GitHub user GitToTheHub edited a discussion: cordova-ios 8.0.0: Support minimum iOS 15
Hi, I would raise the minimum iOS version for cordova-ios 8.0.0 from version 13.0 to version 15.0. Here are the reasons: ### Why minimum iOS 15? #### Still 10 years of device support We still support devices released in 2015. The minimum iPhone would be iPhone 6s released on September 2015, or iPhone SE - 1. generation - released in 2016. For iPadOS, this would be iPad Air 2 (2014), or iPad 5. Generation (2017). #### iOS 13 is upgradable to iOS 15 Every device (iPhone/iPad) which supports iOS/iPad OS 13, also supports iOS/iPad OS 15 (see https://iosref.com/ios). There is no device with max iOS/iPad OS 13 or 14. #### iOS 13/14 get no security updates iOS 13 stopped receiving security updates on September 2020 and iOS 14 on October 2021 because Apple won’t backport such fixes since the devices could get the security updates by updating to iOS 15 instead. The current version of iOS 15 is 15.8.5, which was released on September 15, 2025. #### No Simulators available for older OSs In the recent XCode 26 version you can minimum install an iOS 15 simulator. The minimum XCode version since April 24, 2025 supported by Apple for uploading new apps is XCode 16 using an SDK for iOS 18. This XCode also supports minimum an iOS 15 simulator. According ChatGPT, you can't test an App with it on a iOS 13 device. #### Remove code for older OSs We can remove Code for older OSs and must not support them any more. What do you think? Regards, Manuel GitHub link: https://github.com/apache/cordova/discussions/566 ---- This is an automatically sent email for [email protected]. To unsubscribe, please send an email to: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
