App store minimum iOS version support ?

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MIsha123 OP

Created Mar ’16

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What is the minimum ios version App store support?

Answered by junkpile in 122854022

The current App Distribution Guide says "For example, the lowest available setting for iPad apps is iOS 4.3." ( Setting the Deployment Target ) but my Xcode 7.1.1 doesn't seem to allow any deployment target for an iPhone project to be lower than iOS 6.0. So YMMV I guess. Basically the minimum is whatever the minimum supported Xcode version (Is Xcode 5 still allowed or does the store now require Xcode 6? I don't know) allows in the popup for the project deployment target.

One other factor - if you use Swift that limits you to iOS 7.0 and later.

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KMT OP

Mar ’16

Xcode 5.1.1 is still allowed, so that would make it iOS 7.1, I guess.

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hotpaw2 OP

Mar ’16

64-bit support is now required for App Store app submission. And iOS 6.0 is the lowest Deployment Target that will run a binary that includes an arm64 slice.

However, older (previously approved long ago) apps are still in the App Store. I see at least one app built with the iOS 3 SDK still live in the iOS App Store (and still running on iOS 9.2 devices!). Of course, updating it will require building with a much newer SDK.

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junkpile OP

Mar ’16

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The current App Distribution Guide says "For example, the lowest available setting for iPad apps is iOS 4.3." ( Setting the Deployment Target ) but my Xcode 7.1.1 doesn't seem to allow any deployment target for an iPhone project to be lower than iOS 6.0. So YMMV I guess. Basically the minimum is whatever the minimum supported Xcode version (Is Xcode 5 still allowed or does the store now require Xcode 6? I don't know) allows in the popup for the project deployment target.

One other factor - if you use Swift that limits you to iOS 7.0 and later.

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