Building and shipping Mac and iOS apps without opening Xcode

Post by incanus77 » Mon, Jul 13, 2026, 7:55 PM UTC

zuzululu wrote: post #22

stephenhuey wrote: post #19

Thought this was going to be about the new Ruby Native! https://rubynative.com “From bundle install to your phone in minutes. To the App Store and Google Play without a line of native code.“

holy hell $299/app is wild

Post by kstenerud » Mon, Jul 13, 2026, 8:03 PM UTC

saagarjha wrote: post #26

kstenerud wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not if you've got a good sandbox.

Do you have one?

Post by ericol » Mon, Jul 13, 2026, 8:06 PM UTC

ryandrake wrote: post #13

Tiberium wrote: post #3

It's kind of funny to be reading this: > I had Claude Code create mine: I told Claude, more or less: I want to archive, Developer ID-sign, notarize, staple, and install this app to /Applications without ever opening Xcode. Write me a script that does the whole chain and fails loudly if any step breaks. Even though the text we're reading is Claude talking to us as well :) Also it was weird to see the mention of "ask y…

Claude telling us to point Claude to a web site written by Claude so that we can use Claude to create a build environment...

Post by turtlebits » Mon, Jul 13, 2026, 8:20 PM UTC

pupppet wrote: post #29

Doesn't that mean you need to distribute the app (TestFlight) before you can preview your app? How do you test locally without the simulators?

Post by natpalmer1776 » Mon, Jul 13, 2026, 8:21 PM UTC

ericol wrote: post #35

ryandrake wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Claude telling us to point Claude to a web site written by Claude so that we can use Claude to create a build environment...

yo dawg