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AmigoMarlz · AmigoMarlz #3 (**permalink**)

04-01-2012, 11:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Raz0rEdge

If you want to develop and sell an app on iOS devices, you will need an Intel based Mac, and use Xcode to develop a simple app that is basically a weblog widget that will point to your website. You will need to pay $99 a year to access the App Store.

You might, however, want to read up on whether you can sell an app that is just a webkit widget and the actual content is on the website, since Apple has to approve the app. But since the app doesn't have all the content, that's on the website, they might not approve it.

Thanks Raz0rEdge, I appreciate the quick response!
We are not actually trying to sell the app directly on iTunes... we just want a convenient way for our existing customers to access the web-pages where their online systems are located.

Really, it's just meant to be a link that is opened by the device browser when the icon is clicked. So if I understand you correctly, we need to create a "weblog widget"? There's no way to simply deploy a shortcut that can sit on their screen, that iOS knows to launch using Safari?

Thanks so much for your help... I'm really in the dark when it comes to Apple OS, code, and deployment.

Best Regards,
Marlon.