Is there a way to send a user to the iPhone settings screen - the page where he can update the iOS version. Is this possible?
I want to notify users of old versions of my app the this version is no longer supported and that an iOS update is required to see new versions.
You can't send user to any other part of the settings screen other then your apps part.
As mentioned by madmik3 might/will actually reject your app because of this.
You might want to present the user with a alert telling them they should update there iOS version. But be aware that some device can not longer update and Apple will offer them an older version of you if you allowed it.
This version should then not give the message of be unavailable.
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I have seen few third party apps in iOS which are installed in iPhone/iPad, If those apps are updated version in app store,
If we open the the app in device, We used to get notification like "New version updated in appstore, Please update."
Is this notification comes defaultly, Or do we need to customise something in iTunes connect or in our application?
I'm looking for how to come to know the installed version is lower than appstore version and if so, How to show popup and once user click on the some button in popup, should navigate to appstore for update the app.
Can anyone give suggestions on this?
That functionality doesn't come by default. If you want to build in-app dialogs or views, you could look at something like Firebase Remote Config to store the minimum or recommended app versions and some appropriate messaging. You could also pass version information to your server and use push notifications to do something similar perhaps later when the user didn't have the app open.
No, that is not the default behaviour. You should implement it by your self or can use some code https://github.com/ArtSabintsev/Siren
I am not getting my app update Notification to Iphone/Ipad.Can any one help me about this issues. Except my app not getting but all other apps are showing update notifications. Can any one help me please.
Harpy checks a user's currently installed version of your iOS app
against the version that is currently available in the App Store. If a
new version is available, an alert can be presented to the user
informing them of the newer version, and giving them the option to
update the application.
Link - https://github.com/ArtSabintsev/Harpy
We released few versions of our app with universal support ( i.e. app is supported both on iPhone and iPad). Now with new version of our app (1.14) we want that this version should be available to iPad only. This means 1.14 should be available only on iPad and iPhone user may not able to install it. But when we change setting in Xcode from Universal to iPad only it gives error while uploading ipa to app store that if previous version of app supported iPhone then in updated version of app we cannot remove iPhone support. Now we are looking for solution to this problem. Please guide us what are way to over come this issue. Due to this issue we have to delay our app release so kindly give us possible suggestions as soon as possible.
There is no good way of doing what you want. Apple deliberately don't want you removing functionality for existing users.
Maybe the only way forward is to remove your current app from sale and submit a new, iPad-only version. You'll lose your reviews, sales rank, etc.
What exactly happens if you release a version of your app that removes support of an older version of iOS? (e.g. removing iOS 7 support)
Will users that already bought the app still be able to download the old version?
Will users on that iOS version still be able to discover and install the old version of my app?
I just managed to discover the answer to the question myself. I used an old iPhone 4 running iOS 7.1.1 and found an app that used to support iOS 7 but no longer does.
Yes, users that bought/installed the app in the past will be able to restore it by using the "Purchased" section from within the "Updates" tab of the "App Store" app.
No, users will be able to find the app, but actually won't be able to install it:
The app still appears when searching on the app store.
The app states "requires iOS 8 or newer".
The "Get" button is clickable, but they won't actually be able to install the app. Instead (after they've entered their password) they will be presented with an alert view explaining to them that they'll have to upgrade to iOS 8 (even though this is not actually possible on an iPhone 7)
Trivial question I know, but I need to figure out this before I actually try it on iTunes Connect.
I have an application on the App Store, I would like that next version of the app is only available to users of iOS7 or greater.
I wonder if simply updating my app info.plist to support > iOS7 is enough to leave existing users running iOS6 with the latest version I released (1.9) before changing info.plist, and instead have iOS7 users prompted (or automatically updated) to the new 2.0 iOS7-only version?
Or maybe there is something else I have to specify under iTunes Connect?
I can't see anything actually there...
Yes, this is how it works. If you update your app's Deployment Target to iOS 7 then existing iOS 6 users will not be told of an update (and won't be able to update). iOS 7 users will be able to update.