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How to get started with iPhone Application Development

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Requirements to get started with iPhone Application Development

In order to get started with iPhone Application Development, you need:

  • an Intel Based Macintosh
  • a certificate (you can purchase that for $99 at http://developer.apple.com/iphone)
  • an iPhone device (although you can use a simulator)
  • some good how tos, tutorials and
  • a lot of patience

Once you're ready to get started, you have to install the iPhone SDK which can be downloaded for free from http://developer.apple.com/iphone/.

The following links are useful to get started:

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Testing your app on a real iPhone

In order to get your app on a real iPhone, you have to follow the steps below:

  • buy a certificate from the developers site for $99 (or $299 if you're a business applying to the terms)
  • you will get a activation code, enter it in the site
  • with the activation code, you can access the program portal (http://developer.apple.com/iphone/manage/overview/index.action), where you can find a step by step instruction on how to set up a
    • Certificate
    • Application ID
    • Device
    • Provisioning ID
  • make sure you edit your plist accordingly, particularly the bundle identifier is important (com.yourcompany.${PRODUCT_NAME:identifier} if you set up the same in the Provisioning Pane ('com.yourcompany.${PRODUCT_NAME:identifier}.*)
  • download the provisioning file and load it into the XCode organizer. Add it to your device.
  • make sure you've edited the bundle info of your project accordingly
  • build to your device. It should work now!


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Setting up SVN

Make sure you do not commit the 

username.pxbuser
build

file/folder. You can change that in the ~/.subversion/config file under the configuration 

global-ignores

Step 1. Open the subversion configuration file 

~/.subversion/config

NOTE: If the “.subversion” directory doesn’t exist yet then run this command which fails but will create the necessary files to get you started: svn status

Step 2. Enable “global-ignores” and add new things to ignore Find the line that contains the text “global-ignores” and append the following text: 

build *~.nib *.so *.pbxuser *.mode* *.perspective*

Step 3. Enable “auto-properties” Located and uncomment (e.g. remove the leading “#” character) the line that looks like this: 

# enable-auto-props = yes

Step 4. Add additional properties Then go to the end of the file, in the [auto-props] section, and append these lines: 

*.mode* = svn:mime-type=text/X-xcode
*.pbxuser = svn:mime-type=text/X-xcode
*.perspective* = svn:mime-type=text/X-xcode
*.pbxproj = svn:mime-type=text/X-xcode
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