I'm having trouble release an iOS 6.1 app with Xcode 5. During the development we worked on Xcode 4 and then switched to Xcode 5. The application is very large and is not optimized for iOS 7. So I used iOS 6.1 SDK to compile for both iOS 6.1. Application was tested with TestFlight and it worked flawlessly on both iOS 7 and iOS 6 devices. On both devices it had same iOS6 looks, which was satisfying.
The application base SDK is set to iOS 6.1 SDK and iOS deployment target is set to same 6.1 SDK.
We sent the application in the review and it was approved. When we released the application, we realized that it is run with iOS 7 looks on iOS 7 devices. This currently breaks our layout.
Is there any way to fix this and let application be released in iOS6 mode for now?
Yes , you can do that. You have to fix every Xib for both iOS 6.1 and iOS 7 so that user can get the UX standard in whichever version of iOS they use. You have to take care of several things. Like
Fix status bar overlapping issue , there are lots of disscussions in stackoverflow about it.
Use appropriate images that matches UX standard of corresponding version.
You have add new launch images/ icons for iOS 7.
etc in short.
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Recently, I uploaded my application to Apple store from XCode 4.x with OS 10.7. After that I upgraded my machine with Xcode 5.0 to start with iOS 7. Now I downloaded my application from the Apple' store to iPhone 4S with iOS 7 installed. I see application's UI on device is totally different from the iOS 7 simulator. On device navigation and Tab bar are old fashioned like iOS 6 while I am expecting like iOS 7.
I think the reason behind this that the application has been uploaded from XCode 4.x and when I will upload it from Xcode 5 it will show the latest UI of iOS7.
Do anyone facing the same problem? Do you think Apple should do it itself?
You understand it right. Applications must build and updated on xCode 5 for showing the new iOS design.
You must check your app on xCode 5 before uploading it as "iOS7 ready", Note that your app might work fine with the old design on iOS 6 but no one can check that for you as they might be UI problems and even crashes depending on your old UI and code.
If you are using 100% iOS native interface you should not have to much work.
You are app is built on iOS 6 SDK, To use iOS 7 UI features, build your app using iOS 7 SDK. iOS 7SDK will be available with xCode 5. SO upgrade to xCode 5 and build app against base SDK 7.
Xcode 7 doesn't exists ;)
Your problem is that you compiled your app with Xcode 4. Only Xcode 5 is embedding iOS 7 SDK. If you want to solve your problem you have to submit your app again but compiled with Xcode 5.
(don't forget to set your correct deployment target)
i´ve updated Xcode to the latest version and therefore the base SDK is iOS6.
I just want to know, if it´s still possible to compile an app with the old iOS5 SDK?
Thanks for your help
No with xcode 4.5 you can only compile with the iOS 6 SDK, but you can still target the iOS 5 device by setting the deployment target to iOS 5 (or 4.3).
This will allow you to run the app on iOS 5, but make sure that you do not call any methods that are iOS 6 only.
I'm not sure how this aspect works as our company is new to iOS development. We have an app that builds for iOS 5. We've been running Xcode 4.3.2. We want our app to be usable on iOS 5 and iOS 6. Are we ok using 4.3.2 and submitting our iOS 5 app to the app store. Or do we need to download Xcode 4.5 and build it for iOS 6? Thanks.
You can submit using Xcode 4.3.2, no problem with that, and submitting with iOS 5. It will run on iOS 6 still.
However, you should seriously consider downloading the latest Xcode and iOS 6 SDK, and making sure your app runs fine on both iOS 5 and iOS 6, as sometimes there are API changes which need to be accounted for and fixed.
We want to update our game to support the iPhone 5.
Do we need to upgrade Xcode to v4.5 and use the iOS 6 SDK??
[edit]Apple is now explicitly rejecting applications submitted with the iOS 5.x SDK and iPhone 5 default images, saying "Your app contains a launch image with a size modifier that is only supported for apps built with the iOS 6.0 SDK or later."
Old answer :
Yes you can use Xcode 4.4 or below to support iPhone 5.
The iOS (6) will run an app in letterbox mode if there is not a 640x1136 splashscreen image in your resources. The image must be called Default-568h#2x.png (if your splashscreen is Default.png in your Info.plist).
So just add this image on your Xcode project whatever version it is, and the app will run in full screen mode.
This being said, there are chances that Apple will not let you install an app compiled with Xcode 4.4 or below on an iOS 6 device (and of course no iPhone 5 simulator for Xcode 4.4 and below). [edit] As told in the comments, yes, you can install on an iPhone 5 / iOS6 with Xcode4.4.
All apps created with older SDK works perfectly on newer iOS versions, so iPhone 5 should also run every existing app without any problem, so you don't need to use the iOS 6.0 SDK to support iPhone 5.
I think you mean to ask to support iOS 5. If that is the case then you really do not need to upgrade your Xcode version. YOu can use iOS SDK 5.0 or iOS SDK 5.1 which contains Xcode version 4.2 and 4.3.
You really do not need to use iOS SDK 6.0 beta. I hope this may help you.
All the information about iOS 6 are under NDA, and the iPhone 5 is not even announced.
But there are rumors, that the iPhone 5 will have a screen resolution of 1136*640. There are hacks for Xcode 4.4.1 out there that make it possible to create that screen resolution in the iPhone simulator. So, I think that would be a viable way for testing the rumored new resolution.
Regarding iOS 6: if you are a paying iOS developer, you can download iOS 6 to test your app against it (We don't talk about products under NDA here).
You can use this receipt http://0xced.blogspot.co.at/2012/08/prepare-your-apps-for-new-iphone.html for start iOS Simulator (iOS 5 only) with new screen size.
Yes, You need to update your Xcode to build for iPhone5. Do the following steps for this:
Download Xcode 4.5 with iOS 5.1 SDK.
Build your apps with Xcode 4.5.
I develop with xcode 4.1 and I'm testing my app with the iphone simulator 4.3. My application will work on ios 5 ? should i update to xcode 4.2 , I have not completed my application if I do the update now, I risk nothing?
Your application will work on iOS 5 but is hightly recommended to update your Xcode to 4.2 with all the iOS 5 sdk and new API's.
You should also test on iOS 5 if possible. Normally an app will run fine on iOS 5 even if it's built for iOS 4. It's your call on updating to the new Xcode–or if you even want to build or iOS 4.
You will have to test on iOS 5 in order to see whether works correctly. Generally an app will be compatible with a new version of iOS, but it might get some new bugs, this will depend on the APIs and libraries you used. You cannot say whether an app will run perfect on iOS 5. Therefore an upgrade to Xcode 4.2 is inevitable in order to correctly test your app on iOS 5.