What is the best way to test FireMonkey app on iOS device?

[brx 0]

Hello, I created an app for Android and now I need to make it available for iOS.

 

I don't have iOS device, so may I ask you if there is a solution (iOS simulator?) regarding that?

What worked best in practice so far?

 

I am following these instructions, but I am kinda new to iOS.
Is this a good starting point? Any article to recommend that might be useful?

https://www.embarcadero.com/starthere/xe5/mobdevsetup/ios/en/index.html

 

I am using Delphi 12 installed on Win10 x64.

 

Thanks

[Sherlock 683]

There is an iOS simulator via XCode available on the Mac you'll need to package and sign the app anyway. But if you don't want to buy a Mac (Minis are quite cheap though), you can rent a Mac online via services like MacInCloud, MacStadium or OakHost just to name a few.

[Fudley 4]

Sherlock thanks for the helpful links

[Rollo62 570]

5 hours ago, brx said:

... if there is a solution (iOS simulator?) regarding that?

What worked best in practice so far?

This depends a bit on what you really need to test in your app.

If you want to test all kinds of dynamic hardware stuff a phone can do, then I would always recommend a real device.

Only that can behave truly by accleration/motion/orientation sensors, touchscreen, phone calls, etc., the simulator can only roughly simulate that.

If your app is mainly a "form" app with controls, not using a lot of specific hardware of the phone, 

then the simulator could be good enough for you.

As far as I know, the debugging doesn't work under iOS simulator too, but still under Macos.

So it is always a good idea to test under Windows/Macos first, and only then check the "view impression" and handling by iOS simulator or device.

 

Edited 2 hours ago by Rollo62