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My question is to get knowlegde regarding whether the app created for iphone 4 and 5 in ios 7 are supported in iphone 6 and iphone 6 plus or not??

If not supported then how i can provide support to the apps so that it can run in iphone 6 and iphone 6 plus

Zalak Patel
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  • Well all app's would be provided in both iphone 6 and 6 plus but for that you need to make changes in code for iOS 8 compatibility and also take size of screen into consideration. For adjusting size go for autlayout and start fixing/making those changes. Rest code logic and method is available or deprecated will depend so start off with your work. – nikhil84 Sep 12 '14 at 11:03
  • @walle84 If auto resizing is provided then there wont require to take screen size in to consideration?? and code written in obj c will run in iphone 6? – Zalak Patel Sep 12 '14 at 11:08
  • Yes but I'm definitely sure that your UI will have some issue(minor or major no idea) as screen size is increased so the look and feel will. – nikhil84 Sep 12 '14 at 12:01
  • I have tried if auto resizing is done then it appears same so i am also confused – Zalak Patel Sep 12 '14 at 12:38
  • Okay so if u come cross something do let me know and vice-versa. – nikhil84 Sep 12 '14 at 13:58

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If your app is in App Store, you can download and install the app right in your iOS 8 device.
Showing as iOS 7 5s device, but if you use Xcode 6 (include iOS 8) you should rewrite some code to adapt for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 plus.
That means if you use Xcode 5 to build the ipa, no iOS 8 features will be shown.

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  • if i am using xcode 6 then what kind of code i need to write? should i provide condition that if ios 8 then screen size should be as per iphone 6 else iphone 5s? – Zalak Patel Sep 12 '14 at 11:11
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Yes they are supported but you need to change User interface according to size of screen for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 plus because image resolutions .there are so many method which are depreciated in iOS 8 so Be care full when you will update the Application

dheeru
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  • I am new in ios so asking you few things if code written in obj c then do i need to change anything in code to provide support? and if auto resizing is given then will it create any problem regarding screen size? – Zalak Patel Sep 12 '14 at 11:18
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New iPhone 6 and iPhone 6+ will scale exiting apps to fit there screen sizes.
There are more than 1.3 millions apps available on app store and Apple taken care of those apps.
To get benefits of new iOS devices and iOS8 features you need to use xCode6 GM.
Optimization for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6+ will be done using Auto resizing property.
Here is the link of iPhone6 questions which might help you.

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Hemant Singh Rathore
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To provide iOS 8 support, need to xcode 6. As far as code is concerned, it depends on the xcode 6 requirement. We need to update only those functions those are deprecated in iOS 8. And for the UI, apple introduced 2 new screen size 4.7 and 5.5 inch. We need to use autolayout to manage the UI. Please let me know if any other issue. Thanks.

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  • if i want to provide support to app created in ios 6 then do i need to change anything if auto resizing is already done so if i am running that app in xcode 6 still ui appears same as it was before so no change is found – Zalak Patel Sep 12 '14 at 11:54