iOS App Store - Wi-Fi download limit

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assafm OP

Created May ’16

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Hi,

I have run into a weird issue while submitting my app update on iTunes Connect:

When I submitted my app I got an email that my ipa may be over the 100MB limit after it's released in the App Store.

I went to look on the build properties under TestFlight -> iOS Builds ->Choose Build Number -> Build Details -> App Store File Sizes. It shows a list of all iPad devices and the App Store sizes.

In all of those the ipa size is under 100MB, aside from a column that is called "Universal", for which the ipa is over 100MB.

Does anyone know what it means?

My app is not Universal, it only supports iPads, so does it mean it's under the limit?

Thanks

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Answer 1

games2win OP

Jun ’16

Users having devices < iOS9.0 will download the "Universal" IPA.

Those with >= iOS 9.0 will download IPAs as per the table, depending on the device they have .

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Answer 2

ikbalnamli OP

Jul ’16

Are you sure about that? I wonder where did you get that information just to be sure.

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Answer 3

tomricketps OP

Jul ’16

This definitely is *not* the case -- our app is showing 102Mb for the "Universal Binary" size, along with the exclamation point warning. However, the app on the store shows as between 67Mb and 87Mb for a variety of devices running iOS 6.x through 9.x. It definitely varies between large and small devices, along with the iOS version. Regardless, none of the devices we've checked so far actually indicates a size of >= 100Mb, so I'm also unclear as to what devices would actually use that one.

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Answer 4

mohossama OP

May ’18

It's clearly mentioned here:
https://developer.apple.com/library/content/qa/qa1795/_index.html

<< quote

A universal .ipa is a compressed app bundle that contains all of the resources to run the app on any device. Bitcode has been recompiled, and additional resources needed by the App Store, such as
```
.dSYM
```
files and On Demand Resources, are removed. For App Store apps, this
```
.ipa
```
is downloaded to devices running iOS 8 or earlier.
A thinned .ipa is a compressed app bundle that contains only the resources needed to run the app on a specific device. Bitcode has been recompiled, and additional resources needed by the App Store, such as
```
.dSYM
```
files and On Demand Resources, are removed. For App Store apps, this
```
.ipa
```
is downloaded to devices running iOS 9 or later.

end-quote >>

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