Submitting iOS app for iPad-1 (iOS5.1)

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ishahak2 OP

Created Sep ’15

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Is there a way to upload apps which support iPad-1 (which is stuck with iOS 5.1)?

When I try using Xcode 6.4 to submit, is one of the two happening:

If I include the standard architectures (both 32 and 64 bits), I'm getting an error saying that apps with 64-bits can't set their target to iOS 5.1. (see below)
If I remove the 64-bits support, I'm getting an error saying that Apple do not allow apps without 64-bits binary.

I was trying to use the standalone app loader but it didn't change anything because the validate is done by the remote server.

For the second option above, I was getting this:

ERROR ITMS-90086: "Missing 64-bit support. Beginning on February 1, 2015 new iOS apps submitted to the App Store must include 64-bit support and be built with the iOS 8 SDK. Beginning June 1, 2015 app updates will also need to follow the same requirements. To enable 64-bit in your project, we recommend using the default Xcode build setting of “Standard architectures” to build a single binary with both 32-bit and 64-bit code."

Did we lose the ability to upload apps compatible with iPad-1?

Is there any other distribution possibility?

Thanks!

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Frameworks Engineer OP

Apple

Sep ’15

Hi ishahak2

If I include the standard architectures (both 32 and 64 bits), I'm getting an error saying that apps with 64-bits can't set their target to iOS 5.1. (see below)

iOS 5.1 did not properly handle fat binaries with a 64-bit slice. iOS 5.1.1 was released to address this issue and it is the lowest iOS version you can deploy back to when distributing via the App Store. Set your deployment target to iOS 5.1.1. You can then continue to build a fat binary, with 64-bit and 32-bit slices.

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