Hi what is open tool chain in iphone applications development, i want to learn it from scratch . is there any link that can help me to learn. Thanx
A:
It means developing using tools independent from the iPhone SDK. It mainly has the set of opensource compilation tools (gcc, etc.) and API headers constructed by reverse engineering.
Non-Mac OS X environment, e.g. Windows and iPhoneOS need the open toolchain to target iPhone as the SDK is Mac-only. Legally, the SDK license prohibit development for iPhone projects not for AppStore, so the open toolchain must be used for apps on jailbroken platforms.
You can find detailed info in http://www.saurik.com/id/4.
(If you're targeting AppStore, you can forget this term.)
KennyTM
2010-06-10 12:16:59
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A:
I would recommend iPhone Open Application Development, 2nd Edition By: Jonathan Zdziarski.
It's the best overall resource I've found on Open Tool and it's a decent if somewhat dated introduction to iPhone programming in general.
However, I would caution you that the market for open tool software is very small. I think the only people who really use it for anything significant beyond amusement are enterprise developers who want to highly customize their company's iPhone use. If your thinking about basing a mass market business on Open Tool I would do some research on how profitable that is likely to be before jumping in.
TechZen
2010-06-10 12:57:03