The launch of new devices by Apple means more than just new products. What's new in hardware means that developers have to adapt their apps to the screens and features of the new devices. In recent years, Apple is pushing developers a bit to adapt their applications as soon as possible.
Just yesterday announced that the Winners will be announced in March all the apps that are published or updated will have to be compatible with the iPhone XS Max and with the 12.9-inch iPad, In addition to whether they are compatible with the Apple Watch, they will have to adapt to the latest SDKs and with the Apple Watch Series 4.
March 27, deadline to adapt apps to new devices
The development of new operating systems as it was iOS 12 are important, not only at the level of functionalities for the user but also technical advantages for developers, for your applications and for their development. However, in order to take advantage of all these new features, it is important that they get involved in adapting all the new features to obtain a satisfactory result for users and, above all, for them.
Understand changes to "memory usage" in iOS 12
iOS 12 and tvOS 12 require apps to use memory much more efficiently than before. If you are having difficulty reducing your application's memory requirements, please contact us to request a right for your application to use iOS 11-style memory accounting.
In the notice posted by Apple in the Developer Center, it states that apps have to fit iPhone XS Max or 12.9-inch iPad before March 27. From that date, any app that does not have these compatibilities will neither reach the App Store nor will it be accepted for review.
On the other hand, applications will have to be created with the IOS SDK 12.1 (or later) or the WatchOS SDK 5.1 (or later). In addition, applications that have compatibility with the big apple clock will have to have compatibility with the Apple Watch Series 4.
With the WWDC in a few months, Apple has wanted to shorten the deadlines to avoid having in the App Store applications not compatible with an operating system that aims to greatly improve both the performance and the speed of all the devices. And having apps that are not compatible with the architecture of the previous operating system, iOS 12, is a big problem.