[DUG] iPad App development

[Xander van der Merwe]

Just a thought, but do you need a native iPad app or can you get away with
an iPad friendly web app? 

Frameworks like "Sencha Touch" and "jQuery Touch" allow you to create web
applications that virtually behave like native apps and you would not need
to have any apple machines apart from maybe an iPad to actually test it.

Cheers

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[mailto:delphi-bounces at listserver.123.net.nz] On Behalf Of Robert Martin
Sent: Thursday, 8 March 2012 4:10 p.m.
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Subject: Re: [DUG] iPad App development

Ok, so I immediately found this which answers some of my questions

http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/en/FireMonkey_Platform_Prerequisite
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I see that there are all sorts of hacks to get Mac OS to run in a virtual
but Im not sure I want to go down this route.  Especially as we are going to
have to apply for dev licenses etc from Apple.  So now I guess I have to
factor in $1000 for a cheap (new) Mac and $99 for a dev license, before I
can even start!

Cheers
Rob






On 8/03/2012 3:48 p.m., Robert Martin wrote:
> Hi
>
> We have a request for an iPad app (our first).  As an owner of XE2 I 
> believe we have the tools for this.  However I do have some question...
>
> 1) Is Mac OS required.   I understand there is an emulator to test apps
> but do we actually need to buy a Mac to do this work? (would add a 
> significant cost to the project).
>
> 2) What database would we use, our data is in Firebird but I believe 
> their is no embedded FB for IOS.  Is there a standard / built in DB 
> that we would use and populate data from say XML recieved via Http?
>
> 3)  I assume I can use http(s) for communication, can I also use FTP?
> What components would I use (Indy ?)
>
> 4) what about deployment?  I have used App store but how do we ship 
> out our app, we wouldn't really want to put it out on app store.
>
> 5) what about updates ?
>
> Does anybody have any recommended sites?
>
> Thanks
> Rob
>
>
> p.s. yes I have only just started looking into this !
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