Mac to [email protected] • 8 months agoDevelopment Platforms (13 Dec 2016)programming.devimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1208arrow-down17file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•edit-28 months agoWell, you can make/run AppStore apps on macOS, so I suppose that’s what they’re going for. More accurate maybe to say XCode?
minus-squarejaderolinkfedilink5•8 months agoI assume it’s there because it (or other Mac) is a requirement for developing for iOS. Is that still true?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•edit-28 months agoProbably because the newer ARM based can run (a lot of) native iOS apps, so it’s a test target as well now. EDIT: oh just realized this is from 2016 (right in the title duh) so my explanation doesn’t make sense
Why is there an iMac under iOS?
Well, you can make/run AppStore apps on macOS, so I suppose that’s what they’re going for. More accurate maybe to say XCode?
I assume it’s there because it (or other Mac) is a requirement for developing for iOS. Is that still true?
Probably because the newer ARM based can run (a lot of) native iOS apps, so it’s a test target as well now.
EDIT: oh just realized this is from 2016 (right in the title duh) so my explanation doesn’t make sense