We are just a few hours away from Apple officially releasing the new operating systems for our devices. These are the final versions of iOS and iPadOS 14, watchOS 7, tvOS 14 whose developers have been testing since June after WWDC. Apple has informed all developers that they can send their apps compatible with all new operating systems to the App Store from today. In addition, it has been clarified that As of April 2021, only apps created with Xcode 12 and the SDK of the new operating systems can be sent.
Apple now receives apps created with the iOS 14 SDK and Xcode 12
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All the news of the operating systems that we have been seeing in recent months are the result of Apple's advances. Nevertheless, to be able to enjoy applications that use all this new technology developers need to work with the frameworks and guides that Apple makes available to them. This work is hard at the beginning like any other transition to a new way of working, like any step from one operating system to another.
La web for developers from Apple start receiving applications created with the SDKs for the new operating systems today Except for macOS Big Sur which has no official release date. The rest of the systems -tvOS 14, iOS 14, iPadOS 14 and watchOS 7- already have their own SDK for developers to adapt their apps with Xcode 12 and they can send them to review.
In addition, Apple has reported that the deadline when all apps have to be created with Xcod 12 and the new SDKs is April 2021. From that moment on, all the apps that are sent must be created under the new operating system guidelines that Apple presented at WWDC last June.