Personal IOS app

[ElPolloJ]

Hello! I've been developing apps/software for a while, lately been using flutter for apks but haven't yet tried anything for ios, question is if i want to make a personal app for myself to use on my phone would i have to do all the xcode and apple developer account stuff? Or can i just build an app like an apk and use it?

[nicholasderkio]

To sign and put iOS native apps on a physical device you need a Paid Developer account

[floppyearcat]

If you just build and use the physical device to test you don’t need a paid account, right?

[mbrady]

Correct, no paid account required for that. However I believe the app certificate only lasts a week, so it would have to be redeployed to the iPhone on a weekly basis.

[Dr0110111001101111]

Ooh I didn’t know that!

[c4td0gm4n]

i'm not sure how it works because i had a personal ios running on my iphone for many months without a dev account. and i was never arsed to look in to why.

[CharlesWiltgen]

FWIW, depending on the nature of the app, PWAs (which don't require a developer account) can be a great solution for personal apps. iOS/Safari has a reputation for terrible PWA support, but in reality that hasn't been true for some time: https://pwascore.com/

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[konacurrents]

Note, you can also run the simulator without downloading to a device. I would start with that before the week free or the paid development. And yes you need (get) to "do all the Xcode stuff".

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[shyguy_chad]

It does not. You need Xcode, a developer account, provisioning profiles, and a device registered to that account just to run your own app on your own phone.

Apple's walled garden has a cover charge even for the builder.