Minimum iOS Deployment Target in Xcode 13

I'm reading this in the release notes of Xcode 13:

The Xcode 13 release supports on-device debugging for iOS 9 and later(...)

source: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode-release-notes/xcode-13-release-notes

Now this may sound like a stupid question, but does this mean that iOS 9.0 is the minimum iOS Deployment Target we can choose from in Xcode 13?

Answered by robnotyou in 689507022

Yes.

The simplest way is to try it...
I created a new iOS project.

The "Deployment Info" dropdown shows values from:
• iOS 15.0
to
• iOS 9.0

And that's it. Nothing earlier than 9.0

Personally, I would have believed Apple in the first place, but there's no harm in double-checking ;-)

Accepted Answer

Yes.

The simplest way is to try it...
I created a new iOS project.

The "Deployment Info" dropdown shows values from:
• iOS 15.0
to
• iOS 9.0

And that's it. Nothing earlier than 9.0

Personally, I would have believed Apple in the first place, but there's no harm in double-checking ;-)

Thank you very much for your answer. This is very helpful. Indeed I didn't try, I'm still using Xcode 12.0.1. This is because I don't trust Apple that much when it comes to supporting older OSes and devices. And I do care about this, as a developer.

Minimum iOS Deployment Target in Xcode 13
 
 
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