Just to note: On my particular machine (OS X Mavericks), Xcode 5 does not provide iOS 5.0 and 5.1 simulators. The minimum version is 6.0. From a quick google search, it also appears that iOS 5.x simulators are out-of-reach -- they apparently aren't supported under ML or later
So Xcode 5 will support different simulator sets based on the user's OS. Which does tend to poke a hole in the argument -- at least for those devs who have upgraded their OS. All that said, if iOS 5 is important to a dev, they should have a physical device with iOS 5 on it, so it's not a fatal flaw in the argument either way. ___________________________________ Kerri Shotts photoKandy Studios, LLC On the Web: http://www.photokandy.com/ Social Media: Twitter: @photokandy, http://twitter.com/photokandy Tumblr: http://photokandy.tumblr.com/ Github: https://github.com/kerrishotts https://github.com/organizations/photokandyStudios CoderWall: https://coderwall.com/kerrishotts Apps on the Apple Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/photokandy-studios-llc/id498577828 Books: http://www.packtpub.com/phonegap-2-mobile-application-hotshot/book http://www.packtpub.com/phonegap-social-app-development/book On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 5:01 PM, Marcel Kinard <cmarc...@gmail.com> wrote: > I know I'm going to look like a whacko and this will probably go over like > a lead balloon, but I'll say it anyway: I'd like to see iOS 5 stay in > Cordova for the next while. This is with my customer hat on, not my Cordova > developer hat on. > > The reason is because our distribution has customers internationally, > including Asia. In Asia there are higher concentrations of iOS devices that > aren't upgraded like other geographies, which there becomes a significant > amount of end-user devices instead of a trivial amount. iOS 5 end users are > important to app developers in Asia using our distribution - they want to > support these end users. > > I'm gating this based on the following understandings, please point out > any errors: > - Xcode 5 can target iOS 5.0 and 5.1 > - Xcode 5 has emulators for iOS 5.0 and 5.1 > - the fat binary support in Xcode 5 can generate 32-bit code that can run > on iOS 5.0 and 5.1. [1] > - there isn't code that needs to be ripped out or a bunch of conditional > branches that need to stay in especially if iOS 6 is supported, it's really > a matter of test effort to cover iOS 5.x > > [1] per the Xcode release notes, it actually looks like the min target for > fat binaries is iOS 5.1.1. This pokes at least one hole in my argument if > the desire is to generate only a fat binary. > > I understand the thought process around supporting iOS n and n-1. And the > desire to set a cutoff at a 5% global average usage. But Asia isn't > average, and averages can hide things. My suggestion is to align more (not > entirely) with what the current Xcode supports as deployment targets with > emulators. Apple seems to keep the cutoff level in Xcode moving up. To keep > balance, I also wouldn't suggest to do something unnatural (i.e., iOS 4.3). > > On Dec 19, 2013, at 1:32 PM, Shazron <shaz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Starting Feb 1st, 2014, Xcode 5 is required: > > https://developer.apple.com/news/index.php?id=12172013a > > > > This is the perfect time to drop iOS 5.0 support, and support arm64. I > > would say the Jan 2014 release should have this change. > >
