What programming languages can one use to develop iPhone iPod Touch and iPad iOS applications

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What programming languages can one use to develop iPhone  iPod Touch and iPad  iOS  applications   Also are there plans in the future to expand the amount of programming languages that iOS will support

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It is also now possible to use OCaml for developing iOS applications  It is not part of the standard distribution and requires modifications provided by the Psellos company  See here for more information  http   psellos com ocaml

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The SDK agreement and App store guidelines have been changed  circa Sept 2010      You can now probably use any compiled language that will compile to the same static ARM object file format as Xcode produces and that will link to  only  the public API s within Apple s frameworks and libraries   However  you can not use a JIT compiled language unless you pre-compile all object code before submission to Apple for review   You can use any interpreted language  as long as you embed the interpreter  and do not allow the interpreter or the app to download and run any interpretable code other than code built into the app bundle before submission to Apple for review  or source code typed-in by the user   Objective C and C will likely still be the most optimal programming language for anything requiring high performance and the latest API support    see update below   as those are the languages for which Apple targets its iOS frameworks and tunes its ARM processor chipsets  Apple also supports the use of Javascript HTML5 inside a UIWebView   Those are the only languages for which Apple has announced support   Anything else you will have to find support elsewhere   But  if you really want  there are at least a half dozen BASIC interpreters now available in the iOS App store  so even  Stone Age  programming methodology is now allowed   Added       As of late 2014  one can also develop apps using Apple s new Swift programming language   As of early 2015  submitted binaries must include 64-bit  arm64  support

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You can use  smart BASIC  programming language  It is a genuine but very advanced BASIC language with all its power and simplicity  Using its free SDK  BASIC code can be easily published as a standalone App Store application  There are many apps in App Store  written in  smart BASIC  programming language

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This might be an old thread  but I d like to mention Appcelerator Titanium  which allows anyone versed in HTML5 JavaScript CSS to develop iOS applications

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With plans to slowly retire the long-used Objective-C  Apple has introduced a new programming language  called Swift  for designing apps and applications to run on Apple iOS devices and Apple Macintosh computers   Apple says    Swift is a new programming language for iOS and OS X apps that builds on the best of C and Objective-C  without the constraints of C compatibility  Swift adopts safe programming patterns and adds modern features to make programming easier  more flexible  and more fun  Swift   s clean slate  backed by the mature and much-loved Cocoa and Cocoa Touch frameworks  is an opportunity to reimagine how software development works     Introducing swift

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What programming languages can one use to develop iPhone  iPod Touch and iPad  iOs  applications    Ruby  Python  Lua  Scheme  Lisp  Smalltalk  C   Haskell  ActionScript  JavaScript  Objective-C  C    C  That s just the ones that pop into my head right now  I m sure there s hundreds if not thousands of others   E g  there s no reason why you couldn t use any  NET language with MonoTouch  i e  VB NET  F   Nemerle  Boo  Cobra           Also are there plans in the future to expand the amount of programming languages that iOs will support    Sure  Pretty much every programming language community on this planet is currently working on getting their language to run on iOS   Also  a lot of people are working on programming languages specifically designed for touch devices such as iPod touch  iPhone and iPad  e g  Phil Mercurio s Thyrd language

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objective-c is the primary language used   i believe there is a mono touch framework that can be used with c   Adobe also is working in some tools  one is this iPhone Packager which can utilize actionscript code

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Apple lifted the restrictions on non-Objective C C C   apps -- you just can t load code that isn t in the app bundle   MonoTouch lets you use  NET languages -- C  is directly supported  but if you have Windows  you can make assemblies in any  NET language and use it   There are rumors that Apple is going to support other languages directly -- I keep hearing ruby  but they are just rumors   I think Lua is being used for game logic on a lot of apps   EDIT  in 2018   Generally you can use any language that you can get to compile for iOS or even install language interpreters   The main thing you cannot do is load code from the Internet that wasn t in the app bundle     People do this all of the time anyway  see React Native apps loading JavaScript from servers   but  technically  it s not allowed   The main thing that will get you attention from Apple if you make some kind of App Store that loads whole App-like things   EDIT  in 2020   from  Pylot in comments  I know this is a long time ago  but now at least technically you can load code that isn   t embedded in the app  as you can write with JavaScript using the webview  Not staying your answer is wrong or anything  I definitely agree with you  but I was looking for something and found this post on the way  Figured if anyone sees this it might help them out

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Only Objective-C is allowed by now    but since a few months ago you are allowed to write scripts that will be interpreted in your application    So you may be able to write a LUA interpreter or a Python interpreter  then write some part of your application in this scripting language  If you want your application accepted on the App Store  these scripts have to be bundled with the application  your application cannot download it from the Internet for example   see new app store rules

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The programming language of iOS and Mac OS  is Objective-C and C  You have to use Xcode platform to develop iOS apps  on the next version that is now available on beta release  Xcode 4 supports also C

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