Building iOS or MacCatalyst Applications

Since MacCatalyst is a platform that enables running iOS applications on a Mac device, the process of building both of these application types is similar. Both of these require a Mac device. Although it's possible to debug and publish either of these application types from Visual Studio on Windows, a paired Mac device is still required.

Debugging MacCatalyst and iOS apps on Windows

Before we can do anything with these application types on Windows, we need to pair our Windows machine with a real Mac device. To do this, we first need to enable remote login on Mac. This can be done by going to "Sharing" in "System Preferences" and checking the "Remote Login" option, as the image below demonstrates.