[DUG] iPad App development

[Sean Cross]

1	You can dual boot a PC into OSX (google Hackintosh).  It is also possible to run OSX in a VM.  Both of these are against Apple's license agreement but you can by a copy of OSX so you are morally covered if not legally.

Sean 

-----Original Message-----
From: delphi-bounces at listserver.123.net.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at listserver.123.net.nz] On Behalf Of Robert Martin
Sent: Thursday, 8 March 2012 3:48 p.m.
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
Subject: [DUG] iPad App development

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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