Right, so how were they able to release an app 11/19 without using the iOS 7 sdk? I doubt they submitted it long before that.
Sent from my iPhone On Dec 11, 2013, at 22:04, Luther Baker <lutherba...@gmail.com> wrote: > Technically, an iPad running iOS7 can run apps in iOS6 compatibility mode. > > The keyboard is a dead giveaway. > > It is similar to an original OSX upgrade from OS9, where some OS9 apps could > run within OSX under an OS9 compatibility mode. Or think of it like running a > windows app in Parallels on a Mac. > > If an app is running in iOS6 compatibility mode, some of the controls you > will see (like the alert view) will look like iOS7 - but alas, an iOS6 > keyboard showing up on an iOS7 device is a dead giveaway that the app was > built with iOS6 SDK ... which automatically runs on the iOS7 device in iOS6 > compatibility mode. > > The key, you must build your app with the iOS6 SDK. That means ... Xcode 4.3 > ... or download an older version of Xcode and copy the 6 SDK into your Xcode > 5. > > In general, not everything works perfectly in iOS6 compatibility mode - so be > sure and do some testing ... but for instance, it allows my existing app > released May 2013 to continue to function and run on iOS7 devices without > requiring an updated binary from me. > > > On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 11:47 PM, Maxthon Chan <xcvi...@me.com> wrote: >> The other way around - they styled their UI in iOS 7 fashion but used iOS 6 >> SDK. It is actually quite simple if you ignore the blur effect. >> >> And I used to do that as well - when I worked for a game company and >> designed a UIKit-only game imitating iOS 7 looks on iOS 6 SDK. >> >> On Dec 12, 2013, at 13:44, Rick Mann <rm...@latencyzero.com> wrote: >> >> > I'm running iOS 7. You're saying they styled their own keyboard to look >> > like the iOS 6 keyboard? It's a pretty good imitation. >> > >> > On Dec 11, 2013, at 21:29 , Maxthon Chan <xcvi...@me.com> wrote: >> > >> >> They simulated iOS 7 looks using iOS 6 SDK. It is not that difficult by >> >> using appearance proxy. >> >> >> >> On Dec 12, 2013, at 13:26, Rick Mann <rm...@latencyzero.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>> Why does the Google Hangouts app on iPad, on iOS 7, have a nice-looking >> >>> iOS-6 style keyboard? Other UI in the app looks like iOS 7 UI. >> >>> >> >>> Hangouts: http://cl.ly/image/1U2T1e1y1G15 >> >>> Safari: http://cl.ly/image/2C1B2r2n2J3J >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> Rick >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> >> >>> Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) >> >>> >> >>> Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. >> >>> Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com >> >>> >> >>> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >> >>> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/xcvista%40me.com >> >>> >> >>> This email sent to xcvi...@me.com >> >> >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Rick >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) >> >> Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. >> Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com >> >> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/lutherbaker%40gmail.com >> >> This email sent to lutherba...@gmail.com > _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
