r/iOSProgramming • u/samstars100 • 19h ago

Discussion iOS Development using OpenClaw.

I am using OpenClaw through telegram. I create web applications in VPS and web applications are pretty easy to vibe code and also test the output using public urls.

I want to do same for iOS Development. I want to connect to macOS using OpenClaw and develop iOS application completely through telegram. I can create a workflow where any changes will send build to TestFlight and I can test the application that way. But it will be time consuming, makeing build in testflight and test the app only updated through testflight. I want near realtime visualization of the compiled app like simulator but through web and http network. Do you guys have any idea how to achieve this?

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u/Background_Pie_5682 12h ago

TestFlight is way too slow as an inner loop for this. Since the Simulator needs macOS anyway, I'd let the agent on the Mac do build, install, launch and screenshot: xcodebuild to build for the simulator, `xcrun simctl install` and `launch` to run it, then `xcrun simctl io booted screenshot` (or `recordVideo`) to send the result back to Telegram after every change. If you want something closer to live, stream the Mac's screen with the Simulator open (VNC or screen sharing) and view it in the browser. Keep TestFlight for the occasional real-device check.