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Technically, they do. You just have to pay more for it (aka buying a developer account).
by jsjohnst 9y ago
Technically, they do. You just have to pay more for it (aka buying a developer account).
- madeofpalk 9y agoActually you don't even need to pay for it these days. Free Apple Developer accounts can side load apps through Xcode
- jack1243star 9y agoYou need to pay for the Mac to use Xcode though...
- madeofpalk 9y agoCorrect. You need to own a computer to run computer software.
- mixedCase 9y agoAn Apple computer. To run Mac software. That's what you probably meant.
- StavrosK 9y agoNo, you need to own an Apple computer to install things on your phone. I don't need a computer to install APKs on Android.
- jsjohnst 9y agoNo, you don't need an Apple computer to install an IPA anymore than you need a computer to install an APK. Let's stop comparing Apples and Oranges shall we? You need a computer to compile and sign an IPA, the same thing you need to compile and sign an APK.
- dragonwriter 9y ago> You need a computer to compile and sign an IPA, the same thing you need to compile and sign an APK. You can compile and sign (and, AFAIK, upload to the Google Play Store) an APK on an Android device, using AIDE and perhaps other dev toolkits. No computer needed.
- jsjohnst 9y agoOnly for seven days at a time though, no? Either way, that affectively means anybody can sideload if they have a Mac.
- earenndil 9y agoYou don't even need Xcode. You can do it fine on windows or linux using cydia impactor[1] 1: http://www.cydiaimpactor.com/ http://www.cydiaimpactor.com/