iPhone SDK Getting Started

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The current SDK version as of this writing is 4.0 and Apple is looking to only support up to 3.2 of the operating system, but it’s always good to have fall backs for devices with older operating systems (I still have an iTouch with 3.1.3). An older computer of mine had only version 10.5.8 so I was initially prevented from developing iPhone games because I was missing snow leopard. Apple still allows you to download older versions of XCode though, so pick the version that your operating system supports.

The information before was gleamed from the following site and reproduced here so it won’t be lost:

iphonesdkdev.blogspot.com – old versions of iphone sdk

iPhone SDK 2.2.1 direct download link

http://developer.apple.com/iphone/do…2621afinal.dmg

iPhone SDK 3.0 (Xcode 3.1.3) Leopard direct download link

http://developer.apple.com/iphone/do…736__final.dmg

iPhone SDK 3.0 (Xcode 3.2) Snow Leopard direct download link

http://developer.apple.com/iphone/do…ard__final.dmg

iPhone SDK 3.1 with Xcode 3.1.4 Leopard direct download link

http://developer.apple.com/iphone/do…rd__9m2809.dmg

iPhone SDK 3.1 with XCode 3.2.1 for Snow Leopard

http://developer.apple.com/iphone/do…rd__10a432.dmg

iPhone SDK 3.1.2 with XCode 3.1.4 for Leopard

http://developer.apple.com/iphone/do…rd__9m2809.dmg

iPhone SDK 3.1.2 with XCode 3.2.1 for Snow Leopard

http://developer.apple.com/iphone/do…d__10m2003.dmg

iPhone SDK 3.1.3 with XCode 3.1.4 for Leopard

http://developer.apple.com/iphone/do…d__9m2809a.dmg

iPhone SDK 3.1.3 with XCode 3.2.1 for Snow Leopard

http://developer.apple.com/iphone/do…__10m2003a.dmg

iPhone SDK 3.2 beta 4 with Xcode 3.2.2 (Snow Leopard)

http://developer.apple.com/iphone/do…code_3.2.2.dmg

iPhone SDK 3.2 Final with Xcode 3.2.2 (Snow Leopard)

http://developer.apple.com/iphone/do…_3.2_final.dmg

Some additional things to note:

The sizes of the sdk’s range from about 800 megs to 3 gigs and will take some time to download depending on your connection speed.
You may need to have a developer account (actually I’m almost sure of it) to download these. So what are you waiting for? Get an account!

Walter Reid is a game development professional focusing on play, interaction design, community building and mobile platforms. He has spent the last 12 years building products that combine interactive platforms with the socialization strengths of the web in unique and engaging ways. He is the co-founder of Goofball Games a mobile game development studio and currently resides in New York City.