Testing on iPad?

[OldRod]

I have a 2D Unity game that I've been working on and I want to try it out on my iPad to see how it looks on a mobile.

Do I really have to pay $99 and register as an Apple iPad Developer to be able to do this? Or am I not seeing something right? I just want to be able to compile it from Unity and get it to my iPad somehow to test it.

[hallsofvallhalla]

Muahahahaha welcome to Steve Job's world of twisted ways.




https://www.testflightapp.com/

[Xaos]

Make sure you've got a mac. A newer one.

[OldRod]

Make sure you've got a mac. A newer one.

A pox on thee!!

Why would I want a Mac? :p

Thanks for the link, Halls, I'll check that out.

[Xaos]

Why would you want a Mac?
Because you want to dev for iOS.

[Jackolantern]

Yeah, there is not much of a way around that. iOS has a fairly sophisticated signing process where only a Mac can sign an iOS app for it to run. There is probably some stuff out there to get around this in the hacker community, but I would still be suspect.

[OldRod]

So even though Unity can build to iOS, I can't do it without a Mac?

[Jackolantern]

So even though Unity can build to iOS, I can't do it without a Mac?

I am not specifically familiar with Unity for iOS, but I know pretty much every other game engine still requires a Mac for the final app signing so it can be submitted.

[Xaos]

Yeah you need XCode signing to be able to do it. Sorry, man.

http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/unity- ... pc.133465/

[KyleMassacre]

I do believe you need OSX to test on some sort of Apple environment. Since I do own Apple computers I haven't really needed to look for an iOS emulator. If you have an intel based machine I don't think it would be an issue of dual booting OSX and downloading XCODE and importing your project.

As far as the $99 subscription fee, that is only to be able to submit your apps to the store for download. So maybe look for a Windows based emulator if you are running Windows or a *nix based one otherwise.