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32-Bit Apps No Longer Supported in iOS 11

BoneDaddy said:
For those of you who don't understand why we jailbreak... Well, this is why.

Guaranteed, Cydia will have a tweak that will put 32bit support back in ios11.

Having a non jailbroken iphone, is like having an old nokia, compared to what we can do with a jailbroken device.
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Good luck jailbreaking in the hope of getting a 32bit app to work on a 64bit OS! It's not going to happen. Without 32bit libraries, any amount of jailbreaking isn't going to give you that magic!
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nfl46 said:
Yep, Hillary Clinton For The Win. Me and the rest of the world perhaps.
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Good luck with Clinton.
 
I'm still using the 32 bit Netflix app to airplay movies on my tv. The newer 64 bit Netflix app dropped support for airplay and now it tries to do handoff where my Apple TV tries to connect to the internet. This doesn't work because I have no internet. I live in a remote area and only have cellular so I watch on my tv whatever will mirror from my phone including Netflix.
I saw that Amazon prime is not in the Apple TV yet so maybe I'll try to see if the Amazon Prime app will airplay mirror my phone to the tv. If so, I can cancel Netflix and subscribe to AP and never update the AP app until iOS requires only 128 bit apps.
Madness.

UPDATE: Tried AP, almost works on my apple tv, I see the airplay symbol at the top of the app when playing a video, I press that and it says playing on Apple TV but I see nothing but a black screen, it's trying to stream online internet instead of intranet from mirroring from my phone. Bummer, staying on iOS 10 for the next two years.
 
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Good to hear this happen finally.

My only concern is, will data and other things I create on 32bit be accessible on the 64bit versions, and if not, will that mean that Apple and the company who produced the App be considered withholding my property that I generated and own?

An App is a tool but wouldn't I own the intellectual rights to things I created with said tool, and if I cannot get access to them then isn't that going to be an issue?
 
JosephAW said:
I'm still using the 32 bit Netflix app to airplay movies on my tv. The newer 64 bit Netflix app dropped support for airplay and now it tries to do handoff where my Apple TV tries to connect to the internet. This doesn't work because I have no internet. I live in a remote area and only have cellular so I watch on my tv whatever will mirror from my phone including Netflix.
I saw that Amazon prime is not in the Apple TV yet so maybe I'll try to see if the Amazon Prime app will airplay mirror my phone to the tv. If so, I can cancel Netflix and subscribe to AP and never update the AP app until iOS requires only 128 bit apps.
Madness.
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Couldn't you just share the network with your apple tv and start netflix on there?
 
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I bought a $5 app last week that had this error message when I opened it warning me about not working with future versions of iOS. I left a 1 star review and asked Apple for a refund which they quickly did. Kind of crappy to buy an app that will only work for 3 more months.
 
As I suspected, I won't be going near iOS 11 for a long, long time, as I have close to a hundred 32-bit apps that I use regularly. But an earlier poster was right, most users won't find out until they upgrade, and lots are going to be PISSED. Expect quite the kerfuffle.
 
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David G. said:
The fact that Google hasn't updated Google Earth for iOS is astonishing. Why would people ever want to switch to Android if they fear they might be neglected as they are with this.
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Google was cut by Apple, so why would they rush to help iOS? My Android Google Earth is fine. Blame Apple for eliminating Google Maps.
 
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I expect to see a huge amount of updates from a number of apps, just checked mine and I have over 50 games all still 32-bit
 
David G. said:
The fact that Google hasn't updated Google Earth for iOS is astonishing. Why would people ever want to switch to Android if they fear they might be neglected as they are with this.
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Wow what extraordinarily Apple-centric logic(?) is this? Here's a variant of the same...

The fact that Apple hasn't made Messages/Facetime/et all for Android is astonishing. Why would Android people ever want to switch to Apple iOS if they fear they might be ignored as they are with this.

See how that works?

iOS is Androids primary competitor. Perhaps it makes great business sense to NOT update (or be a bit slow to update) some Google apps as part of playing an alternative walled garden game... just as Apple makes a number of important apps ONLY available in its walled garden?

