Comment on Apple Terminated Epic’s Developer Account
SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 6 months agoDid this change? It was about a decade ago. I could develop and test on an emulated device, but testing on hardware was 100% locked behind a $100 paywall.
Comment on Apple Terminated Epic’s Developer Account
SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 6 months agoDid this change? It was about a decade ago. I could develop and test on an emulated device, but testing on hardware was 100% locked behind a $100 paywall.
reddig33@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I could be reading this wrong, but it looks like TestFlight allows you to distribute internally without going through the App Store.
…apple.com/…/distributing-your-app-for-beta-testi…
SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 6 months ago
It mentions the apple developer program which is what I assume the 100 dollar subscription is. I keep seeing people say dev accounts are free but any tools beyond the dev environment are paywalled.
I wasn’t even talking about app stores; I never published anything to Google play, just loaded through usb from android studio. The apple program didn’t allow even that.
reddig33@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Before TestFlight was a thing, you could self-sign your own apps (.ipa) and install them to local devices through iTunes over a USB cable connected to the device. The developer signing certificate for this was/is free, included when you sign up for the free version of Apple Developer account.
Nowadays it looks like you can still do this directly from Xcode. See section: “Connect real devices to your Mac”
…apple.com/…/running-your-app-in-simulator-or-on-…
*The mention of Apple Developer Program in the bullet points of this section is an “if” and is optional. It’s not required for testing apps on local devices.