Can I require an iPhone 5S for my app?

Question

I\'m writing an app which requires the M7 Motion co-processor chip in the iPhone 5S. Since this chip isn\'t in any other iPhone, the app will only function properly on an iP

Answer 1

You should add the key "Required device capabilities" - UIRequiredDeviceCapabilities to your app's main plist. By adding this key, you can define what are the app requirements.

Here you find the values available for this key: https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/general/Reference/InfoPlistKeyReference/Articles/iPhoneOSKeys.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40009252-SW3

Answer 2

Normally you would do something like this by adding the UIRequiredDeviceCapabilities key to your app's info.plist and specifying a value corresponding to the hardware feature you require. However, among the possible values listed here, there doesn't appear to be a value for the motion co-processor. Apple may still add one, but until then perhaps you could come up with a combination of those values that is unique to the iPhone 5S and specify that.

Answer 3

I spoke with Apple and the correct answer is at this time NO. You can not specify via Required device capabilities or otherwise that an iPhone 5S is required for a specific app. You can however state clearly in your app's description that it requires the iPhone 5S/M7 motion co-processor and Apple will accept it.