Allow setting the MinimumOSVersion for iOS in config.xml (like Androids android-minSdkVersion)

[EddyVerbruggen]

Hi great folks of PhoneGap Build!

Wouldn't it be nice if a developer could add a minimum OS version for iOS? The .plist contains a MinimumOSVersion property which is set to 5.0 currently (based on the target SDK being used).

Some apps are optimised for 6.0 or 7.0 even, so we don't want 5.0 folks downloading it.

I tried submitting it as a plugin to not bother you guys too much, but it has been rejected as follows:
"It does not set MinimumOSVersion in the plist to that contained in config.xml. Recommended to open a feature request instead of submitting a plugin."

The plugin: https://build.phonegap.com/plugins/280
The code: https://github.com/EddyVerbruggen/iOSMinVersion-PhoneGapBuild-Plugin

I hope you can find a way to make it configurable per app.

Thanks a lot,
Eddy

[Prinzhorn]

For us this has very high priority. It's a show stopper. With Android we only allow api 14 and up (Android >4.0) which gives us the ability to use never features without having to support 2.3, which has high market share but most devices are really underpowered.

With iOS we don't even have the chance to drop iOS 5, which, looking at the market share, is just a waste of time and money to support. We would even like to drop iOS 6, because the market share is dropping and we don't want to waste time juggling with iOS 6 and iOS 7 UIWebView inconsistencies.

Our App has been approved by Apple even though it uses PhoneGap 2.9, which is great. Now we want to use 3.1 as quickly as possible, but 3.1 breaks the App in iOS 6. Instead of fighting with this we would just drop it. It can't be that hard to make it configurable. Thanks for taking the time to investigate in this issue. It exists for over one and a half years, almost two (http://community.phonegap.com/nitobi/topics/is_there_a_way_to_specify_the_minimum_ios_requrement_for_ios)

[EddyVerbruggen]

Could be solved by #213

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[Prinzhorn]

Any schedule for this? It would be highly appreciated. We depend on it. Thanks.

[wildabeast]

See my comment on #213 for a beta solution to this.

[eric-sm]

+1 on this
I can live with just telling the few users that iOS5 is deprecated in our app, however.

[maxmoore14]

+1

[bau720123]

+1

[wildabeast]

Just to update on this, we've just pushed out this (beta) feature allowing you to directly contribute to configuration files like the iOS Info.pllist. Like so:

<gap:config-file platform="ios" parent="UIBackgroundModes" overwrite="true">
    <array>
        <string>audio</string>
    </array>
</gap:config-file>

Unfortunately in the case of the MinimumOSVersion, xcode-build is resetting this value to the default during compilation, but it seems to be working for other values. Working on this.

[maxmoore14]

@wildabeast Thanks for the update.

[sandstrom]

@wildabeast Sounds awesome, it would be a great addition! ⛵

[EddyVerbruggen]

Hi guys, just to confirm this "config.xml to plist" feature works great for overriding the 'orientation' preference as well!

I used to require the use of this PhoneGap Build plugin to have a portrait-only app for iPhone and add landscape support for iPad. You can now use this feature to achieve the same goal. This is the example I added to the plugin readme:

  <!-- use portrait mode for all devices.. -->
  <preference name="orientation" value="portrait" />
  <!-- .. but override iPad orientation to allow landscape as well (set overwrite="true" to allow only landscape) -->
  <gap:config-file platform="ios" parent="UISupportedInterfaceOrientations~ipad" overwrite="false">
    <array>
      <string>UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft</string>
      <string>UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight</string>
    </array>
  </gap:config-file>

With this feature, in theory (didn't actually test it) you can also enable portrait and landscape on all devices, except for iPhone, which was not possible with the aforementioned plugin, but it is now. Just do this and leave out the orientation preference tag (so it uses the default, which is all orientations):

  <gap:config-file platform="ios" parent="UISupportedInterfaceOrientations" overwrite="true">
    <array>
      <string>UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait</string>
      <string>UIInterfaceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown</string>
    </array>
  </gap:config-file>

The part to pay attention to is the overwrite="true/false" setting, which replaces the default set by the orientation preference in the config.xml.

Enjoy,
Eddy

[wildabeast]

Hey guys, just pushed out support for a new config.xml preference which will allow you to set the MinimumOSVersion on PhoneGap Build.

<preference name="deployment-target" value="7.0" />

Not added to the docs yet -- but should be straightforward. This sets the IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET in the build, which tranlsates to the MinimumOSVersion in the ipa Propertly List.

Closing the issue -- reopen and / or comment if you can't get it to work.