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Andrew Williams graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 2003 with a bachelor's degree, with honors, in computer science. After university, he went to work as a software engineer and has gained over 15 years of commercial software development experience across a variety of programming languages, including Java, C, Objective-C, and Go. Andrew has spent many years working as a CTO with many early-stage and growing software start-ups. He has been a core developer in large open source projects, including Enlightenment, EFL, and Maven, as well as involved in maintaining various community websites and tutorials. Andrew's passion for building tools and services that make software development simpler led him to start authoring books on the subject.
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Preparing for iOS and iPadOS

Building apps for Apple mobile devices is a little different from compiling your applications for macOS (desktop computers). Firstly, this must be done on an Apple Macintosh computer (iMac, MacBook Pro, and more) due to licensing restrictions.

Secondly, you must have Xcode tools installed (this is somewhat optional for desktop app creation). Lastly, if you want to test on physical devices or distribute to the store, you will need to be signed up to the Apple developer program, which carries an annual cost.

The Xcode installation is described in the Apple macOS section of Appendix A: Developer Tool Installation. If you have previously done iOS development, this will already be set up.

Next, you will need to have an Apple developer account. If you have not done so already, you can sign up at developer.apple.com/programs/enroll/. There is an annual fee, and if you publish apps but fail to renew your membership, they will be removed from the store...

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Andrew Williams graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 2003 with a bachelor's degree, with honors, in computer science. After university, he went to work as a software engineer and has gained over 15 years of commercial software development experience across a variety of programming languages, including Java, C, Objective-C, and Go. Andrew has spent many years working as a CTO with many early-stage and growing software start-ups. He has been a core developer in large open source projects, including Enlightenment, EFL, and Maven, as well as involved in maintaining various community websites and tutorials. Andrew's passion for building tools and services that make software development simpler led him to start authoring books on the subject.
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