Distribute Ios App Without Mac

I have a simple mac osx application i wrote just for myself in xcode5.

Distribute ios app without mac. In this post we will set up the development and distribution of ios apps without mac. The easiest way to do this is through xcode. However technologies like flutter allow us to develop cross platform apps on linux or windows and we can then distribute the apps to google play store or apple app store using the codemagic ci cd solution.

This way you can get signed builds that can be installed on real devices and distributed to app store without owning a mac. From may 2017 you can develop app without mac. Getting a flutter app on linux.

I don t have an mac developer account. The motive behind app distribution is to share ios app with the right audience. I do i have an ios developer account and did pay that 99 fee how can i distribute the app to run on another mac in my house.

The native ios components require a macos or darwin for developing and distributing ios apps. The native ios components require a macos or darwin for developing and distributing ios apps. Microsoft xamarin introduce a live player.

We will use linux and perform custom manual code signing with codemagic. With live player ios apps can be deployed directly onto an iphone or other idevice from a pc running visual studio where the code can then be tested and debugged. Depending on the selected provisioning profile type codemagic will create a development or a distribution certificate and a development ad hoc or app store provisioning profile.

I have not paid the 99 fee. If you don t have mac os but want to see your flutter app on an ios device without using paid services or virtual machines then this article is for you. However with the combination of react native and codemagic you can develop and distribute ios apps without using macos.