Compiler for WP7 & iPhone/iPad

[phillip...@hotmail.com]

Hi,

 

I am in the throws of finishing my first PhoneGap phone app.

 

I have written it using Visual Studio 2010 interface/environment.  I can of course compile the code for WP7 and publish to Microsoft Marketplace. 

 

My question is... Can I compile for iPhone/iPad in VS2010? 

 

I have rewritten all the code into HTML5 & JavaScript.  What do I do to get the code ready for the Apple AppStore publishing?

 

Thanks
Phill

[jcesarmobile]

For ios you need a mac with xcode

[phillip...@hotmail.com]

Hi,

 

I thought that developing within the PhoneGap framework allowed for a single code base that is compilable into any of the primary environments?

Thanks

[Kerri Shotts]

You can create a (nearly) compatible www folder, but the projects are specific to each IDE. Therefore, for Android, you need Eclipse, and for ios's, you need a Mac and Xcode.

[WebSteve]

You might want to read this article:
http://iphonedevlog.wordpress.com/explanation-of-phonegapcordova-for-the-layman/

Regards,
Steve

[phillip...@hotmail.com]

Hi Steve,

 

Thanks for the link to the articel.  I resolves teh question I have had since I started with PhoneGap... it doesn't work!  You still need a Mac to build iPhone apps.  All my hard work just went down the toilet.

 

Thanks
Phill

[jcesarmobile]

Not to build, just to compile and send it to the iOS store.

But you can rent a mac for a day or pay services that compile and send it to the app store.

[Tim Thorburn]

Well, yes and no.  You can still re-use your html/js/css you made within PhoneGap, mostly - but you'll have to use each vendors wrapper to make the final install file.  For Windows Phone that means using Visual Studio, Android will need to use some form of Android SDK and Eclipse, iOS will require Xcode to make the wrapper and a Mac to upload the ipa.

You can use something like PhoneGap Build (build.phonegap.com) to handle some of that for you.  Sometimes it works nicely, sometimes not as nicely.  Still the proverbial "write once deploy everywhere" doesn't really work just yet.  The closest I've seen for using a primary code base for multiple platforms has been with Flash Builder, but I'm not here to start a holy war; and of course that does nothing for Windows Phone atm.

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