As you're developing or customizing uMobile, you'll want to test regularly to make sure your app is functioning as expected. The processes and requirements for testing on iOS and Android are very different.
Testing iOS (iPhone and iPad)
As mentioned before, you can only develop and test iOS applications on Mac OSX 10.6.7 (Snow Leopard) or greater. Here are the additional requirements for testing and releasing iOS apps (including testing on a device).
- An iOS Developer Program Account ($99/year)
- XCode with iOS SDK: http://developer.apple.com/xcode/
- A Development Certificate to sign applications for testing on devices
- A Development Provisioning Profile to install on devices for testing
- A Distribution Certificate to sign applications for distribution in the App Store
- A Distribution Provisioning Profile for submission/distribution through App Store
Setting up iOS Developer Program Account
Visit http://developer.apple.com/programs/ios/ and click "enroll now". During the process, you can select if you'd like to enroll as a company or as an individual. Enrolling as a company will generally make more sense as it allows multiple users to be associated with one account, but it will likely take a few days for Apple to verify information about the company and approve the account. If you enroll as a company, you won't be required to pay the $99 fee until your account has been approved. Individuals should be prepared to pay the fee at the end of the signup process.
Once your account is created, you'll have access to two important tools for iOS development and deployment: iOS Provisioning Portal and iTunes Connect.
Setting up XCode and iOS SDK
Although most of the development time for uMobile takes place in your own code editor and Titanium Developer, you'll need the iOS SDK to compile apps and will need XCode occasionally to manage other data. You'll need to be enrolled in the iOS developer program (or Mac OSX Developer Program) before you can download XCode. Visit https://developer.apple.com/xcode/ to download the IDE bundled with the iOS SDK. The download is about 4.6 Gigs, so be prepared to wait a while.