Prima Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Hi! I have designed a IOS app with Affinity Designer. But I have no experience or ability to learn to code, so I was wondering if there is an easy way to converters my designs created in Affinity Designer into codes that I can enter in Xcode? Do I need another program that costs an entire fortune to create the codes in the need for the app to work? Are there any plugins for or free software that can be used in conjunction with Affinity Designer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIPStephan Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 You can’t seriously expect that some magic application creates a professional program for you that just works. Any program – just as Affinity Designer – is just a tool, and a tool can only create as good a result as the person using it. So, if you have no incentive to learn to code then hire a professional developer who knows how to do it. Otherwise there is (currently) no way to create something substantial. As the saying goes: you get what you pay for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Ben Posted March 30, 2017 Staff Share Posted March 30, 2017 That tool certainly wouldn't cost just $50. Quote SerifLabs team - Affinity Developer Software engineer - Photographer - Guitarist - Philosopher iMac 27" Retina 5K (Late 2015), 4.0GHz i7, AMD Radeon R9 M395 MacBook (Early 2015), 1.3GHz Core M, Intel HD 5300 iPad Pro 10.5", 256GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdenby Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Hi, Prima, What you are trying to do is actually fairly complex. Xcode helps makes it easier to put together executable code, and I suppose somewhere there is an option to load the graphics you have designed. But you will at least have to learn the Xcode environment, which is extensive. And you probably would benefit greatly from learning something about the code it generates. I think everything needed is free w. the Xcode download. You might need to pay a developer fee to load the resulting app onto a device. Quote iMac 27" Retina, c. 2015: OS X 10.11.5: 3.3 GHz I c-5: 32 Gb, AMD Radeon R9 M290 2048 Mb iPad 12.9" Retina, iOS 10, 512 Gb, Apple pencil Huion WH1409 tablet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Well you can at least use AD in a similar way like this one here for rapid design prototyping via Xcode storyboards. - But for building full blown iOS apps learning a little bit more here, namely about programming (maybe Swift would be easier here for you instead of ObjC or C++) and Xcode usage in general doesn't hurt. There is still a difference between programmers and designers! :) Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Now that is one of the best selling slogans ever: Storyboard is simple enough for designers to understand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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