You can no longer develop iOS apps for apple store with xcode 10 / High Sierra (as of April 2020)
According to apple store instructions, as of April 2020 you need to build iOS applications with xcode 11 which requires macOS Mojave…
shiiiiit.
just discovered high sierra (10.13) is the newest os my macbook (mid 2010) can run. if you want to put an app on the app store, as of april 2020, you need you need mojave (10.14). and if you want mojave, you need at least a mid 2012 macbook pro.
so i guess my options are:
- buy a used macbook to compile apps with. i guess i could sell my old macbook and/or surface to cover the costs, but i don't like this solution.
- hackintosh. tempted to do this. out of spite. i've done it before, but then wiped it because i wasn't using it. ope.
if anybody's aware of other decent options, please let me know. ideally i'd go to a library and use a shared machine to do this. but i don't think my library has any macs. and if they do, i'm pretty sure my library is closed right now. there's some virus going around that i heard about on the news.
i really really hate the hoops you have to jump through to get non-web software running on others' phones. i'm only making shit in js from here on out, lol.
if apple cared about sustainability as much as they claim, they wouldn't incentivize and necessitate buying new hardware as much as they do.
links
you can't use high sierra for app store apps: https://medium.com/@nosuchstudio/you-can-no-longer-develop-ios-apps-for-apple-store-with-xcode-10-high-sierra-as-of-april-2020-6b051c30ea96
mac os compatibility chart: https://eshop.macsales.com/guides/Mac_OS_X_Compatibility