I'm running Visual Studio 2015 with Xamarin plugin to build iOS apps. It requires connection to a mac since it is the only way to complie swift code. I don't have a newer Mac, but I can get my hands an a Mac mini thats running OS X Lion with 2 GB RAM. Will this work?
[Question] Older iMac / Mac mini when using Xamarin plugin for Visual Studio?
As-is, no. See your other thread, same question [Older versions of xcode?]
Xamarin says this about that:
Macintosh
- A Mac running OS X Yosemite (10.10) or higher (although we recommend the latest stable version).
- Xamarin iOS SDK.
- Apple’s Xcode(7+) IDE and iOS SDK (we recommend the latest version from the App Store).The Windows computer must be able to reach the Mac via the network.
Macs shipped with OS X Lion is very likely capable of having El Capitan and 8GB (unofficially 16GB) RAM.
Upgrade that Mac mini to El Capitan and 8GB (or more) RAM and you can run the latest Xcode 7 on it. (You also need to have enough disk space.)