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====== Start iOS Dev ======

**Start Cheap**
  * get Mac OS X virtual machine running on pc, install Xcode, develop and run emulator
  * use other tool to push no certificate ipa to a iOS device temporarily

**No Way to Get Around It**
  * soon or later, you still need to get a real mac, a iOS device, and yearly paid developer account certificate

**All about that yearly paid developer account certificate**
  * the only way you can easily push your app to more iOS devices without pain.

====== Apple Developer Program ======

**Outsider**
  * free
  * only work on device with same Apple ID signed

**Normal Level**
  * 99 USD per year (free for non-profit, government)
  * can be set on Individual (your name) or Organization (Company name)

**Apple Developer Enterprise Program**
  * 299 USD per year
  * closed environment developers, for non-distribution app development

**iOS Developer University Program**
  * free
  * for school teaching iOS programming

ref: https://developer.apple.com/support/compare-memberships/  

====== Other than Code ======

  * you need to worry more than just what you programming, that is code signing, app verification for distribution, the process that apply to both android and ios for device security
  * mobile device are more sensitive to security than PC, which anyone can write anything to run anywhere, since PC hardware are out of controls from single company, while mobile device are all-in-one device and can be secured or limited by a single company, both software and hardware level.

  * to read
    * https://medium.com/ios-os-x-development/ios-code-signing-provisioning-in-a-nutshell-d5b247760bef
    * https://engineering.nodesagency.com/articles/iOS/Understanding-code-signing-for-iOS-apps/
    * https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/essential-ios-build/9781449314781/ch01.html

====== Useful Tool ======

  * iFunBox: a free win/mac tool to push and manage ipa from computer to iOS device
    * http://www.i-funbox.com
  * handshaer: a free win/mac tool to manage apk from computer to android device
    * https://www.smartisan.com/apps/#/handshaker