Would it be possible to test my App for iPhone wit...
# composea
adambrangenberg
09/16/2023, 3:29 PMWould it be possible to test my App for iPhone without MacOS with an actual iPhone?
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Jeff Lockhart
09/16/2023, 5:46 PMNo. You need macOS to build an iOS app. This restriction is put in place by Apple.
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ephemient
09/16/2023, 7:37 PMit is possible to test in a simulator without an iPhone, but that still requires macos
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Landry Norris
09/17/2023, 1:02 PMIf you can share almost all code with Android, and only need to test so often, you can build the IPA on some CI solution with macos builders and testflight. Definitely not a solution for everyday testing, but if you can't get access to a mac, it's a way to test the app.
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adambrangenberg
09/18/2023, 5:34 AMOkay, thank you
adambrangenberg
09/18/2023, 5:35 AMI don't have the budget for a Mac right now :/
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andrew
09/23/2023, 4:02 AMHackintoshing might be an option 😉
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adambrangenberg
09/23/2023, 7:12 AMHmm maybe, I've seen that someone made it available via KVM so I'll try that first. Thank you :)
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andrew
09/23/2023, 7:07 PMPerf might not be the best unless you’re passing through a lot of hardware
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Landry Norris
09/23/2023, 7:08 PMI read an issue in compose multiplatform the other day that seems to indicate that Compose iOS apps will crash on a hackintosh due to some limitation of Metal support on non-mac hardware.
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andrew
09/23/2023, 7:09 PMMetal is supported though, and real iOS HW is involved
andrew
09/23/2023, 7:09 PMSo no simulator would be required to render metal on the hackintosh anyway
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Landry Norris
09/23/2023, 7:09 PMI used to use kvm macos emulators to develop KMM apps using SwiftUI no problem on my Arch Linux desktop.
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andrew
09/23/2023, 7:10 PMI mean, I have an AMD RX 6900 XTX in my machine, so it will support modern metal fine
andrew
09/23/2023, 7:10 PMWhenever I tried KVM for macOS perf has sucked on my machine but that was years ago
andrew
09/23/2023, 7:10 PMThings could have changed since
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Jeff Lockhart
09/23/2023, 7:16 PMAs long as you can pass through a supported GPU, KVM macOS can work well. Probably the only thing I've found lacking is nested virtualization, so you can't run Android emulators.
Jeff Lockhart
09/23/2023, 7:22 PMNested virtualization may still be possible with an Intel CPU even. I have an AMD Ryzen myself though.
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andrew
09/23/2023, 7:55 PMYeah, that’s what I was saying earlier, it requires a lot of passthrough
andrew
09/23/2023, 7:55 PMFor it to run decently
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