Questions tagged [ios-universal-app]

An iOS universal app is an app that can be run both on iPhone, iPhone with retina screen, iPad and iPad with retina screen.

An iOS universal app is an app that can be run both on iPhone, iPhone with retina screen, iPad and iPad with retina screen.

Developer guide for Creating a Universal App

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Using tilde "~" for the Storyboard names in iOS

Is it officially supported to use "~" for the Storyboard names for automatic form factor recognition? HomeView~ipad.storyboard HomeView~iphone.storyboard I know it works if used like that but I want to make sure Apple officially supports this…
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Developing the same app for iPhone and iPad: one app for all or two apps per device type?

I have an order: to develop the app that should work the same on both iPhone and iPad. I know that there are two approaches on how many apps to do: one app for both device type; two apps - for iPhone and iPad. I have seen both approaches met often…
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Are we still able to target Apps for iPad 1?

I am stating a new Universal App, but want it to also work on an iPad 1 (people like myself still have one). I am developing on Xcode 4.5.2 which defaults to IOS6, but when I set the Target to IOS5 and run, it crashes (black screen). Any suggestions…
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iPad mistakenly loads iPhone storyboard on first time load

I have a universal application where I have one storyboard for iPhone and one for iPad. I have a problem where the first time the application gets installed on a device (through TestFlight) the application loads iPhone storyboard. If I re-install…
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Preview Interface Builder Layout on iPad and iPhone

Using Xcode 5, I've created a new xib that I want to use for both the iPad and iPhone versions of my app. Is there a way I can use the Assistant to preview the layout for both devices? I created the xib file using New File > User Interface > View…
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Expected identifier on if (UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPhone)

*This is the whole code :) I have been trying to fix this for an hour now, but i can still not make it. I would be happy if someone could help me :) Still can't make the UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM code work.* #import "ViewController.h" @interface…
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How to manually convert an iPhone-only app to Universal in Xcode 5?

I have an iPhone-only app which needs to become universal. I selected the target and changed Deployment Info > Devices from "iPhone" to "Universal". The blog post I found says Xcode asks you what to do. But it didn't ask anything. When I run the app…
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Switching universal app to iPhone only

I started my project as a universal app, and now I want to change the app to iPhone only and release that first, then upgrade later to support iPad. When I tried to change the app to support only the iPhone, it won't launch in the "iPhone mode"…
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Change ios iPad/iPhone project to library and merge into universal app

I have two projects: One made for the iPad and one for the iPhone. The iPad version is using CoreData and .xib files. Both project use CocoaPods. I want to convert each project to a library, make a new universal app, link the two libraries into it…
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Visibility of Universal app on iTunes for iPhone and iPad

I have just release a Universal app for iOS, I am able to see the Universal app in iPad apps store but I cannot see the same app in iPhone app store. My question - Is there a Time difference for visibility of app on iPad and iPhone app store ? How…
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Kal Calendar for Universal App

I am updating my app to a universal app but there is something wrong with the Kal Calendar: From this answer it says I should change: const CGSize kTileSize = { 46.f, 44.f }; to const CGSize kTileSize = { 109.0f, 109.0f }; but then it looks…
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Large sizes in iOS Universal apps due to a million images

Ok, I have a universal app, which means it has to have an iPhone non-retina launch image, retina image, and iPhone 5+ size retina image. It also has to have non-retina iPad launch for portrait and landscape, retina for portrait and landscape, and…
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Moving from universal iOS app to separate iPhone/iPad apps

I started developing a universal app because I was told to do that way as a requirement, but now I'm being asked about the possibility of switching to separate iPhone and iPad versions and I need to give an idea of the effort that making this change…
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How to convert from iPAD/iPAD2 layout to iPhone4/iPhone5/iPAD-mini layout

I never used Interface Builder ever in my app, and don't think it is something good to do. My app was already designed for iPad/iPad2 layout, without ever considering making it work on iPhone4/iPhone5/iPAD-mini. Now I want my app to work on all of…
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App Crashes on Device but Not on Simulator

I am working on a universal app. It runs just fine on both iPhone and iPad simulators and on an iPhone 4S but it crashes on an iPad. It is a split view on the iPad and it is only when opening certain views that it crashes. Some of the views work…
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