Re:ThinkPad X220 MacOS High Sierra Installation
by vetinari on Saturday August 04, 2018 @05:21PM
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In the context of this debate it does not matter, whether it is emulator or simulator underneath.
What matters is, that you cannot run it on another OS, because Apple does not supply one. You cannot supply your own, because the emulator/simulator/whatever has to run Apple code inside, and you don't have permission to distribute it, even if you had the inclination to make your own emulator/simulator/whatever.
So OK, Microsoft made an agreement and can now provision iOS packages. They had to find a way to test-run them somehow, and their solution won't allow you to write against native frameworks, only against theirs, which they can run on their platform.
Re:ThinkPad X220 MacOS High Sierra Installation
by scarface74 on Sunday August 05, 2018 @05:04PM
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And you think that developing on Android is better? The emulator is running in x86 with an ARM emulator that running a Java virtual machine is giving you any “guarantees” (your words in a previous post) on how it will work on the device?
It’s not a word game. Both of your assertions were incorrect. You no more need Apples proprietary “emulator” to develop apps for iOS - Xamarin is proof of that, nor is there a “policy” against developing or deploying iOS apps without a Mac - again Xamarin is proof of that.
Calling Apples simulator an emulator is just as technically incorrect as saying using Safari and setting the window size to match mobile screens an “emulator”