Can I develop iOS Applications in Ubuntu without using a virtual mac OS system?

Question

I'm a developer of Android applications and a java programmer. I'm learning IOS programming but I don't have mac OS; I use Ubuntu.

I want way to program IOS apps in Ubuntu without using a virtual machine (in vmware or VirtualBox) And without MacOS.

Can I do that in Ubuntu?

sorry... but you can't you gonna need xcode which is only for Mac systems. — Ashu_FalcoN, May 07 '18 at 09:29
IIRC, you can write Swift code without the xcode IDE, as is substantiated by the above link to a possible duplicate answer. — K7AAY, Aug 27 '18 at 17:48

score 26 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 27 '18 at 08:54

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Unfortunately, you have to have Xcode installed on your machine and that's not possible on Ubuntu.

I have been looking for that for a while and I find these answers to be very informative (read them in order):

edited Aug 27 '18 at 08:54

Zanna

answered Aug 25 '18 at 11:22

Mostafa Medhat

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If your answer is essentially a referral to another question, it would be better to [flag](https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/flag-posts) this question as a duplicate of the other once you earned 15 [reputation](https://askubuntu.com/help/whats-reputation). If you have the reputation, don't forget to vote for the answer(s) there that you found useful! – Melebius Aug 28 '18 at 12:16
Thank you so much for clarification. I'll follow that from now on. – Mostafa Medhat Aug 28 '18 at 12:40
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@Melebius, I upvoted his answer because it is very clear, and you don't have to read any more posts. So for me, it is a good answer and he deserves more than 15 reputation for it. – Nulik Oct 20 '18 at 14:44
Thank you @Nulik for your words. I hope I always be concise and explicit as much as possible. – Mostafa Medhat Oct 26 '18 at 06:41

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