How to build an iPad app without support for iPad 1

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

We’re building an action game for iPad ( http://f5games.com/house-of-the-lost/ ) and currently we’re getting good performance on the Retina iPad and iPad 2 but the iPad 1 just can’t run the game smoothly.

I’d like to submit the game without iPad 1 support ( by targeting specific hardware features or possibly limiting it to iOS 6 ) and then, after further testing, possibly submit a new build that supports the first iPad. Is there any way to do this? Anyone have any ideas about how I can submit a build that will work for iPad 2 and 3 but not the original iPad?

Thanks,

Brandon
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#2

Simplest way I can think would be to add this to your build.settings file.

[code]

iphone =
{
plist =
{
UIRequiredDeviceCapabilities = “front-facing-camera”,
– iPad 1 does not have a front facing camera
}
}
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#3

Simplest way I can think would be to add this to your build.settings file.

[code]

iphone =
{
plist =
{
UIRequiredDeviceCapabilities = “front-facing-camera”,
– iPad 1 does not have a front facing camera
}
}
[/code] [import]uid: 56820 topic_id: 32026 reply_id: 127656[/import]

#4

Awesome, thank you for this.

I assumed there was a way to specify the camera but I hadn’t stumbled upon how to do it.

Thanks! [import]uid: 11540 topic_id: 32026 reply_id: 127854[/import]

#5

Awesome, thank you for this.

I assumed there was a way to specify the camera but I hadn’t stumbled upon how to do it.

Thanks! [import]uid: 11540 topic_id: 32026 reply_id: 127854[/import]

#6

Hi, I cant install my app, after adding that line? The console is throwing some errors.

I am on iOS 6 and xCode 4.5…Any suggestions?

0x2ffbc000 MobileInstallationCheckCapabilitiesMatch\_Server: desired capabilities is not an array or dicitonary  
0x2ffbc000 handle\_check\_capabilities: API failed  
0x3ba4fb88 MobileInstallationCheckCapabilitiesMatch: failed with -1  
handle\_check\_capabilities: Check Capabilities failed

Joakim [import]uid: 81188 topic_id: 32026 reply_id: 129366[/import]

#7

Hi, I cant install my app, after adding that line? The console is throwing some errors.

I am on iOS 6 and xCode 4.5…Any suggestions?

0x2ffbc000 MobileInstallationCheckCapabilitiesMatch\_Server: desired capabilities is not an array or dicitonary  
0x2ffbc000 handle\_check\_capabilities: API failed  
0x3ba4fb88 MobileInstallationCheckCapabilitiesMatch: failed with -1  
handle\_check\_capabilities: Check Capabilities failed

Joakim [import]uid: 81188 topic_id: 32026 reply_id: 129366[/import]

#8

I just uploaded my app today and iTunes and the settings above was not accepted.

It looks like it should look like this:

UIRequiredDeviceCapabilities = "front-facing-camera",true [import]uid: 81188 topic_id: 32026 reply_id: 129928[/import]

#9

I just uploaded my app today and iTunes and the settings above was not accepted.

It looks like it should look like this:

UIRequiredDeviceCapabilities = "front-facing-camera",true [import]uid: 81188 topic_id: 32026 reply_id: 129928[/import]