As you know, Apple has just made available the Xcode 6 GM seed and announced that we can now submit iOS 8 apps (Submit Your iOS 8 Apps Today). However, I have a question: does it mean that, starting today, is it required to submit app updates with the new Xcode 6? Can I still use Xcode 5.1.1 (Base SDK iOS 7.1)? If not, could I keep submitting apps with Base SDK targeting iOS 7.1 with Xcode 6?
Thanks
I'm in the midst of submitting an update right now and iTunesConnect states that builds can be submitted with Xcode 5.1.1 or later, or Application Loader 2.9.1 or later.
According to Apple, you can still use Xcode 5.1.1 to update your apps.
Xcode 5.1.1 is the latest version on the App Store !
You should use the latest version of Xcode available on the Mac App
Store to submit your apps. (Xcode Support)
Hope this can help you ;)
At the time of writing (September 12th 2014) you can submit apps with both Xcode 5.1.1 and Xcode 6 GM seed. So both SDKs are allowed. As soon as iOS 8 comes out, the App Store version of Xcode will show an update to Xcode 6.0.
Going by past experiences, at that point you will still be able to download Xcode 5.1.1 from the developer portal and still be able to submit apps with it for a few more weeks/months until Apple will officially announce that the new iOS 8 SDK is required for app submission.
Watch that newsfeed at https://developer.apple.com/news/
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Given that iOS9 & XCode7 are officially released, is it possible to submit an app for Apple review using a previous version of XCode (eg. XCode 6.1)?
If the answer is affirmative, will the app submitted through XCode 6.1 be able to be downloaded by iOS9 device (provided that the deployment target set to 5.1.1)?
Platform in use:
iMac 21.5-inch, Late 2009
Mac OSX 10.9.5
XCode version 6.1
Apple hasn't asked developers to refrain from submitting apps from old versions of Xcode yet. So, you will be able to submit you app from Xcode 6.1. And it will run in iOS 9 devices. But, it's not the ideal way to handle the app submission. There could be some bugs when the app is run in iOS 9 devices. It is advisable to verify the app in the latest Xcode version and submit from there.
At the moment App Store Team requires that to publish your application must be compliant with iOS8 and 64bit architecture (so Xcode6.x better last Xcode 6.4). The deadline for iOS9 would be probably February for new app and July for updates.
Submit for Review in iTunesConnect returns:
"Apps and app updates submitted to the App Store must be built with Xcode 5.1.1 or later, and iOS 7 or later SDK."
The thing is that:
- My build was made with Xcode 6.1
- Deployment Target is 7.0 as well
I Tried to submit it through Xcode and Application Loader.
Still, iTunesConnect keeps giving me same error.
Any help will be appreciated.
Although Xcode 6.1 is names GM it is not yet released and can't be used submit apps right now.
You can use Xcode 6 or 6.0.1
I just completed making an app in Xcode 6.1 (GM), i have Mac OS X Yosemite GM and all the new updates.
When i submitted my application in the iTunesConnect website it says,"Apps and app updates submitted to the App Store must be built with Xcode 5.1.1 or later, and iOS 7 SDK"
Need help, how can i solve this issue?
Xcode 6.1 includes the iOS 8.1 beta SDK. You can't submit to the app store using a beta SDK. You'll have to download Xcode 6.0.1 from the Mac app store. Be sure to rename Xcode 6.1 so that the app store doesn't overwrite it.
An email from apple to its developers said that you could start submitting apps to them for iOS 7. O I have Xcode 5 DPS Version 5.0 (5A11365x) And it says that the version bundle is to old to accept apps for approval. How will this work now because apple said it all would be possible?
You use developer preview version which does not allow to submit app to app store.
Update your XCode to official 5.0 version. (From Mac App Store).
Hope my answer may help..
Its not must actually even you can still submit your apps with iOS6.x version build with your Xcode 4.6.3.
What they trying to convey in that mail is, they are just letting you know that you can now start submitting iOS7 app because there is whole lot of new thing out there with iOS 7.0 sdk.
When I try to convert my iO6.x version to 7.0 with Xcode 5 i didnt face any problem on building or submitting the app.
In order to submit apps to the App Store, you will need Xcode 5.
Submission to the App Store for iOS 7 requires Xcode (build 5A1413 and above).
If you are using any of the Xcode 5 Betas (including the GM Seed), upgrading is necessary. You can either upgrade through the App Store, or download the .dmg through the Apple Developer Portal at developer.apple.com
Do you have the latest version of Xcode 5, which is now the fully released version on the store?
I have developed an iOS application. My Xcode version is currently 4 and i want to upgrade to iOS 5. Can i do that without to be worry about the operability of my app later when i become on iOS 5?
Yes, there's nothing to worry about.
You should always build and test your application with the latest release and latest beta version of Xcode/iOS.
As of today this would be something like:
Xcode 4.1 on Lion with iOS 4.3
Xcode 4.2 beta on Lion with iOS 5.0 beta
You can install both of them on the same machine without any problems.
Also, I heard that starting with Xcode 4.2 you will be able to several versions of the simulator.
If you are trying to submit an app to the App Store you cannot build it with the Beta version of XCode. Also note that the latest Beta is iOS 5 and XCode 4.2.
On the iOS Dev Center page after selecting iOS SDK Beta
Xcode 4.2 Developer Preview cannot be used to submit apps to the iOS or Mac App Store. Continue to use the publicly released version of Xcode to compile and submit apps to the App Stores.