Hello everyone, Earlier today a question came up about what language and tools are needed to write games and other apps for the Apple IPhone. Rather than reply to that lister off list or individually I thought I'd just respond to the list at large as I think some others might be interested in this information as well.
To begin with Apple's iOS is a stripped down version of Mac OS X for IPhones, IPads, Ipods, and other mobile devices. As a result to do any programming for any apple device you have to own or have access to an Apple computer running Mac OS X in order to use the tools/compilers required for iOS devices. As most Mac users know Mac OS 10.6 and 10.7 are quite accessible these days with VoiceOver and if you have the cash general accessibility here is good. Second, in order to rite and build apps for iOS devices you should have Apple's XCode IDE and compilers. Plus you will need the Mac OS and iOS software developer kits which I believe are included in the XCode application download if I'm not mistaken. The problem is I've heard that XCode itself isn't fully accessible which could present a problem for developing Mac OS and iOS applications. Perhaps one of our Mac users/developers could chime in here and give us an update to XCode accessibility. As far as programming languages goes most Mac OS X and iOS apps are written in a language called Objective-C. Its a superset of C--similar to C++--but with some Apple specific changes and differences that a C/C++ developer should be aware of. I'm no expert on Objective-C myself but I can say its similar enough to C and C++ that a person with a background in C/C++ can learn Objective-C and the Cocoa API fairly easily. However, the key here is having a background with C or C++ programming before delving into programming apps for the IPhone using Objective-C. HTH Cheers! --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
