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Publishing an iOS app made with Unity on a Mac

A topic by John Vella created Aug 11, 2018 Views: 1,720 Replies: 5
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Hi,

My Web search skills have deserted me. All I am after is a step by step guide on how to publish an app, made using Unity, on a Mac Mini, to itch.io

I did have an Apple Dev license, which cost almost $90 and I made nowhere near that much back, so renewing the license is not an option, 

I have uploaded some Windows and Android apps to itch.io and would like to make my Apple games available there as well.

Thanks in advance for any advice or suggections, or hopefully a link to a step by step guide...!

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Apple doesn't allow sideloading (installing apps outside of their app store) unless you're going through xcode as far as I know. I don't know of any developers offering ios builds on itch.io.

Going through XCode is fine. If it allows me to publish an iOS game, I'm a happy man. Only problem is I don't have an iPhone to test, hence my need for step by step instructions. I can borrow an iPad to test, if needs be

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I think you should probably try to borrow the device so you can confirm everything works. I don't really know much about the process though, so I can't help you more than that.

try https://cocoon.io/ it helps make ios apps (free version is limited file size), as far as testing i can't help you. Apple is very strict with apps running outside their products. If you wanted to test the app without apple's help (PC to iphone/ipad), you will need to jailbreak but that will break the warranty and if your phone/ipod breaks it will not be fix by apple.

you can download an app called “Unity Remote 5” it’s (on the App Store, the App itself is by Unity Technologies) and you can plug your iOS device (iPhone iPad into it) and... there are detailed forums on how to set it up but it’s super easy I do it all the time since I don’t have Apple dev, but basically you press play I the editor and the game starts playing on your iPhone/iPad. Not e you so have to have the build set to iOS, but that is easy.