DragonFireSDK?

[Dizturbing Appz]

Hey guys! Sorry i haven't been on the forum for some time!

But anyway.........

DragonFireSDK is a SDK for the iPhone but for Windows.

Since, Mac's aren't a option for me anymore, I gotta find a way to develop on Windows!

Now my Question!: "Has anyone here used DragonFiresdk?", "Do you recommend it?" and "Is there anything better than DragonFireSDK?"

Thanks for anybody that answers!

[zoo]

Coincidentally I was just reading up on SDKs for Windows to see if I could find a decent one. So far, no luck.

What put me off DragonfireSDK is the fact that to actually get an app into the App Store, you send it to Zimusoft who submit it via their own developer account - meaning you don't get full control over it, they're listed as the company and seller, and they take an unspecified amount of any money you earn from the app.

The alternative appears to be paying them $49.95 to submit your app, but I don't know how that'd work if the app was rejected, etc. Overall the whole thing seems less than perfect.

If anyone knows more, or knows of a better SDK for us Windows users, please post.

[mobile1up]

Originally Posted by zoo

If anyone knows more, or knows of a better SDK for us Windows users, please post.

just get a mac? seriously.

if you are going to spend the $99 a year anyhow - what big deal is it to add another $500 to your budget. the platform isn't about writing an app for cheap and complaining that you don't have an SDK for windows. get over it.

[zoo]

Originally Posted by mobile1up

just get a mac? seriously.

if you are going to spend the $99 a year anyhow - what big deal is it to add another $500 to your budget. the platform isn't about writing an app for cheap and complaining that you don't have an SDK for windows. get over it.

Wow, you must be a bigshot if adding $500 to your original $99 budget isn't a big deal for you. I don't know why I'm dignifying your pointless response with this reply; if anyone would like to make a useful contribution, it'd be appreciated.

[mobile1up]

Originally Posted by zoo

Wow, you must be a bigshot if adding $500 to your original $99 budget isn't a big deal for you. I don't know why I'm dignifying your pointless response with this reply; if anyone would like to make a useful contribution, it'd be appreciated.

next thing you'll ask for is a developer to help you and you'll have a $100 budget.

$500 is not a lot of money. when i am a consultant; i earn that in half a day. if you are a student; then sure - it is a tight budget. i am thankful i already decided to own a mac before the iphone SDK came around - so, it wasn't much of a problem for me.

i am no bigshot; but this forum is full of younger people trying to make a few quick dollars without investing any money in the first place. the #1 rule i learnt when growing up is that you have to spend money in order to make money. if it is spent on education, equipment, advertising - you MUST be prepared to outlay something.. nothing comes for free in this world.

[Kamazar]

The iPhone SDK was designed specifically to be used on a Mac, and Apple will make sure to keep it that way. Any attempt at developing on a PC will be cumbersome, and always require a third party. You're best bet is to get a Mac, or at least temporary access to one if you can manage to write it on a PC is somehow compile on the other platform, which is not a fun route.

[Kyle Poole]

Look into running OSX on your PC hardware. I custom built a PC using components that were listed as compatible with OSX, so now I have a "Hackintosh" that can dual boot into Windows XP or OSX. (although I have since fallen in love with OSX and hate having to boot up XP)

Maybe, technically, the legality of it is questionable, but I don't see anything wrong if you purchase a legit copy of OSX to run on your PC hardware...

[mobile1up]

Originally Posted by Kyle Poole

Look into running OSX on your PC hardware. I custom built a PC using components that were listed as compatible with OSX, so now I have a "Hackintosh" that can dual boot into Windows XP or OSX. (although I have since fallen in love with OSX and hate having to boot up XP)

Maybe, technically, the legality of it is questionable, but I don't see anything wrong if you purchase a legit copy of OSX to run on your PC hardware...

just be sure to have 10.5.5 or later

you'll need to have 10.6.2 i think for the ipad SDK - which may not be so easy to find with the "hackintosh" variants that are out there. one problem of hackintosh machines is that they do not typically have clean auto-updating functionality. before i got a mac, i explored the hackintosh route (also, before developing on iphone)

[Dizturbing Appz]

Originally Posted by mobile1up

next thing you'll ask for is a developer to help you and you'll have a $100 budget.

$500 is not a lot of money. when i am a consultant; i earn that in half a day. if you are a student; then sure - it is a tight budget. i am thankful i already decided to own a mac before the iphone SDK came around - so, it wasn't much of a problem for me.

i am no bigshot; but this forum is full of younger people trying to make a few quick dollars without investing any money in the first place. the #1 rule i learnt when growing up is that you have to spend money in order to make money. if it is spent on education, equipment, advertising - you MUST be prepared to outlay something.. nothing comes for free in this world.

True, True.

But anyway guys don't get into an argument about it I was just asking.

[xother]

Originally Posted by zoo

If anyone knows more, or knows of a better SDK for us Windows users, please post.

Did you look into airplay? It looks way more professional than dragonfiresdk. Also this topic has been discussed here before (link).