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Testing out the Emulator by evernon

So, with the developers license still up in the air, we decided to take a look at what we can do with the Apple ID.

Just so everyone is clear:

Apple ID
- free
- e-mail verification
- Allows you access to the emulator and xCode. You can make applications and test them, but only on the computer.

Developers License
- costs money
- long application process
- allows you to test your app on your iPhone, apply to sell it in the store.

I’ve been having Abbot and Costello conversations with people about those two things and it’s giving me a headache.

To download the emulator, sign up for your Apple ID and then download it, it’s on the main page after signing in. iPhone SDK 3.1.2, for Leopard or Snow Leopard. You’ll need to be running the most recent Mac OS to use these. You were aware you can only do this on a Mac right? This is Apple we’re talking about.

Here’s a breakdown of how long this took me, just so you don’t think you can sign up and get your app running the night before it’s due:

Get an Apple ID – 5 or 10 minutes, this is fairly easy.
Download the iPhone SDK 3.1.2 – Two hours. It’s a large file.
Updating my Mac OS – Oh, right, has to be the most recent. This took another hour.
Installing the SDK – Another hour.

So to get started on trying out the emulator we spent about five minutes looking at the documentation it comes with before deciding to see if there were any YouTube tutorials instead. We then followed the one embedded below and created our very first iPhone application! It does nothing, just flips between two pages.  There’s still a lot to figure out, but I was impressed with how easy it is to get started. Everything that comes standard with the iPhone, like the search, you are able to drag and drop right into your application. Doesn’t get much easier then that.

Here is the YouTube video we followed:

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