I've upgraded my Xcode to Xcode 8. Now I notice that I cannot run/debug on an iPhone with iOS 7.n.n. I've have read that it isn't supported in Xcode 8. I do know that my app will still work on iOS 7, but if something fails I would like to hang it on Xcode to debug it. So my question is:
Do I still get the bug fixes/improvement that were introduced in iOS 10 when submitting my app with a base sdk setting of iOS 9.3?
Xcode 8 (or even Xcode 7) doesn't include support for iOS 7 simulator, which is what I think you're really asking about.
To pick up the new iOS 10 SDK changes, link against the iOS 10 SDK and then set your target's minimum deployment version to iOS 7.
If you were using analytics, chances are very high that you'll find the number of iOS 7 using customers is incredibly low.
Do I still get the bug fixes/improvement that were introduced in iOS 10 when submitting my app with a base sdk setting of iOS 9.3?
No, of course not. If you do that, you are still an iOS 9 app. You must link against iOS 10 if you want to run natively under iOS 10.
However, you can do that and still be backward compatible to iOS 7. And you can easily test on an iOS 7 device, so the change to Xcode 8 does you no harm.
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Recently I updated the Xcode to version 11.2.1 and imported an already developed iOS application with Minimum Deployment target as 7. But when i opened the project in Xcode 11 I can find the Minimum Deployment target as 8.
So how can I extend the support for this application for iOS 7 too
using Xcode 11? If yes, then how?
Is it possible to download the iOS 7 simulator in
Xcode 11 and test it?
Is there any official document which says
the Xcode 11 is not providing support for iOS 7 devices?
how can i extend the support for this application for iOS 7 too using Xcode 11? if Yes then how?
Yes, just type the number into the input.
Is it possible to download the iOS 7 simulator in Xcode 11 and test it?
Never try for long time, but I think it's impossible. But you can test with real device. (You need to copy 7.x directory from old Xcode Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/DeviceSupport to the this one.)
Is there any official document which says the Xcode 11 is not providing support for iOS 7 devices?
Not sure.
My current project app settings are xcode 7.3.1,I am using swift 2.2.
My app supports iOS 8 and above. With the recent changes to security and privacy setting for iOS 10, I wanted to know if uploading my app from xcode 7.3.1 will cause any issue/rejection from apple with respect to iOS 10. Is it suggested that I migrate to swift 2.3 and upload the app through xcode 8?Really puzzled
First point: The app store / iTunes Connect doesn't know or care what language your app is written in.
Second point: If you build with Xcode 7.3.1, then you are not linked against iOS 10. Therefore nothing about iOS 10 applies to you. You are running as an iOS 9 (or lower) app, under iOS 9 rules, even on an iOS 10 device.
Conclusion: You're fine; nothing has changed merely because Xcode 8 and iOS 10 exist.
Caveat: But you should check by running on an iOS 10 device anyway!
I am a developer and i am thinking about updating my iPhone (8.4) to iOS 9 beta. I know all the pros and cons but i was wondering if, if i were to update to iOS 9, it would still be possible to run my app ( was created in Xcode 6.4, deployment target 8.0) on my iPhone using Xcode 7 beta.
Sure, you can run it with Xcode 7 beta on your iOS 9 device (but not Xcode 6). But you can't submit to App Store with Xcode beta until it's out of beta, so I recommend not taking any Xcode 7/iOS 9-only approaches for backwards compatibility if you want to submit within the next two months.
I Confirm you that with Xcode 7 and iOS 9 you can run your 8.0 target App !
EXTRA : The Only Problem:
There is only a small bug if you're using Parse.com, you can't retrive PFFiles. So in this case you need to redevelop your app in Target 9.0 to make it work
hope it helps
I have installed the ios 6.1 sdk in xcode 6 and it shows up in my base sdk drop-down.
I selected it and the app builds but when it launches on the ipad (ios 8) it seems to have a very broken apperence as if its trying to use ios 8 sdk. In ios 7 we were able to use the ios 6.1 sdk on ios 7, is this ability totally removed in ios 8?
This is an enterprise applicaiton, and the client is trying to avoid paying from a full refresh to ios 8.
Dropping an old SDK into a newer copy of Xcode is untested and unsupported by Apple, and it's no wonder you're seeing the problems you're seeing.
If you want to support an earlier version of iOS while using the latest SDK, just set the Minimum Deployment iOS version in your target's build settings (as described here in the Apple documentation I've included).
p.s. On the other hand, if you really want to keep using the iOS 6.1 SDK... use the Xcode version the SDK came with. And it should hopefully look proper under iOS 6, and it'll look like an iOS 6 app under iOS 7 & iOS 8.
p.p.s. Your client is cheap.
This may seem an odd question but bear with me. I am all excited to try out iOS 7 beta, however I am developing an app that will be complete before iOS 7 comes out to the public.
So can I install iOS 7 on my device, and then develop and publish my app for iOS 6? Or would I need to downgrade to iOS 6 to develop my app and release it in the next few weeks?
I should add I want to do this because I only have one device.
You cannot release an app that has been built, compiled, or created with the pre-release SDKs and Tools. That means you can't release an app built with iOS 7 SDK features in Xcode 5 until Apple gives the green light for submission. (EDIT: iOS 7 is now public, but this will apply to any future betas - including iOS 7.1 and onward).
On the other hand, testing your app on a beta device is OK. It's not a good idea to test your iOS 6 app on iOS 7, but it will work. You can install iOS 7 beta on your device, but first think about your users. You'll want to test your app in the environment that your users will be using it in.
If you do upgrade to iOS 7 on your one and only device, you'll be stuck with the iOS Simulator - which is very very far from recommended. You can't downgrade or restore to an earlier iOS version from iOS 7.
If you are using the beta version of XCode, be sure to set the target to iOS 6, not iOS 7. When you target a version of iOS, that's the minimum version. You can run an app targeted for iOS 6 on iOS 7.
When you target iOS 6, the compiler will prevent you from including features that require iOS 7.
Still, for testing purposes, you'll want to test on a device with the latest released version. iOS 7 may have bug fixes that iOS 6 does not, so your app may run fine on iOS 7 but have bugs when run on iOS 6. Also, there may be performance differences.
You should test on both the simulator and an actual device, however if you want to risk it, the worst that will happen is your app may be rejected.
Theroretically you should not be able to run an app from Xcode 4 on an iOS 7 device. I was able to do this however, but I'm not sure why. Try deploying your app with Xcode 5 and then redeploy it with Xcode 4. In my case Xcode 4 would deploy to an iOS 7 device if the app is already installed (including all profiles).