App store restrict download to phones only

Veeru, That's old iPhone 4 times , my Retina iPad has a gyroscope. Well then unfortunately i am out of ideas : - as far as i remember, one of the apple's rules were that an app should be able to run an ipad if not it would get rejected even though it is build for iphone. Not sure if there are any new rules. What's wrong with an iPad running your iPhone app? Are you worried the app will crash if it tries to access camera feature which isn't available on iPad 1?

Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Please read more about it from the Apple Documentation here - UIRequiredDeviceCapabilities - setting conditions so app store knows which devices to allow installation on Within this page, search for UIRequiredDeviceCapabilites and it will tell you more from there.

I hope this helps anyone with this issue. Jim Tierney Jim Tierney 3, 3 3 gold badges 24 24 silver badges 46 46 bronze badges. In , Apple defaults to use an iPad for testing. I have an app that requires Telephony, and nevertheless I get rejected every single time.

Bunch of weenies they are. JBest Did you figure this out? Sam I have had luck by explicitly stating that iPads are not able to perform certain tasks in the app, and that every build setting that limits the app to iPhones has been set. I sometimes have to repeat myself. It's a workaround though. My hope is that now that iPads are getting their own OS, this issue will resolve itself for many developers out there.

JIthin JIthin 1, 1 1 gold badge 12 12 silver badges 29 29 bronze badges. I also had an app rejected by Apple because of required capabilities in the plist which were not used in the app. Either you use the features required in the plist, or you must remove them from the requirements.

Adding a requirement to the plist simply to restrict the hardware will lead your app to be rejected. Show 1 more comment. I feared that may be the case. I wonder if there are any APIs I could use that would preclude the application running on older devices? They may exist but they would not restrict the user downloading it in the first place, really not recommended which is a shame as devices too old to run apps properly is a big problem — Alan MacGregor.

It definitely is a problem. Device Compatibility The information property list Info. Hope it helped. Adi Adi 1, 5 5 gold badges 22 22 silver badges 26 26 bronze badges. See where you can set the type.

See here how get the screen size. I have a published app and restrict for iPhone 4s. It is approved as usal. Haroldo Gondim Haroldo Gondim 7, 9 9 gold badges 41 41 silver badges 59 59 bronze badges. Is there a way to exclude iPods? You might set required feature telephony in UIRequiredDeviceCapabilities or even restrict it to only devices that support arm Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Best 4K TVs. Best iPhone 13 Cases. Best Tech Gifts for Kids Aged Awesome PC Accessories.

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