System Requirements and Prerequisites

Before you begin customizing the Spotfire Deployment Kit for Apple iOS app, review the following tools requirements.

We tested using the following tools for using Spotfire Deployment Kit for Apple iOS to customize and deploy a custom version of TIBCO Spotfire® for Apple iOS .

Note: You must add the entitlement for keychain sharing for the app in Xcode. See TIBCO Spotfire® Deployment Kit for Apple iOS help for instructions.
Required components for Spotfire Deployment Kit for Apple iOS
Component Version
macOS development environment 10.15
Apple Developer account with a developer certificate or an enterprise developer certificate (required to install and test on an iOS device).
Note: This certificate is not required for testing the app in the iOS Simulator.
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Xcode development system 10.3 or higher installed (available for free on the Apple® App Store).
Targeted iPad® or iPhone® device running iOS iOS 12 (Mojave) or later (Support and testing of earlier versions of iOS have been removed. )

Optionally you can use the iOS Simulator that comes with Xcode for initial testing.

TIBCO Spotfire® Server and Spotfire Web Player 10.3.x and 10.10.x (LTS versions)
Recommended components for Spotfire Deployment Kit for Apple iOS
Graphics editor: For example, Adobe Photoshop® (Used to edit image files and icons.)