IOS: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 17:35, 11 December 2022

Language and OS

Modern iOS mobile app development in mid-2022 is done in Swift 5.0 and macOS 15.

Tools

Manage certificates etc from this specific developer account link

Installation

macOS Environment

An actual macOS development environment is required to build, test and publish an iPhone app. I set one up on the Matcha melange VM.

Development Environment

Primarily use XCode to do pretty much everything.

I created my app using Apple's sample app, which mocks up a simple UI.
I'm following a simple example to load JSON data from API.

Testing

Testing is done by pushing the app through App Store Connect to TestFlight users.

My testers:

My iphone 12 mini
Regina's big iphone
(Erik won't update his iOS)

Adding testers

It was fairly easy to add a user via my TestPlan UI on apple's website. I added Regina's email, and sent her an invite. From there, she got a code and could install TestPlan with the code to get A better Trader installed. Yay!
First time, I went through this awful process to get the phone UDID. I had to use a hacked up app on my iPhone. Erik got his number by plugging his phone into his macbook.

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-== iOS mobile app development in mid-2022 ==
+== Language and OS ==
+Modern iOS mobile app development in mid-2022 is done in [[Swift]] 5.0 and macOS 15.
-=== Set up a virtual macOS development environment ===
+== Tools ==
-I set this up on the [[Matcha]] melange VM.
+* Manage certificates etc from this specific [https://developer.apple.com/account/ developer account link]
-You can follow thenickdude's awesome [https://www.nicksherlock.com/2020/06/installing-macos-big-sur-on-proxmox/ guide] with these secret sauce [https://youtu.be/JtYAAjgniIc bits] to get going.  I'll add some notes since those might disappear...
+== Installation ==
-* Note that thenickdude's [https://www.nicksherlock.com/2021/10/installing-macos-12-monterey-on-proxmox-7/ Monterey install] wasn't working on July 3 2022, as it was pulling the wrong image from Apple.  I used Big Sur and once running, immediately upgraded it to Monterey, which went flawlessly.
+=== macOS Environment  ===
-* Set up a [https://github.com/thenickdude/KVM-Opencore OpenCore] VM with an [https://checkcoverage.apple.com/ unclaimed] [https://github.com/corpnewt/GenSMBIOS serial] using SMBIOS iMacPro1,1 to match up well enough with my AMD Ryzen 9 3900X.
+An actual macOS development environment is required to build, test and publish an iPhone app.  I set one up on the [[Matcha]] melange VM.
-* [https://github.com/headkaze/EFI-Agent This] helped to mount and access the EFI boot drive.
-* I used a [https://github.com/yousseb/meld/releases/ macOS release] of my old fave Meld
-=== Expand macOS VM drive ===
+=== Development Environment ===
-In case needed in the future, thenickdude has [https://www.nicksherlock.com/2021/12/expanding-the-disk-of-your-proxmox-macos-vm/ notes].
+Primarily use XCode to do pretty much everything.
+* I created my app using Apple's [https://developer.apple.com/tutorials/app-dev-training sample app], which mocks up a simple UI.
+* I'm following a simple [https://www.ralfebert.com/ios-app-development/swiftui-async-await-tutorial/ example] to load JSON data from API.
+==== Testing ====
+Testing is done by pushing the app through App Store Connect to TestFlight users.
+My testers:
+* My iphone 12 mini
+* Regina's big iphone
+* (Erik won't update his iOS)
+==== Adding testers ====
+* It was fairly easy to add a user via my TestPlan UI on apple's website.  I added Regina's email, and sent her an invite.  From there, she got a code and could install TestPlan with the code to get A better Trader installed.  Yay!
+* First time, I went through this awful process to get the phone UDID.  I had to use a hacked up app on my iPhone.  Erik got his number by plugging his phone into his macbook.