One of the changes iOS 10 that the Apple company did not discuss is related to the support of applications for old versions of iOS, more precisely the version of Xcode compatible with iOS 10 will not allow the creation of applications that are compatible with iOS 7 or older versions of the iDevice operating system -hate.
Basically, developers will be forced to make their applications compatible with at least iOS 8 if they want to distribute them through the App Store with compatibility for iOS 10, the change may leave some applications without a fairly consistent number of users who still use that version of the operating system.
Basically, iPhone 4 will no longer be able to run applications that will be compatible with iOS 10 and made with the new Xcode 8, and this is because iPhone 4 cannot install iOS 8, so all users of these devices will be forced to buy a new terminal, or to use the old versions of the applications, without possible new functions.
Apple's strategy should not surprise anyone because such things happen constantly in the Apple ecosystem, those from Cupertino regularly forcing users to buy new iDevices through limitations of this kind, some of them coming far too often .
Considering that iOS 10 will only be released in the fall and only then will it be necessary to use Xcode 8 to send applications to the App Store, those who still use iOS 7 can still enjoy their terminals, but from the fall they will be have to switch to iOS 10, if their terminal supports it, or buy another iDevice.
Xcode 8 no longer supports iOS 7 as a deployment target, so if you add support for iOS 10, you'll lose iOS 7 support pic.twitter.com/SiCSkSszR7
- James Thomson (@jamesthomson) June 27, 2016
