Can I submit a hotfix for a version supporting an older version of iOS?

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Created Sep ’15

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Here's the hypothetical scenario: I am currently supporting two versions of my app in the App Store. One is version 1.0, and supports a minimum version of iOS 8.0, and the other is version 2.0, which supports a minimum of iOS 9.0. I have discovered a critical issue in my version 1.0 app and would like to submit a hotfix 1.0.1. This way, I can continue to support my users who have not upgraded their devices to iOS 9.0, while keeping my latest version (2.0) available for iOS 9 users. Is this currently possible?

I relealize that the preferred solution is to release a single update to 2.0 that adds backwards compatibility with iOS 8. I'm trying to understand if the above scenario is a possible option.

Thanks for you help.

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KMT OP

Sep ’15

>I am currently supporting two versions of my app in the App Store

Dev can only work with one version of your app in the store at a time, so not sure how you're doing that, sorry, unless you mean two separate apps...

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br_dc OP

Sep ’15

I'm not currently doing it. It is a hypothetical scenario. So you're saying it's not possible? I know that Apple added the ability keep an older version of your app on the store to support older devices and OS versions. I'm trying to figure out if I can hotfix the old version without updating the new version.

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KMT OP

Sep ’15

Yes, I'm claiming it's not possible to hotfix w/o updating current version.

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hotpaw2 OP

Sep ’15

IIRC, version numbers have to ascend on any submission. So if your 2.0 is already in the App store, then any "hotfix" submission has to have a version number greater than 2.0, and will thus show as an update to your 2.0 app users.

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ahmedtausif OP

Jul ’24

If God forbid you have to do that then can be achievable via Test Flight (public Beta URL) not through App Store directly.

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