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Saeed Rahmatolahi
Saeed Rahmatolahi

Reputation: 1338

can I still making application for iPhone 4s or not?

I have an iPhone app in swift 3 - recently I heard that the apple company will remove 32 bit apps in the app store besides iPhone 4s doesn't support 64 bit apps - so does it means I have to ignore iPhone 4s in my app or not? because I have to build this app 32 bit and as apple said the 32 bit apps will be removed from app store so my question is that next year the developers can't build apps for iphone4s or not?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 496

Answers (1)

rmaddy
rmaddy

Reputation: 318934

iOS 11 will only support 64-bit apps.

If your app has a Deployment Target of iOS 11 or later then your app will only work in 64-bit mode and of course only on iOS 11 or later devices.

If your app has a Deployment Target of something earlier than iOS 11 then your app should support both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. And such an app will run on both 32-bit devices and 64-bit devices as the long as the device's iOS version isn't older than your app's Deployment Target.

The iPhone 4s only supports up to iOS 9.3.5. If you wish to support this device then your app's Deployment Target must be iOS 9.3 or earlier. And your app must support both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. Then your app will work just fine on the older devices and it will work with iOS 11 and 64-bit devices.

So yes, you can still support the iPhone 4s.

The problem is with old apps that haven't been updated with 64-bit support. Such old apps will not run under iOS 11.

Upvotes: 3

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