If I release an update to my app dropping iOS 6 support and adding iOS 7 compatibility, what will happen to users on iOS 6:
Will they see the update in the app store?
Will new users on iOS 6 simply download the last compatible version of the app?
Yes, but not able to update the app.
No. The new users, who haven't purchased your app yet, can't download it directly. But if they really want it, they can purchase it on an iOS7 device then download it in iOS6. In this way they will get a prompt of download the app of its last compatible version.
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With the new App Requirements and Guidelines from Apple, one of them is that Apps for iPhone or iPad must be built with the iOS 13 SDK or later.
My company has several apps on iTunes, and I was wondering if there is some way to see what SDK version a build was built with, either in iTunes or in the Organiser in Xcode.
Otherwise I guess the only option is to rebuild and upload apps that we haven't build for a while, but I'm not sure.
The requirement to use the iOS 13 SDK only applies to new submissions. Apps already on the App Store don't need to be updated.
If you submit a new version containing enhancements or bug fixes, then you need to use the iOS 13 SDK.
You do not need to submit an otherwise unchanged app simply to use the iOS 13 SDK.
I've updated my app and due to some of the functions I'm releasing it has to be for iOS 10 and up. I understand that there is a way for users that have not upgraded to iOS 10 to be able to get the older version of my app but I haven't been able to figure out how to enable that in the app store. I just tested on a device and currently if you have iOS 9 it will tell you that you can't get the app because it is only supported on iOS 10. No option to download the previous version.
According to the redit article below Apple enabled the behavior I want. I just don't know how to turn it on for my app.
https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/1mjw36/people_with_old_ios_devices_you_can_now_install/
So to update everyone: This only works if the app is already purchase. All new purchases will force to upgrade to the latest OS.
I think this feature just works if you already purchased the app and want to reinstall it.
A solution would be to purchase the app on your Mac and then try again on the iOS device.
Here is an article about it: https://sites.google.com/site/appleclubfhs/support/advice-and-articles/app-store-downloading-older-versions-of-apps-ios
I'm aware that if I build our app on Xcode 4.5, We won't be able to submit our app to the App Store not to mention we won't even be able to run the thing on the device with iOS3.x.
Not what I want to clarify is that, if we decided to still support iOS3.x do we just use Xcode 4.3 or any Xcode lower than 4.5 and voila I can submit it to the app store and Apple won't give a care and approve the app if it supports iOS3.x or not since it was built using a lower version of Xcode?
As long as you provided an iPhone 5 screenshot, you should be able to submit app that backward supports iOS 3.x .
But why do you want to support iOS 3.x ? Not many devices are using this iOS version .
I have a app on App Store supporting IOS4+ device. However, I really wanted to use some new API feature in ios5 and decided to bump my base SDK to IOS5.
My questions is, what is the setting needed on iTunesConnect? Does Apple allow me to do this? What will happen to those clients running my app on IOS4? Will they just stop receiving update notification from app store?
If Apple forbidden the change, what is the best option for me? I don't want to make another app which has the same interface/functionality but with only iOS5+ device support..
All you need to do is update your project by setting the Deployment Target to your new minimum version. In this case, set the Deployment Target to iOS 5.0 or 5.1. Build and test. When your app is approved, it will only be usable on devices with the version of iOS you selected, or later.
Existing users still on iOS 4 will still be able to use their existing app. But they can't install any further updates.
I wish to update an app to support ios5 and up. CUrrently the app supports ios5 and below and i was wondering what the implications of setting the build to be ios5 and above would be to customers still using the ios4 app on ios4. Would app store refuse to download the ios5 and up app update and complain to the user to update their os to 5? what exactly would happen in this case?
The App Store would simply refuse to upgrade the app and tell the user to upgrade to iOS 5 (or 6).
That's the standard policy, so that if you have an old iOS you can still use your old apps.
As a side note, the cumulated market share of iOS 5 and up is more than 90%, so you won't have to worry about supporting old versions. Most iOS devs I know are moving on or already have.