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		ChrisMarshallNY on June 20, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mac OS X Leopard and Xcode on iPad Pro I do native Apple development. Xcode is required. Other tools (like AppCode) require Xcode tools, “under the hood.”

aj3 on June 20, 2020 [–]

You’re right, but we’re talking about hacks here, right?

Technically you can compile iOS stuff on Linux or jailbreaked iOS, all you need is clang and apple toolchain. Examples: https://github.com/theos/theos/wiki or https://github.com/tpoechtrager/cctools-port/

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