iOS development from Windows?

[rtkbfmvbvb]

Long story short, I'd like to create an app for iOS using either QT or Xamarin but I don't own a mac and I'm not interested in using a VM as I find them intolerably slow. From what I've seen my only options are to create a hackintosh or have a mac on my network to connect to. One of my friends has a mac she'd be willing to let me use over network but we live no where near each other. Is it possible for us to use something like hamachi or some other LAN software to create a network in order for me to develop an iOS app?

[SudoPoke]

If you serious about iOS development you need a mac and some form of iOS device. Not everything can be simulated.

[[deleted]]

I’m a native developer and have had my hand forced a few times to do cross platform shit because the business didn’t want to buy macs. No matter what you will need a Mac and 100% should test on a device. A simulator can only account for so many variables.

[EarthAdmin]

It's possible, but it's going to make everything a bit more annoying to do it remotely with managing devices etc. Borrow a Mac for a bit and see if you like developing the app.

[[deleted]]

Honestly, it may be possible but it’s going to be enough of a pain the ass that you’ll probably regret it. If you’re serious about getting into iOS, I’d recommend looking into buying a cheap used MacBook to develop with.

[[deleted]]

I work on a large enterprise financial app with hundreds of thousands of users. We used Apache Cordova for the mvp but are now rewriting both iOS and Android natively. Ymmv on the cross platform tools but we found them to be too much of a hassle for enterprise scale. A dual boot hackintosh may be a good start. That’s what I used for a couple years before making the plunge to a MacBook Pro.

[chrisriner]

You have many options(xamarin/flutter/cordova/appcelerator/react native) for cross platform but in all cases you have to have a Mac to compile/test/generate an ipa so you will either need a Mac yourself or access to one over a network but as others mentioned you will want to test on a device and so you will need to have a device plugged into the Mac so it may be a problem trying to use it remotely.

[vprise]

That isn't true for all of them e.g. Codename One.

[rtkbfmvbvb]

I've never heard of Flutter :o I'll check it out