How can I develop iOS applications on a Windows Platform?

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Xcode 4 only works on Mac and I am getting project requests for iOS and I need to develop iOS applications without uying a Mac. I have a Windows PC. Is there an IDE which works well with iOS SDK or is developing C++ code which uses iOS SDK libraries the only choice?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/113547/iphone-development-on-windows — Aziz, Apr 21 '12 at 11:54
Please note that that very popular, but closed, question has many good answers which were valid when given in 2008-2009. Times have changed. — DOK, Apr 21 '12 at 12:03

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If you are familiar with C#, consider monotouch. You will need a mac to register the app in any case.

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 21 '12 at 11:56

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In your situation, if you have no Mac around, it will be better and easier to use VirtualBox (or VMware) and install MacOS there. And to develop inside the VB.

answered Apr 21 '12 at 11:56

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... which is not officialy supported and allowed by apple! – Jonas Schnelli Apr 21 '12 at 11:58
I was informed you can develop, but you can't upload your app from a VM. – Apr 21 '12 at 12:04
@JonasSchnelli , of course:) Another cheap way is to use hackintosh, but it's also illegal – mega.venik Apr 21 '12 at 12:10

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

One newer solution which is open source is called MonoCross. Here's a link to their site, and here's the Google code site. From their site:

Monocross is an open source cross-platform mobile framework using C# .NET and the Mono framework. Monocross lets you create beautiful applications on iPads, iPhones, Android devices, Windows Phone 7, and Webkit enabled phones.

It uses C#. No C++ required.

Edit: MonoCross uses MonoTouch.

How can I develop iOS applications on a Windows Platform?

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