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| plexus:
--- Quote from: Seppy on June 12, 2018, 08:08:39 am --- --- Quote from: plexus on June 12, 2018, 07:18:27 am ---I just got a notification about a post in the discussion forum and ended up here. I am an iOS user. iphone 6, ipad mini, iphone 4. Looking forward to an iOS app! --- End quote --- You can use the app now if you like, just fill in the form at the top of the page and become a beta tester :) --- End quote --- How do I get the app? i searched the app store on my iphone for 121gw and eevblog and nothing came up. |
| IanB:
--- Quote from: Seppy on June 12, 2018, 08:08:39 am ---You can use the app now if you like, just fill in the form at the top of the page and become a beta tester :) --- End quote --- --- Quote from: plexus on June 12, 2018, 09:09:25 pm ---How do I get the app? i searched the app store on my iphone for 121gw and eevblog and nothing came up. --- End quote --- The app is not published yet. But you can fill in the form linked at the top of this thread and request to become a beta tester. |
| Kean:
--- Quote from: IanB on June 12, 2018, 08:30:06 pm --- --- Quote from: Kean on June 12, 2018, 08:41:50 am ---My iPad mini is the original model, so it can't run iOS 11 unfortunately. I considered upgrading, but I just don't use it enough (or do enough iOS app dev) to justify buying a new model. I may have to eventually now that Apple is forcing all new apps to be built for iOS 11. --- End quote --- I just read the App Store submission guidelines, and while it says apps must be able to run on the currently shipping OS it doesn't say they can't run on older versions of the OS. It would be very helpful for people with older devices or people who don't want to be on the bleeding edge of OS releases if the app could run on iOS 10 or earlier. Are there any specific features of iOS 11 that it relies on? This is the first App I have tried that insists on iOS 11.3 as the minimum supported version. --- End quote --- True. My understanding is that all new apps submitted to the store must be built with the iOS 11 SDK. I'm haven't done any iOS app dev recently, so I haven't dug into what backwards compatibility that provides. I imagine that Apple wants to encourage people to move to new devices though. I guess it will be a matter of what Seppy can build using the Xamarin framework, and I'm sure there are some limits to what they can support. |
| IanB:
--- Quote from: Kean on June 12, 2018, 10:47:17 pm ---My understanding is that all new apps submitted to the store must be built with the iOS 11 SDK. I'm haven't done any iOS app dev recently, so I haven't dug into what backwards compatibility that provides. I imagine that Apple wants to encourage people to move to new devices though. I guess it will be a matter of what Seppy can build using the Xamarin framework, and I'm sure there are some limits to what they can support. --- End quote --- I can say that my iPad has been running iOS 10.x for a long time, and no app downloads or updates have so far complained about the OS being unsupported. This app seems unique in saying it "requires iOS 11.3 or higher before it can be installed". My guess is that the minimum OS level is a setting in the build that can be changed, and that perhaps the app package is picking up a default value corresponding to the latest OS release? |
| Kean:
Well, on my iPhone 6 running iOS 11.3.1 (soon 11.4), I have several older apps installed some time ago that won't run anymore. e.g. Trying to start the ONsemi app shows a popup --- Quote ---"ONsemi" Needs to Be Updated. The developer of this app needs to update it to work with iOS 11. [Learn More] [OK] --- End quote --- (Yes, the capitalisation of "to Be" is exactly like that - unusual for Apple). It then has a link to a learn more screen (Settings->General->About->Applications) which shows 14 apps I have on my phone that no longer work, and with no new updates in the app store. That includes other large companies like Officeworks and Kathmandu that apparently haven't updated their apps. Anyway, back to the 121GW app - it appears that Xamarin does support older versions of iOS. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/ios/platform/ So unless Seppy is using some specific features requiring iOS 11 then he can probably adjust a build/publish setting for backwards compatibility (iOS 9 and above would be nice). |
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