How to deploy Xamarin Forms App to iOS device for Testing

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I m using VS2017 for Xamarin forms app development. With VS2017,I can use Android simulator and I can deploy the simple xamarin forms hello app to my Physical Android phone(after doing some settings on the android phone).

My problem now is How do I deploy my same Xamarin Forms hello app in VS2017 in my Windows 10 PC to an iOS device? right now, I have a macBook Pro and iphone6. I try the mac agent but this only for iOS simulator.

Please help. any link or help is very much appreciated.

Update 1:

The confusing part is App ID. Say, I created an AppID in Apple Portal called MySwiftDemo and on mac i created a dummy app with Bundle Id : com.FunProject.MyFirstSwiftDemo which I used it in AppID required by the Apple Portal and I created XF-app in VS call MyVSFirstApp and this is the actual app will be deployed to iOS-device.

1) The app name in Mac and VS are not the same. So the provisioning file is referring everything from mac, Is it ok without Xamarin app name?

2) If I have another Xamarin forms app call My2ndApp to deploy to iOS device, do I need to create another AppID on Apple Portal and Bundle ID on mac?

Thanks

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developer.xamarin.com/guides/ios/getting_started/installation/… - Jason

2 Answers

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  1. Subscribe to Apple's Developer Program

    Visit the Apple Developer Portal to register. Note that in order to register as an Apple developer, it is necessary to have an Apple ID and costs $100/year

  2. Create an iOS Signing Certificate
  3. Provision your iOS Project and your physical iOS device for Developer Mode
    • Connect your physical iOS device to the USB port on the Mac, then follow the steps linked here
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Using XamarinLivePlayer we can test the app on Android and iOS

Which was introduced in Microsoft Build 2017 Event(https://build.microsoft.com/).

You can read more at https://www.xamarin.com/live

https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/mobile-center/