Survey: 95% of developers working to support iOS 7, over half will require it

[Rogifan]

According to Craig Hockenberry of The Iconfactory.

http://forums.appleinsider.com/t/15...ng-to-support-ios-7-over-half-will-require-it

The findings are based on a survey of 575 iOS developers by Twitterrific developer Craig Hockenberry of The Iconfactory.

Hockenberry noted his own plans to Twitterrific, working with designer David Lanham. While he described the shipping version of the app as "feeling old and clunky," the results of overhauling the interface to reflect Apple's new design for iOS 7 are "stunning."

He added, "as you?d expect, it?s a lot more work than previous versions of iOS" for developers to both support and fit in with the new appearance of iOS 7.

Additionally, Hockenberry noted that "the depth and breadth of the changes in iOS 7 makes it difficult to support older versions of the OS," resulting in the just over half of those replying stating that their updates would require iOS 7 in order to work."Now?s the time to start thinking about upgrading. Many apps will require a device capable of running iOS 7".

 

[Prabas]

Sounds much better than making another version of the app (you'd have to buy it again), just for the iOS 7.

 

[gmanist1000]

Sounds much better than making another version of the app (you'd have to buy it again), just for the iOS 7.

I would be very unhappy about that.

 

[kmj2318]

I've been wanting to know the answer to this for a while now, but didn't want to make a new thread to ask it:

What happens if you're running an old version of iOS and you try to use an app that requires a newer one? Are you still aloud to use the old app if the old version of the app only needed the iOS that you're running? What happens if an app that you use gets updated to require a newer iOS than you're running, do you still get the updates just to be told that you can't use it?

Thanks

 

[LordQ]

I've been wanting to know the answer to this for a while now, but didn't want to make a new thread to ask it:

What happens if you're running an old version of iOS and you try to use an app that requires a newer one? Are you still aloud to use the old app if the old version of the app only needed the iOS that you're running? What happens if an app that you use gets updated to require a newer iOS than you're running, do you still get the updates just to be told that you can't use it?

Thanks

I have an iPad 1 and I'm stuck with 5.1.1, when apps (like YouTube or Procreate) were updated, they required iOS 6 so when I go to the App Store they say 'Update' but you can't, so yeah, you can't do anything but use the version you currently have.

 

[GenesisST]

When I first compiled and ran my app with Xcode 5 and the 7 simulator, I was really disappointed... I have a bit of work to support it. Nothing major, but when I need to work on new features, I cannot spare the time.

But that's the thing, compiled with the iOS 7 SDK on Xcode 5, my app is seen as an iOS 7 app, which it isn't really.

So I took the plunge and installed iOS 7 on my iPad and iPhone and installed the Xcode 4.6 / iOS 6 compiled version of the app and the result is: an iOS 6 looking app.

I half-assumed that this would be the case, so I wanted to see for sure. But I've never seen it written specifically (rarely make it to the end of articles before falling asleep...)

So for the moment, there is no real rush for me to support it, as I'm a single developer for my app... Bigger fish to fry... One day, I will get there.

At the end of the day, mostly developers and nerds will complain that it isn't iOS7-looking... But it is the same for 64-bit applications that don't really need to be 64-bits... Only developers and nerds don't like to see all their apps as "Intel (64-bit)" in Activity Monitor...

 

[sero323]

As a developer I was also disappointed at how ios 7 has changed. Most of the code has to be tweaked and even then it doesn't look the way it's suppose to. Ios 7 and iphone 5 will most likely be the requirements for my app