Uploaded April 2016 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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I make an iPhone or iPad or iPod Touch app from a LÖVE Lua game engine .love zip file using XCode and an iPad mini 1st gen. All you have to do is:
1. Download the iOS source package from love2d.org
2. Unpack it
3. Open the love.xcodeproj file and connect your device (or just use the simulator)
4. Make sure your Mac OS X and XCode and iOS versions are recent enough to work with each other
5. Switch to love-ios (NOT love-osx)
6. Change the ID of your project
7. Bundle you .love file

8. Build and run the game, which will install it (Probably requires you to log into your apple id)
9. Now you have to go to the iOS device settings/ General/ Device something and state you trust yourself.
10. Play it!
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