iOS Question limiting app install base

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Yanik Freeman

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Hi there,

This thread mentions the use of the #Target: iPhone attribute to limit an app install base to iPhones only:

How to limite apps only distribute on iphone not ipad

Hello everyone, I have a question is how to limit apps only distribute on iPhone not iPad. Because my app's UI only designed for iPhones and will mess up when it is on iPad. I know when I use Xcode I can use this option, but in B4i I don't see any feature for this.
www.b4x.com

Yet when I include this in my project and publish on the app store I was able to install it on an iPod Touch and an iPad.

B4X: 
#iPhoneOrientations: Portrait
#iPadOrientations: Portrait
#Target: iPhone
#MinVersion: 12

This app is only optimized for iPhone screens, am I missing something here?
 
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Alexander Stolte

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Yanik Freeman said:
This app is only optimized for iPhone screens, am I missing something here?
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No.
Do you see your app in the App Store on the iPad? I doubt it, all my apps that have the same code as yours are only visible in the App Store on the iPhone. Nevertheless, I can install the app on an iPad via the IDE.
 
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Yanik Freeman

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Yes, I can see it in the app store on both devices logged in with different Apple IDs. Perhaps this is a setting somewhere on App Store Connect but I haven't found anything other than the broader iOS selection there.
 
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Alexander Stolte

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Ahh, I think all iphone apps that run on apple silicon have an ipad compatible mode, the app is then displayed with borders on the ipad, as a scaled iphone app.

Have a look:

Apple App Store: Changing 'Designed for iPad' to 'Designed for iPhone'

In the title section of the app on the App Store, it says "Designed for iPad." I'm not entirely sure, but I suspect that this could negatively impact the app's discoverability for iPhone users. This was apparently automatically set by Apple when the app was first submitted years ago. In...
www.b4x.com
 
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Yanik Freeman

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Thanks, the app does indeed run on the iPad in a phone resolution. I was thinking that perhaps omitting the #iPadOrientations: Portrait would prevent this but haven't tried resubmitting to confirm. Any idea how to prevent installation on iPod Touch devices besides bumping up minimum iOS to 16?
 
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