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Nabin
Nabin

Reputation: 11786

Generating ipa file ios on Ubuntu

I am a beginner on iOS development. And I am following this which seems to be great.

I have:

  1. Ubuntu with phone gap installed
  2. iPhone 5 for testing
  3. Have installed phonegap in iPhone
  4. Created a simple hello world using phone gap
  5. The project pings and runs perfectly on my mobile (I think that is like emulator)

What I want?

Generate ipa file (like apk file in android I think) so that I can send that executable file to one of my friend for testing purpose.

Question:

How to create ipa file on Ubuntu using phone gap and where will that be located?

Edit:

As suggested here (which is for Windows), is it compulsory to pay $99 to just test and distribute to my friends?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2630

Answers (2)

Dev_coder
Dev_coder

Reputation: 60

You need a MAC to build IPA. There are somethings that you can try if you are not a MAC user:

  1. Asking your friends for MAC (Nah! not a preferred way)
  2. Hiring an IOS app developer
  3. Buying a MAC (If you have enough money RN in your hands :) )
  4. Buying a MAC VPS server

The third option will be great. You can rent or buy a cloud MAC server from somewhere. They may cost $20 - $100 per month according to the system specs. You can search for them.

Upvotes: 0

swbradshaw
swbradshaw

Reputation: 884

You can't create an IPA file using Ubuntu. You will need a Mac to create that file or use a cloud service like Phonegap Build.

Upvotes: 1

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