If you want to use an iOS app on a Windows machine, you either need to find a version of that app that's been made specifically to work in Windows, or you can install and run an iOS emulator on your Windows machine and open the app through that. So if you download an app made for iOS and try to open it on a Windows computer, it will not open because that app has not been made to run in Windows. When programs are developed, they are made to run on one specific operating system per version, not on ALL operating systems at once. IOS is the operating system used on mobile Apple devices, like iPhones and iPads, and Windows is the operating system that runs on Windows-based PCs and laptops. When this happened, my laptop produced a message saying “No eligible devices for app install.” Does this mean Windows can't read iOS? If not, then what is a good workaround for this so I can open an Apple app on my Windows PC? I've heard programs like iPadian and BlueStacks may work but are they trustworthy?Ī: Windows and iOS are two different operating systems entirely.
Q: I tried to download and open an iOS app into my Windows 8.1 laptop.
