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AppGameKit Classic Chat / can i release ios games without mac ?

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0x7f
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as the title says, do i need to own a mac to release a game for ios or can i just use the exported ipa file?
as in the guide here it says it needs a mac: https://www.appgamekit.com/documentation/guides/52_ios.htm
so wanted to double check if thats the only way or if i can also just export the file on windows and upload it to the apple store ?
thanks for any help
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Posted: 12th Apr 2018 21:42
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currently you need a mac to build the ipa, it won't build on windows (not without help at least).
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Jerry McGuire
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Posted: 12th Apr 2018 22:05 Edited at: 12th Apr 2018 22:06
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Yes, I believe you need a Mac. I also wanted to program for iOS using my PC, but I remember looking extensively until I found an Apple website basically saying that you need to have a Mac.
You can write your header and cpp files in any editor, but for compiling and sending an app for revision to Apple you still have to use a Mac. In fact, I believe you do have to use Xcode as well.
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oh that sucks.
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You can use this site for Mac in cloud and it works with AGK.

https://www.macincloud.com

I used this before buying a Mac.
You only need the Mac for the final build and submitting part so everything can be done on a PC until this part.
Think they do a 30 day trial which you could use to upload to the App Store as it only takes a few hours to sort that bit.
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Xaron
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You definitely need a Mac OR.. what I do: Use VMWare and install MacOS there, let it run under with Windows.
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Quote: "You definitely need a Mac OR.. what I do: Use VMWare and install MacOS there, let it run under with Windows."


Which is likely against Apple's terms of service for macOS. Careful there
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I know, but Apple is even against repairing your own iPhone yourself - so actually, no, I simply do NOT care about that.
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Quote: "You definitely need a Mac OR.. what I do: Use VMWare and install MacOS there, let it run under with Windows"


I've successfully done this (the entire publishing process) and had my game cleared and released on the App Store so I can vouch for it working.


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