).
If you want to "downgrade" your iPad to iOS 5.0 (and good luck with that), you can find a download link in this article.
But don't stress too much. Once you get accustomed to development, you can hopefully keep up with the times (and the frequent OS & Xcode updates) pretty easily.