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What's new in Xcode 7

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Re: What's new in Xcode 7

#11

Post by sohailk »

vbezhenar wrote: post #8
glhaynes wrote: post #2

Unexpected: "Xcode 7 and Swift now make it easier for everyone to build apps and run them directly on their Apple devices. Simply sign in with your Apple ID, and turn your idea into an app that you can touch on your iPad, iPhone, or Apple Watch. Download Xcode 7 beta and try it yourself today. Program membership is not required."

What? It means that anyone can download XCode, any app from github and run it on their devices? That's very nice.

you could potentially bundle xcode + xctool + github into some sort of adhoc app store, no?

Re: What's new in Xcode 7

#12

Post by giarc »

glhaynes wrote: post #2

Unexpected: "Xcode 7 and Swift now make it easier for everyone to build apps and run them directly on their Apple devices. Simply sign in with your Apple ID, and turn your idea into an app that you can touch on your iPad, iPhone, or Apple Watch. Download Xcode 7 beta and try it yourself today. Program membership is not required."

I love this. I'm thrifty and haven't paid for a dev account but am deep into an app build. When I show clients, there's a bit of an awkward conversation when I explain that I have to show them on my macbook. If I could demo directly on my phone/tablet that would be amazing. Can't wait to use this feature!

Re: What's new in Xcode 7

#13

Post by TillE »

asendra wrote: post #3
glhaynes wrote: post #2

Unexpected: "Xcode 7 and Swift now make it easier for everyone to build apps and run them directly on their Apple devices. Simply sign in with your Apple ID, and turn your idea into an app that you can touch on your iPad, iPhone, or Apple Watch. Download Xcode 7 beta and try it yourself today. Program membership is not required."

They have also merged both iOS and OS X developer programs under the same roof. 99$/y gives you access to both now.

Oh, that's excellent. I was just contemplating whether I really want to pay $99/year just to be able to sign a little Mac app, but if I can get all the iOS stuff too, I'll probably do it.

Re: What's new in Xcode 7

#14

Post by 0x0 »

sohailk wrote: post #11
vbezhenar wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What? It means that anyone can download XCode, any app from github and run it on their devices? That's very nice.

you could potentially bundle xcode + xctool + github into some sort of adhoc app store, no?

It will probably have a really short code signing certificate expiration date, so you'll have to rebuild and reinstall all the time. They'll probably notice when 100000 users debug-sign the same app ID too...

Re: What's new in Xcode 7

#16

Post by ascagnel_ »

vvanders wrote: post #4
asendra wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They have also merged both iOS and OS X developer programs under the same roof. 99$/y gives you access to both now.

Does this mean you now need to pay $99/y to develop OSX apps?

Only if you want to publish in the Mac App Store or use any MAS-specific features (eg iCloud sync).

Re: What's new in Xcode 7

#17

Post by lultimouomo »

donarb wrote: post #7
vvanders wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does this mean you now need to pay $99/y to develop OSX apps?

No, you only need to pay if you want to distribute apps through the App Store.

Is that right?

As of Mavericks, OS X by default refuses to run applications that are not signed with a 99$/year Apple certificate.

Re: What's new in Xcode 7

#18

Post by smackfu »

gress wrote: post #6
vvanders wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does this mean you now need to pay $99/y to develop OSX apps?

No. Just for access to the Mac App Store, and pre-release tools and OS versions.

Although the second part of that is pretty important if you are a real software developer, even if you sell outside the app store.

Re: What's new in Xcode 7

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Post by Jtsummers »

lultimouomo wrote: post #17
donarb wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, you only need to pay if you want to distribute apps through the App Store.

Is that right? As of Mavericks, OS X by default refuses to run applications that are not signed with a 99$/year Apple certificate.

You can still run them you just have to go through system preferences to enable them.

Re: What's new in Xcode 7

#20

Post by serve_yay »

glhaynes wrote: post #2

Unexpected: "Xcode 7 and Swift now make it easier for everyone to build apps and run them directly on their Apple devices. Simply sign in with your Apple ID, and turn your idea into an app that you can touch on your iPad, iPhone, or Apple Watch. Download Xcode 7 beta and try it yourself today. Program membership is not required."

I'm sure HN will find a talking point to replace that one :)
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