iOS Developers Can Now Deploy, Run and Test Their Apps from Windows

In its continued efforts to close the loop for most developers and to reach its goal of positioning Windows 10 as the preferred operating system for cross-platform development, Microsoft is now allowing iOS developers to build and test their apps directly from Windows. According to TechCrunch, the new Xamarin Live Player lets developers deploy, run, test and debug iOS apps directly from a Windows PC that runs Visual Studio.

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Previously, Microsoft’s Xamarin allowed users to develop iOS applications in C# with the help of tools like Xamarin.iOS for Visual Studio. However, they still needed a Mac to build and test their apps. But now, the whole process can be completed from a Windows based computer. To enable this new functionality, developers have to install the Xamarin Live Player app on their iOS device and then pair it to their PC by scanning a QR code on their screen.

Because this is fully baked into Virtual Studio, you also get access to all of the usual functionality you would expect in your IDE. You can, for example, make live edits to your code while it is running and immediately see the result of a color change, for example, on your phone.

Microsoft tells us that it talked to Apple about this functionality and that it has its rival’s blessing and that the Live Player application complies with all of Apple’s usual rules.

To learn more about the new Xamarin Live Player, click here.

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