I am a Flutter developer but I don't have a MacBook.
My idea is run in VirtualBox the macOS and run iOS emulator inside him.
How much memory ram is recommended to this virtual machine?
What is the minimum recommended processor to run this?
What you are asking to do is forbidden by Apple's license. You must have Apple hardware to run macos (even virtually).
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I'm trying to set up an android emulator on a brand new MacBook Pro (2019 late i7 6-core (Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9750H CPU # 2.60GHz), Radeon 555x).
When I set up an emulator always happens the same: Emulator starts to boot and mac become unresponsive (trackpad becomes a brick. Then the Mac system restarts with no error report just with "BAD MAGIC! (flag set in iBoot panic header), no macOS panic log available" message.
What I tried: Reinstall HAXM, different versions of HAXM, different versions of the android studio (inc. 4.0.1 canary), different versions of AVD, all above using homebrew, using software graphic, more RAM, and clean iOS reinstall too (with full clear). Genymotion also failed.
On Windows, after a clean install (boot camp) the same happens. ARM-based emulators can start, but they are extremely slow.
I've reset SMC, NVRAM and diagnostics say everything is fine...
All suggestion is appreciated.
Updates:
Current MacOS version: 10.15.3 (19D76)
I also tried backing up the wrong mac and restore on another MBP, in this case, it worked on the other MBP.
I tried to remove these folders one by one:
• ~/Library/InputMethods
• ~/Library/InputManagers
• ~/Library/Caches
• ~/Library/Containers
• ~/Library/Application Support
• ~/Library/Preferences
• /Library/LaunchAgents
• /Library/LaunchDaemons
• /Library/StartupItems
• /Library/InputMethods
• /Library/InputManagers
Tried in safe mode,
with other emulators (genymotion, bluestacks),
under a virtual machine (VMware and VirtualBox with ubuntu) when
the emulator starts the same happens.
tired under Catalina
Contacted intel, they said: "Apple has explicitly requested all support inquiries or issues to be addressed directly to them"
Contacted Apple (million times... for 6 months) they said: "Since the problem is caused by a third party application, there is limited protection or support to provide." After using capture data, their engineers have found out that the issue may be caused by "com.intel.haxm" (like I said, surprise!)
Have you checked the crash logs (/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/*.panic)? If the problem is due to the graphics driver, try using a utility to force your Macbook to use low-powered graphics instead of the AMD card. I personally use gSwitch.
The issue was clearly CPU related. We've found some similar cases with the same CPU, so the resolution was replacing my MBP.
check your source code, it might be some background processing and/or infinite loops.
Although I know that this Xcode version is quite old, my company's project still needs to use it and I didn't manage to make it ran properly on my company's mac.
Does anyone have faced this issue as well? Any idea would be very helpful!
ps. On my personal mac, with macOS High Sierra 10.13.1 Beta (17B25c), every time that I try to open Xcode 7.3.1, it crashes and doesn't even inform the reason.
It works on my machine... I know that doesn't help you but I just installed it and it opens ok. Maybe upgrade to full version?
After running Xcode 7.3.1 on MacOS High Sierra 10.13 VM, I can confirm that I can compile and run build on Simulator and devices with iOS6 & iOS7.
Unfortunately, there is no Cross-Compability-Guide to downgrade to older Development Environment or generell Software on newer Mac, because only minimum Requirements are listed in wikis like this:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xcode
So, my tip on this topic is really to use older Hardware to test on matching Environments or try Virtualisation such as Parallels, Fusion or Virtualbox.There are differents in Virtualisation too. If some Virtualisation fails e.g. Virtualbox, maybe another Program (e.v. Parallels) does the job well.
I really use older Mac Hardware for testing older Software-Versions and that is the best tip I can give you on this topic. So its a good idea to have an older Hardware Repository to do this jobs, on which virtualization fails.
I know some Apple Developer which use some older Mac minis in their basement - remote connected - to solve problems like this.
I'm currious to know how e.g. Telerik Icenium / Phonegap Build creates IOS ipa files?
Do they use physical mac's for this task or how do they come about this?
Or rephrased: Can I in any way create Cordova ipa files on Windows?
You don't need an actual Mac, just Mac OSX. If you don't feel like buying a mac than you can get a hold of the image of Mac OSX and install it onto your PC using Virtual Machine software. I use VMWare to run MacOSX from my Windows 7 x64 machine.
