10.5: Create any mobile phone plug-in for iSync

Jul 30, '08 07:30:03AM

Contributed by: Anonymous

If you are slightly tech-savvy, Apple has introduced (on the Xcode Developer DVD that ships with Leopard) an application to help you create your own mobile phone plug-ins. If you have not already installed the Developer Tools, do so. If you have, go to /Developer » Applications » Utilities in the Finder.

The application you are looking for is named iSync Plug-in Maker, which is essentially a graphical wizard that assists you in rapidly putting together and then testing your own plug-in for any mobile phone device. After testing, the program helps you create a distribution/installation package.

A lot of people are using the tool and then making money selling their own plug-ins -- but now you know where to find the same tools, so you can do this on your own. Apple even has developer documentation on the app to help you in making a plug-in for your phone.

[robg adds: Xcode can also be downloaded directly from Apple -- you just need a free ADC Online membership.]

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