Hello,
I recently started using an iPad (Air 5th gen) as my main device and I cannot seem to do a few VERY basic functions. I need a dev environment and a C++ compiler or a way to virtualize an os that can have those. What is the best way to go about getting these? Is it really not possible to download apps from the web?
Power shouldn’t be an issue considering that my old laptop runs Xcode no problem and is far less powerful.
Thanks,
A
iPad Air, iPadOS 15
Apple offers tooling for developing Swift apps on iPadOS, but anything else is going to be third-party.
Apple limits what additional apps can be developed by third-party folks for use on iPadOS, too.
App distribution is either side-loaded from Xcode, or from the Apple app store, or via Swift Playgrounds.
The C++ development tools for iPadOS are quite limited, AFAIK.
One example: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/c-c-program-compiler/id1160868782
If you need longer run-times or access to various platform features, you’ll need a network connection to and developing your apps on another box (yours or hosted), or similar. Or developing as Apple intends here (past the Swift Playgrounds app) using a Mac with Xcode.
Where to send your feedback: Product Feedback - Apple
Apple offers tooling for developing Swift apps on iPadOS, but anything else is going to be third-party.
Apple limits what additional apps can be developed by third-party folks for use on iPadOS, too.
App distribution is either side-loaded from Xcode, or from the Apple app store, or via Swift Playgrounds.
The C++ development tools for iPadOS are quite limited, AFAIK.
One example: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/c-c-program-compiler/id1160868782
If you need longer run-times or access to various platform features, you’ll need a network connection to and developing your apps on another box (yours or hosted), or similar. Or developing as Apple intends here (past the Swift Playgrounds app) using a Mac with Xcode.
Where to send your feedback: Product Feedback - Apple
While recent models of iPad are very powerful, iOS/iPadOS is not an ideal coding platform. That said, this external link may be a useful resource that documents much of what can be achieved using an iPad:
I suggest that you join Apple Developer Forums about that matter:--> https://developer.apple.com/forums/
Thanks and regards
Giulio
Writing code on iPad