VM's are a great way to go, the driers can take a bit to setup, but once everything is working it's perfect.
VM's even support ethernet so from within the VM you can browse the web, download mac apps.
Install things like XCode or GameSalad. I suggest researching how to use Virtual Machines.
(I'm part of Icenium team). Yes, we're using physical Mac machine to build your app for iOS.
I would like to know if I can install Xcode with Windows XP.If possible please provide the document link also.Thank you very much for any help in advance...
It's certainly possible.
There are two routes;
Install OSx86 (aka iATKOS / Kalyway) on a second partition/disk and dual boot.
Run Mac OS X Server under VMWare.
The first route requires modifying (or using a pre-modified) image of Leopard that can be installed on a regular PC. This is not as hard as you would think, although your success/effort ratio will depend upon how closely the hardware in your PC matches that in Mac hardware - e.g. if you're running a Core 2 Duo on an Intel Motherboard, with a NVidia graphics card you are laughing. If you're running an AMD machine or something without SSE3 it gets a little more involved.
If you purchase (or already own) a version of Leopard then this is a gray area since the Leopard EULA states you may only run it on an "Apple Labeled" machine. As many point out if you stick an Apple sticker on your PC you're probably covered.
The second option is the more costly. The EULA for the workstation version of Leopard prevents it from being run under emulation and as a result there's no support in VMWare for this. Leopard server however CAN be run under emulation and can be used for desktop purposes. Leopard server and VMWare are expensive however.
If you're interested in option 1) I would suggest starting at Insanelymac and reading the OSx86 sections.
I do think you should consider whether the time you will invest is going to be worth the money you will save though. It was for me because I enjoy tinkering with this type of stuff and I started during the early iPhone betas, months before their App Store became available.
Alternatively you could pickup a low-spec Mac Mini from eBay. You don't need much horse power to run the SDK and you can always sell it on later if you decide to stop development or buy a better Mac.
No. You can not install XCode on a Windows machine. You need MacOS to run XCode.
Although you can install VMWare Server on your windows machine and then install MacOS on that virtual server and can install the XCode on that MacOS server.
But to install MacOS(VMWare server) and start working on it. your hardware must support virtualization.
To install VMWare following links might be useful.
http://www.petri.co.il/virtual_install_vmware_server.htm
http://www.virtuatopia.com/index.php/Installing_VMware_Server_2.0_on_Windows_Systems
Or there is always Google.
YOu can check if your CPU supports virtualization here.
Since Xcode is an software of Mac OS so its not possible to run Xcode without Mac OS. And for Mac OS you can dual boot your computer with a Mac OS or simply you can just use VMWare to install Mac OS in your laptop or PC. Just the necessary requirement for installing Mac OS through Dual boot or through VMWare is that you need really high configuration in your laptop or PC, Like atleast you require 5th Generation core processor with atleast 4 cores also you require more than 4GB RAM for better functioning of Mac OS. Mac OS can be installed with 2nd generation processors, Dual core, and 2 GB RAM but it will take too much time. Which is not worth installing Mac OS in your laptop or PC. And even after installing you won't be able to use Xcode efficiently with such a low configuration. So it is recommended to have 5th Generation processor with 4 core and atleast 4GB RAM.
If you have this configuration than you need some files and software to install Mac OS in your Laptop.
For installation through VMWare you can prefer to this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wodqGvug6e0
And I have the required file for the same as in video but not uploaded to the internet.
We're getting into iOS development with MonoTouch. All of our machines are Mac Pros with Windows 7 installed via BootCamp. I'm not crazy about rebooting into OS X just to access the MonoTouch IDE. I'm wondering if it's legal and possible to install OS X on a VM within Windows (if I'm already on Apple hardware, it should be ok, right?). Any other issues with Apple's SDK in a VM (I heard they do some hardware checking of some sort). Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
You can't really run OSX on a VM under windows without going the hacking route. The only way to properly virtualize OSX is to run OSX Server under OSX itself, which is not what you want.
The best option for you is to do what I do: run OSX on your Mac, then use something like VMWare or Parallels to run the Windows you have on your BootCamp as a VM. Works beautifully.
Yup, Eduardo is right, running OSX under non-apple hardware is considered illegal according to apple's license. Moreover, you may run into some issues when creating your developer's account or sumbitting apps.
However, if you still want go the hack way, you can refer to osx86project or just search google for "how to create a hackintosh".