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iOS iPhone app for 4-inch screen only?

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Habbfreaky

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Jul 13, 2013
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Hi there,

Is it possible to offer an app only for the iPhone 5 and iPod Touch 5G?
I.e. a game that utilizes the 4-inch screen, so the concept of the game will not work on 3.5-inch screens?

Will Apple accept an app that does not function on 3.5-inch screen models, and is it possible for an app to not be available in the AppStore for sale on 3.5-inch devices?

Thank you.
 
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I believe the only filtering you can do is iOS version based and not device based?

I stand to be corrected though.
 
Since even the iPhone 4 can support iOS 7, demanding that version of iOS will not make it 4-inch devices only.

Anyone that has encountered the same problem maybe?
 
dantastic said:
You can set required hardware capabilities in the info.plist file under the key UIRequiredDeviceCapabilities

There is nothing there that will single out the 4" screen though. Here's a matrix http://blog.manbolo.com/2012/10/30/uirequireddevicecapabilities-and-device-compatibility-matrix
Click to expand...

Pretty much that. You can make it not work on other than 4 inch, but than you can't make it unavailable in the App Store for all devices that it won't work on.
That would probably cause a problem for the iPad as well.
I think it pretends to be a 3.5 inch iPhone in iPhone mode.

thx for the link dantastic.. haven't seen it as neat as that.
 
xArtx said:
Pretty much that. You can make it not work on other than 4 inch, but than you can't make it unavailable in the App Store for all devices that it won't work on.
That would probably cause a problem for the iPad as well.
I think it pretends to be a 3.5 inch iPhone in iPhone mode.

thx for the link dantastic.. haven't seen it as neat as that.
Click to expand...

That's a pity. How do other developers solve that problem? For apps that are made especially for the 4-inch screen. I won't be the only one I guess.
 
That is the only option I guess. I could expect some apps made specifially for the 4-inch screen, because it simply demands that space.

Thanks :)
 
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