It's certainly possible to develop on a Windows machine, in fact, my first application was exclusively developed on the old Dell Precision I had at the time :)
There are three routes;
- Install OSx86 (aka iATKOS / Kalyway) on a second partition/disk and dual boot.
- Run Mac OS X Server under VMWare (Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) onwards, read the update below).
- Use Delphi XE4 and the macincloud service. This is a commercial toolset, but the component and lib support is growing.
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 an 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 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 pick up a low-spec Mac Mini from eBay. You don't need much horsepower to run the SDK and you can always sell it on later if you decide to stop development or buy a better Mac.
Update: You cannot create a Mac OS X Client virtual machine for OS X 10.6 and earlier. Apple does not allow these Client OSes to be virtualized. With Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) onwards, Apple has changed its licensing agreement in regards to virtualization. Source: VMWare KnowledgeBase
Here's how I'm doing it:
-(void)doVolumeFade
{
if (self.player.volume > 0.1) {
self.player.volume = self.player.volume - 0.1;
[self performSelector:@selector(doVolumeFade) withObject:nil afterDelay:0.1];
} else {
// Stop and get the sound ready for playing again
[self.player stop];
self.player.currentTime = 0;
[self.player prepareToPlay];
self.player.volume = 1.0;
}
}
.
11 years later: do note that setVolume#fadeDuration
now exists!
Best Answer
Hemant,
The maximum volume you can have is when
player.volume
is equal to1.0
(so long as the ringer volume is all the way maximum as well).If the ringer volume is not at maximum, you can only go as high as whatever it is at by again using the value of
1.0
However, you could implement the
MPVolumeView
(I'm almost positive, as Pandora does it) and then you use that slider in your app instead. Then you can just setplayer.volume
always equal to1.0
and let the slider change the ringer volume.More information on if you want to use
MPVolumeView
: http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/documentation/MediaPlayer/Reference/MPVolumeView_Class/Reference/Reference.html and How do you implement an MPVolumeView?I may be wrong, but I think Apple allows
MPVolumeView
if you use it as-is. They say in the class reference that it now changes the device ringer volume when you move the slider (which it didn't used to and that's why people were having to access private API to do). I'm going to try and implement it on my next update here in a week, so if I get rejected, I'll come back here and update this post to let everyone know.