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I am interested in developing for Xamarin, but I only have a W10 laptop and no MAC. I have seen different answers to questions very similar to this one like these: How to develop iOS app using Xamarin Studio on Windows?, Xamarin Visual Studio IOS Development Without a Mac?. Even though the accepted responses say it can't be done there are some others good answers that say it can be done. So my question is:
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How can I develop iOS apps in Xamarin for Visual Studio 2015 without a MAC available, using some virtualization technology (thinking VMWare/VirtualBox since I don't have any experience in Hyper-V)?
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Installing a Mac VM is not trivial, and not acceptable by the terms of the EULA from Apple. If you can swing it at all, I'd recommend picking up a Mac Mini ($500 ish). This will make you legit, and you can just hook it up in a corner - or like me use it as a media center and Steam streamer on my TV.
However, I once did experiment with the VM notion and it is possible, but I don't know what kind of trouble you may run into when trying to publish apps to the app store.
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If you don't have a mac and you don't plan on purchasing one, I would suggest you take a look at Mac In the Cloud. I know some fellow developers who use that for Xamarin development.
No, the virtual hadrware and drivers in hyper-v are generics... MacOs X is for hardware select from Apple.
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The following step by step guide will help you in installing Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard as a guest virtual machine in Windows 7. You’ll need to have a system with an Intel processor which supports hardware virtualization, original OS X Snow Leopard retail disk, VMware Workstation 7 and Windows 7, Vista or XP installed as host operating system. If you meet all these requirements, you can then install OS X Snow Leopard in VMware under Windows and can enjoy the best of both worlds.
Note: We don’t in anyway encourage downloading Apple software via file-sharing / torrent sites and run it in an virtualized environment under Windows. This guide is for informational purposes only. If you like OS X Snow Leopard, Get a Mac.
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Step 1: Download and install VMware Workstation 7.
Step 2:Click here to download pre-made modified version of Snow Leopard.vmdk and darwin_snow.iso files required to get this thing to work.
Step 3: Start VMware Workstation and open up “Mac OS X Server 10.6 (experimental).vmx” file which you downloaded in Step 2.
Step 4: Click on “Edit virtual machine settings”, select CD/DVD (IDE) option from left hand side and then and select “Use ISO image file” option. Point it to “darwin_snow.iso” which you downloaded in Step 2.
Step 5: Now power on the virtual machine and hit “F8” key. You should now have a screen similar to the one shown below.
Step 6: Now you’ll have to point your virtual machine to OS X Snow Leopard retail DVD instead of “darwin_snow.iso”. To do this, right click on CD/DVD option found in lower right most corner of your VMware window and select settings.
Insert OS X Snow Leopard retail DVD in your DVD drive and select the “Use physical drive” option.
Step 7: Now go back and select “c” option (Boot DVD) from the prompt which you got in Step 5 to boot from the OS X retail DVD. OS X boot screen with Apple logo should now appear. If the boot screen doesn’t appear for you, try booting it in verbose mode by pressing “F8” key after selecting “c” option, and then enter “-v” (without quotes). This will enable the system to boot OS X DVD using verbose mode.
Step 8: Wait for a couple of minutes for the Installation Setup screen to show up. From here on, simply follow the onscreen setup instructions to install OS X Snow Leopard. Make sure you format your virtual hard drive in “Mac OS Extended (Journaled)” format using Disk Utility. Customize your installation with minimum set of printer drivers and language options for a lightweight trouble free installation experience.
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Step 9: Once the installation is completed. System will automatically reboot. At this point, close your guest virtual machine and change your CD/DVD option again like you did in Step 2 to point it to “darwin_snow.iso”.
Step 10: Start the virtual machine again. Press “F8” key and select “h” option to “Boot first hard disk”. Voila! Snow Leopard should now be running live under Windows 7!
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