Or more simply, if Google DID make all of their apps have fully-updated, fully-functional compatibility with iOS, why should YOU imagine anyone would WANT to switch to Android when they can have their cake & eat it too on iOS devices? I mean if an iOS device can run everything available on iOS, including a bunch of apps exclusively available ONLY on iOS, AND it can run all of the Google apps with full functionality, why should anyone on iOS want to switch to Android? They would get everything from a single device.
 
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Kastellen said:
As I suspected, I won't be going near iOS 11 for a long, long time, as I have close to a hundred 32-bit apps that I use regularly. But an earlier poster was right, most users won't find out until they upgrade, and lots are going to be PISSED. Expect quite the kerfuffle.
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I'm going to raise an eyebrow here. You regularly use 100 apps that haven't been updated in over two years? I'm going to need some receipts for that.

WBRacing said:
I have several where obviously the dev has lone gone but the apps still work fine. Seems like a nice way for Apple to "encourage" people to buy new apps, whilst lining their pockets in the process.
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Or, maybe, they want to shed old crud that: -probably will not work perfectly for long as no-one is fixing bugs. -Looks outdated and doesn't promote the platform feature wise. - is probably not entirely cost free in terms of maintenance required to keep 32 bit mode working and safe.

mwhals said:
Google was cut by Apple, so why would they rush to help iOS? My Android Google Earth is fine. Blame Apple for eliminating Google Maps.
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In my reality I just drove to work using google maps?
 
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1Password is listed as a luddite app on mine. Bit surprised by that but expect it will be duly dragged into line before too long.
 
Michael Scrip said:
An hour's worth of work to update your app might only get you pennies in the future.

But doing nothing will get you nothing.
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But flipping burgers or waiting on tables (etc.) may well earn them more.

Developing (even just updating) apps isn't free or easy, or you might be (re)writing that app yourself.
 
Ouch...I have 43 apps that will no longer work. Hopefully at least a few of the devs get updates released, but I think half of these aren't even on the store anymore.
 
firewood said:
A better (and more realistic) idea is to keep an old iOS device that won't run iOS 11.
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That's exactly what I'm going to do. I think I still have a 6.1.3 iPad 2 laying around. Most of the iOS 7+ apps I have are 64bit anyway.
 
Does the App Store even tell you about possible incompatibilities before purchasing?

I got an app for my iPad maybe a month ago and didn't start it up until this week and was greeted with the incompatibility warning.

It might be a good idea to implement some sort of warning before letting users confirm the purchase...
 
jjvdhoef said:
I'm going to raise an eyebrow here. You regularly use 100 apps that haven't been updated in over two years? I'm going to need some receipts for that.
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Just counted the list on my iPad: 109 apps (out of 381 installed); by a conservative count I regularly use 43 of those. It's similar on my iPhone.

Believe me, I wish it was less: I loved a lot of what they showed yesterday, particularly the CarPlay Do Not Disturb While Driving feature.
 
jjvdhoef said:
Couldn't you just share the network with your apple tv and start netflix on there?
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How? Current Apple TV OS requires online internet access, I only have intranet, my cell phone is the only internet. Oh I can do a hotspot but how many movies can I watch before my monthly allotment is used up?
This is why I have to use an older app in order to support mirroring and not handoff.
 
ILikeAllOS said:
Well, I guess I will finally have to say goodbye to the good old AppShopper app. :(
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Out of 159 apps installed this was 1 of 4. I never really use it, I think the only reason I keep it around is for its pre-iOS 6 design. Ah nostalgia, and damn it looks so dated.

I definitely need an app clear out.
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usarioclave said:
This sucks donkey balls. The apps work just fine and yes, a lot of them are paid.
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WBRacing said:
I have several where obviously the dev has lone gone but the apps still work fine. Seems like a nice way for Apple to "encourage" people to buy new apps, whilst lining their pockets in the process.
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Would love to see a screenshot or both of your General --> About --> Applications screens.
 
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