programing to iPhone with no Mac... possible?

[ampos]

its possible to let another one compile your app and create an ad hoc version, which you can simply drag & drop to your itunes and it will be installed after you put your device to sync.

Is that a question or an affirmation?

[trucidare]

an answer for the question if its possible to develope and test without mac.

[matchy]

Ad-Hoc provisions are for development testing, so if you can send and test on selected iPhones (via email). Deployment provisions are for the App store.

[trucidare]

thats i said

[matchy]

I'm starting to feel the initial provisioning and certificate process headache again.   

[Kitty Hello]

Yes. Ad-Hoc distribution is headache. For me anything with code sign is. 

[MrTAToad]

Had a questionnaire from Apple about the iPhone Developer Program - filled it in with a moan about the need  for all the code signing needed...

[shawnus]

So did I. My suggestion was for Apple to offer code signing etc as a managed service for a premium subscription (since they already have my details) - I'd happily pay for this (depending on the cost obviously) to let me concentrate on the essentials ie product development, marketing, etc.

'building for distribution' on a PC takes 30 seconds (just save as self contained exe) whereas with Apple its taken so far many, many hours!

Cheers, Shawn

[Kitty Hello]

@shawnus - exactly what I wrote them!!!

[trucidare]

Why the provisioning is a problem for all of you i have no problem with it.

[MrTAToad]

It takes ages - first you need to wait a day to get the initial certificate.  And if you want to do publishing of any sort, you've got another lot to deal with.

[matchy]

It's very easy to slip up the process during certificate and provisional file creation, especially the first time learning the system and with step instructions.

[shawnus]

I think there may be a gap in the market here for someone who can troubleshoot provisioning issues!

Before I finally knuckled down & got over my own I had previously tried to contact iphone developers here in N Yorkshire to assist- there were only 3 'viable' companies. After describing the problem 2 said they could not or did not have the expertise to help. The 3rd chap I got hold of was able to help (he teaches iphone development at Leeds Uni) but charges £1400 per day, broken down in hour blocks.

He was going to do it remotely using Skype + screen sharing - all free to set up he said. We did not get as far as a PO / specific quotes for time - he reckoned 2 hours, so I dont know how that would have been managed (I guess some downpayment followed by settlement of balance upon successful resolution).

Anyway, a quick trawl through iphone dev forums reveals many people in similar predicaments so those feeling entrepreunerial / altruistic...