is there a possibility to test an iOS app (which is already installed from AppStore) from jenkins on the macOS machine without an apple developer account?
The answer is no. In order to test on a real phone using appium, you will need an Apple developer account.
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I have developed a cross platform app with xamarin forms , after I completed development i went on to testing . I successfully deployed to an andriod device and all is good on that platform, but im struggling to deploy the app to my physical iphone iv have searched EVERYWHERE and couldn’t find any help, this is my situation:
I have created free provisioning profiles and all the necessary certification according to the Microsoft guide on free provisioning
I successfully deployed a dummy app to my physical device throught xcode(so that means provisiong was successfull ????)
But my signing ID and provisioning profile is not listed in visual studio 2019
And yes
I did pair to my mac and connected my iphone to the mac AND targeted my iphone in the build scheme
Bundle ID’s also match and my iphone is visible in VS but i my profile is not listed so i cant deploy.
And yes my apple ID is also added under tools > xamarin > apple id
Ive also tried restarting the IDE and my machine Multiple times
PLEASE PLEAAASEE help me
Create new project with your XCode.
Make sure you set the correct Bundle ID.
Try to build your XCode project (for debug and release), if anything work re-start your VS and you will see your provisioning profile.
With Xamarin.Forms I'm developing a mobile app. In Android I get this succesfully running on a device. I succeeded to create an app package from the UWP project and install it on my own Windows 10 PC. This is also my developing machine, so it's in Developer Mode by default. So it runs here without any problems.
My purpose is to get it running on Windows 8.1 Pro (tablet size). It just needs to consume the app. When installing the app by using the script, it's throwing the error that no developers license is found. On this device I didn't found anything to put it in Developers Mode, but it seems me that this is not needed, because it only consuming the app and no developing will take place on it.
It's is an internal app, so no need to place it on the Windows Store.
So my exact question: how can I install this app on this device without setting everything up for a Developer?
The answer would be no. Windows 10 has more new API and concepts that are not available on Windows 8.1. UWP app will not backward compatible to Windows 8.1. But WRT app will be Upward compatible to windows 10. It means that the windows 8 store app could run in windows 10. for more please refer Move from Windows Runtime 8.x to UWP.
I created a vanilla PCL project in xamarin forms. I tried to run on Android and it works fine.
But when I change de target to IOS and select my real device (Ipad with IOS 11.4.1), Visual studio only allows me to build solution, I wanna to run application on it but I can't.
The target IOS is 8.0, and I already authenticated with my apple account and created a provisioning profile.
I already done this on another project before and works fine.
I really don't know why Visual Studio don't allow me to debug, when I open my oldest project with this device it allows me to debug.
What OS are you running Visual Studio on? IOS requires MAC, whereas Android is compatible with all OS. It's been a while, but I know there's an option to wirelessly connect to a MAC OS so that you can run your IOS Xamarin Forms application anywhere.
I found the solution.
I was trying to use "Debug", and it works fine on the emulator, but to real device I need to use "Debug | Iphone" or otherwise it only builds.
Even when I try to use "Release" it's the same trick.
I m using VS2017 for Xamarin forms app development. With VS2017,I can use Android simulator and I can deploy the simple xamarin forms hello app to my Physical Android phone(after doing some settings on the android phone).
My problem now is How do I deploy my same Xamarin Forms hello app in VS2017 in my Windows 10 PC to an iOS device? right now, I have a macBook Pro and iphone6. I try the mac agent but this only for iOS simulator.
Please help. any link or help is very much appreciated.
Update 1:
The confusing part is App ID. Say, I created an AppID in Apple Portal called MySwiftDemo and on mac i created a dummy app with Bundle Id : com.FunProject.MyFirstSwiftDemo which I used it in AppID required by the Apple Portal
and I created XF-app in VS call MyVSFirstApp and this is the actual app will be deployed to iOS-device.
1) The app name in Mac and VS are not the same. So the provisioning file is referring everything from mac, Is it ok without Xamarin app name?
2) If I have another Xamarin forms app call My2ndApp to deploy to iOS device, do I need to create another AppID on Apple Portal and Bundle ID on mac?
Thanks
Subscribe to Apple's Developer Program
Visit the Apple Developer Portal to register. Note that in order to register as an Apple developer, it is necessary to have an Apple ID and costs $100/year
Create an iOS Signing Certificate
Follow the steps linked here
Provision your iOS Project and your physical iOS device for Developer Mode
Connect your physical iOS device to the USB port on the Mac, then follow the steps linked here
Using XamarinLivePlayer we can test the app on Android and iOS
Which was introduced in Microsoft Build 2017 Event(https://build.microsoft.com/).
You can read more at https://www.xamarin.com/live
https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/mobile-center/
i want to start a project that consist in mobile apps. can i develope native apps with Xamarin.Forms to the three platforms with a pc (Sony Vaio) and visual studio.
You can develop for Windows (Phone, or better yet Universal Windows Platforms Apps) and Android. They just work with Visual Studio.
If you want to build an iOS app as well, you are going to need a Mac. Building for iOS cannot be done without a Mac. There are a few options:
Buy a Mac laptop with a Windows VM; this is an option you see for most developers, however it is an expensive one because you're going to want a good MacBook Pro with a 1TB disk.
Buy a (cheap-ish) Mac (Mini); Xamarin is built so that you can let a standalone Mac machine do all the iOS building. All you have to do is install it with XCode and Xamarin, connect it to your network and you are ready to go. With the new Xamarin iOS Simulator for Windows you don't have to look at your Mac ever again. Let's be clear: the Simulator for Windows isn't a Simulator which runs on Windows. It simply mirrors the Simulator from your Mac.
Rent a Mac in the cloud. There are solutions like macincloud.com which let you rent a Mac hosted by them. They have different plans depending on your needs. The concept stays the same; you connect to a Mac in 'your network' (which is now over the internet) to build your iOS app.
Whichever option you choose; you are going to have to spend some extra money on Apple hardware to get to develop your iOS app.