Comments on: Upgrading to iPhone 5 screen presents challenges for some developers http://gigaom.com/2012/09/27/upgrading-to-iphone-5-screen-presents-challenges-for-some-developers/ Tue, 21 May 2013 02:09:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: David Mytton http://gigaom.com/2012/09/27/upgrading-to-iphone-5-screen-presents-challenges-for-some-developers/#comment-1022710 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 20:51:12 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=567028#comment-1022710 The updated SDK includes the iOS simulator which has the taller iPhone 5 screen, so it’s not necessary to wait for a handset. We were able to update our app in about half an hour, submitted and it was approved by Apple on the Friday 21st Sep release date. The changes involved adding 2 new images and rebuilding some linked libraries because of the CPU architecture changes.

Our app uses customised default UI elements – http://www.serverdensity.com/iphone/ – so it’s easier than it might be with more graphical/3D apps. We also have a dedicated iOS engineer so that’s not to say it will be straightforward for everyone. Using letterboxed apps on an iPhone 5 is noticeable but is much less of a pain than the change from non-retina to retina graphics, so it’s less urgent for developers too.

]]> By: Nicholas Paredes http://gigaom.com/2012/09/27/upgrading-to-iphone-5-screen-presents-challenges-for-some-developers/#comment-1021656 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:10:56 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=567028#comment-1021656 Well, if you’ve designed anything for Android in conjunction with your iPhone app, you have already had to visit this scenario. Not a huge deal, but it will take a bit to fix.

Flexible design comes to the iPhone!

]]> By: Frost http://gigaom.com/2012/09/27/upgrading-to-iphone-5-screen-presents-challenges-for-some-developers/#comment-1021385 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:30:10 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=567028#comment-1021385 Now picture the horror if they had not only made the screen taller but wider. At least this way any unchanged apps remain letterboxed and work just like they did on the 4-series phones. I’m fairly convinced that was one key reason they went with taller, not wider.

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