Apple Encourages Developers to Update Their Apps for iPhone X

[vazquez1085]

Given I still have apps that aren’t optimized for the plus screens, I’m not hopeful. I look forward to the next two years at least of terrible looking apps!

Waiting for the developer of my “passwords” app to update so it can work with iOS 11

 

[DotCom2]

I rely a lot on Touch ID for so many of my necessary apps that I'm a little worried that Face ID won't be supported anytime soon on many of them. I don't use just one password and use many different ones on different apps. ARGH!

 

[Dave245]

There’s still time between now and release date for developers to updat their apps, Face ID will be so much better for apps like banking and so on.

 

[BiscottiGelato]

I absolutely agree. I have one app that I use constantly that hasn't been updated for the iPhone 6/6Plus and higher series of resolutions...

And the app has gone thru dozens of updates since then, like 3+ years. I keep bitching about it in the reviews, they don't give a ****.

Apple forces a lot of stupid things on people & devs, but I'm surprised they haven't forced devs to update for the higher resolution support.

Perhaps with the iPhone X and a completely different aspect ratio and screen format, devs will be pushed to redesign for it and will by the same token update it for the other larger resolutions of the 6/6Plus and higher phones.

Stop using that app. There are plenty of other developers that are working hard, being responsive to their users, that would be happy if you give them a try.

 

[BaltimoreMediaBlog]

Until the iPhone XI with a NEW never before under the screen Touch ID comes out! 😀

 

[xStep]

I rely a lot on Touch ID for so many of my necessary apps that I'm a little worried that Face ID won't be supported anytime soon on many of them. I don't use just one password and use many different ones on different apps. ARGH!

From the app developer coding point of view they are the same. No coding change is required for use.

For on screen descriptive text their is one call difference to check for in the code to get the wording correct. Since I’m stuck with Xcode 8 until Apple fixes its terrible simulator mapping performance bug, I had to test the screen size to get the wording right in an app I’m working on.

 

[RodThePlod]

If it comes first, it’s eks, if it comes last, it’s ten.

Eks: Xcode, Xserve, xQuartz
Ten: OS X, Final Cut Pro X, iPhone X

Ohhh you mean like my Beats X earphones?! 😉

 

[Neepman]

Please redo all your apps ASAP to gimp all non iPhone X devices. Thanks for your cooperation.

 

[DEMinSoCAL]

I'm surprised Apple's heavy-handed tactics don't DEMAND developers write X-compatible apps by 1/1/18 or be removed from the app store...that sounds more like Apple than then asking nicely...

 

[Razeus]

Given I still have apps that aren’t optimized for the plus screens, I’m not hopeful. I look forward to the next two years at least of terrible looking apps!

I've switched banks and other services over stuff like this.

Just shows which companies take care of customers needs vs. those that half ass customer service.

 

[ZebraDude]

I'm still waiting for Facebook to update the resolution for my 12.9 iPad pro and it came out in 2015.

 

[Dissonance]

Future iPhones will adopt the same form factor as the X. You should probably update your app dude.

Personally, I doubt the notch will be around for long.

 

[fairuz]

Apple needs to tell us how precisely how many iPhone X units have been Pre-Ordered, so that we have some confidence & incentive to do so !

NO MORE marketing games, Mr. Cook ... give us the facts, & treat us like Adults !

Is it really that hard to update an app for a new screen size/shape anyway? Assuming you used Autolayout, didn't abuse the APIs, etc.
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If it comes first, it’s eks, if it comes last, it’s ten.

Eks: Xcode, Xserve, xQuartz
Ten: OS X, Final Cut Pro X, iPhone X

But then is X11 called "ten eleven"? 😀
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Android started out with different manufacturers and different screen sizes. It had to do so from the beginning. iOS started with one (then two when the iPad came out).

Yeah, and StackOverflow had lots of bad examples where people would do things like setting constant dimensions everywhere.

 

[HiVolt]

Stop using that app. There are plenty of other developers that are working hard, being responsive to their users, that would be happy if you give them a try.

And I've done so for a lot of apps, but this is a road biking app that I've used since 2012, it's got all kinds of history saved in it. The app works very well, but this dev just keep ignoring the resolution issue. I hope the iPhone X will push them to fix the issue, and I hope that the new coding requirement for the X will also force it for the other phones.

 

[BiscottiGelato]

Strava.....