According to the Getting Started page, let's assume you use VScode as your "IDE". You could simply connect vscode to an iOS emulator or check out this article for a cloud-based device to test your game.

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Just when I've started my 3rd stab at this project.  Unity and iOS before now, now being Phaser, - This page seems to suggest that Phaser is being kicked to the curb?

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That would truly be a brick wall for me. My coding is flying ahead. Is JavaScript still a good solution for me? Will my HTML Phaser version be supported for long?

Devices are the in thing for gaming now, according to some dude I read?

Does that mean device specific game-apps, or website visit games? I assume it's apps.

Will Phaser still be my choice?

Scott F told me that part of game dev is accepting that technologies change and update continuously.

As long as I have all my logic settled, keeping up with this reality is just business as usual.

I wont take me much longer to finish this Phaser version. I'll leave it at that! for now

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This is really beyond what I have worked on recently. 

Some of that documentation suggests using a webview for ios.  This makes a simple native app that loads your game from your website.   

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/webkit/wkwebview

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/programming/phaser-to-ios-without-phonegap-or-cordova---first-steps

https://openforge.io/mobile-academy/guides/mobile-app-development/how-to-create-mobile-games-with-ionic-and-phaser/#:~:text=Phaser%20has%20a%20fantastic%20history,%2C%20physics%2C%20collisions%2C%20etc.

I know that the last article suggests some drawbacks, but if your game is simple, a webview sounds easy. Plus you can keep track of everything on your own server.

Another good reason for this option is you can also do a webview for Android https://developer.android.com/reference/android/webkit/WebView with just a few lines of code.

A pure native app will probably always be better. But that means creating a different app for each device. Putting your game on a web server and loading it in a webview in android, ios and the browser will all use the same source files. If the game becomes a big hit and you can hire a team and expand to native. 

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Are games at .io domains still a thing? or is native the way to go?

.io is just a tld It does seem to be used by games and tech companies.  But you can have it on whatever you like.

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I looked through the Phaser outlines. Totally straightforward. I doubt it will take me longer than 15 or 20 minutes to be fully back where I was in Unity, in JavaScript.

I can then assess if I want to go native, or the other methods. Some of this is easier in Javascript than C#, IMHO, garbage collection, others

Are there any red flag problems devs make finishing up Phaser javascript projects that I haven't anticipated?