Most emulators require a certain file like .iso (if we’re talking about console games) and .apk (if we’re talking about an Android emulator) to be downloaded, moved to a certain directory, and then to be opened in the respective emulator to run the program. Why is there no such *good*, *offline*, and *free* emulator for iOS app files on any platform yet? Every Google search for such ’emulators’ I see are finnicky workarounds or Testflight by Apple.
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1) it requires apple runtime that is only available on apple hardware (which is present only on iDevices, and more recently Macs – thats why you can run iDevice apps on them but not the intel counterparts)
2) it would be VERY hard to reverse engineer the runtime and then port it to another platform, even if it were legal…
1) it requires apple runtime that is only available on apple hardware (which is present only on iDevices, and more recently Macs – thats why you can run iDevice apps on them but not the intel counterparts)
2) it would be VERY hard to reverse engineer the runtime and then port it to another platform, even if it were legal…
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