Is Swift6 required for iOS18 production apps?

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markdaws OP

Created Aug ’24

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Do you have to compile your apps with Swift6 enabled to ship a production app when iOS18 is released?

Answered by Claude31 in 801613022

Present requirement is

as of April 2024 all iOS and iPadOS apps submitted to the App Store must be built with a minimum of Xcode 15 and the iOS 17 SDK.

Which means Swift 5.9 at least.

Xcode 15.4 uses Swift 5.10 for instance.

I anticipate that it will still be possible to publish from Xcode 15.4.

But what is the problem to fo to Swift 6.0 ? You'll have to do it sooner or later in any case.

Note: don't forget to close your old threads when you've received the correct answer.

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Claude31 OP

Aug ’24

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Present requirement is

as of April 2024 all iOS and iPadOS apps submitted to the App Store must be built with a minimum of Xcode 15 and the iOS 17 SDK.

Which means Swift 5.9 at least.

Xcode 15.4 uses Swift 5.10 for instance.

I anticipate that it will still be possible to publish from Xcode 15.4.

But what is the problem to fo to Swift 6.0 ? You'll have to do it sooner or later in any case.

Note: don't forget to close your old threads when you've received the correct answer.

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jlilest OP

Aug ’24

I would expect to be able to use swift 5 for some time. xcode 16 doesn't require you to use swift 6 That said, it is better to begin migration sooner rather than later. We still have objective c code.

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