If you are in the process of developing a knockout app that you would like to submit to Apple‘s App Store, here is a friendly reminder from Apple: make sure it is iOS 7 optimized.
Apple has just announced on their developer site that all apps, whether they are new creations or simply updates for existing App Store apps, must be iOS 7 optimized by the first of February next year.
The company, who of course made a huge hoo-ha about iOS 7 before it‘s release, posted the following note on their developer site:
Starting February 1, new apps and app updates submitted to the App Store must be built with the latest version of Xcode 5 and must be optimized for iOS 7. Learn more about preparing your apps by reviewing the iOS Human Interface Guidelines.
iOS 7 was first announced back in June of this year, with Apple and critics alike going crazy about it‘s proposed new functions and look.
It was finally unleashed on the public in September, to some mixed reviews, but which in the end proved to be more positive than negative.
According to reports, adoption of iOS 7 amongst Apple users is currently at 76%.
Seeing that the adoption rate is rather high (almost 80%), this, of course ,gives the developers a reason to optimize their apps for iOS 7.
No one wants to be left out in the dark on this one.
