Do I need to change the Minimum Deployment Target because of the latest news in the Apple Developer News

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Created Apr ’21

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On the the 20th of April, the following news was provided by Apple - https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=ib31uj1j

According to this -

Starting April 26, 2021, all iPhone and iPad apps submitted to the App Store must be built with Xcode 12 and the iOS 14 SDK or later

Currently, the Minimum Deployment Target of my apps is iOS 10.
Does this mean that the I need to change the Minimum Deployment Target? Or does it simply mean that I need to Use the Latest Version of Xcode to submit the apps, and these new versions will be available for iOS 10 devices too?

Answered by OOPer in 671750022

in Xcode I am able to select the Minimum Deployment Target as iOS 10.

Assuming you are using Xcode 12.x, that means you can build your app with Xcode 12 and iOS 14 SDK, which fulfills the requirement shown in the news.

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Claude31 OP

Apr ’21

They must be built with SDK 14, but that does not impact the deployment target directly.

iOS 10 should not be a problem (when you look at the popup for deployment target, do you still see iOS 10 ?)

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ParasGarg OP

Apr ’21

@Claude31 Yes, in Xcode I am able to select the Minimum Deployment Target as iOS 10.

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OOPer OP

Apr ’21

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in Xcode I am able to select the Minimum Deployment Target as iOS 10.

Assuming you are using Xcode 12.x, that means you can build your app with Xcode 12 and iOS 14 SDK, which fulfills the requirement shown in the news.

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