Apple does away with 32-bit apps, mandates that all devs do the 64-bit dance come February

Beginning in February 1, all new iOS apps that are submitted for App Store approval, should have 64-bit support, building on the iOS 8 SDK that comes with the Xcode 6 and up programming language. or later. "To enable 64-bit in your project, we recommend using the default Xcode build setting of "Standard architectures" to build a single binary with both 32-bit and 64-bit code," says Apple.

The company was the first to release a 64-bit-capable modern mobile chipset with the venerable A7 in the iPhone 5s, and things took off from there. The stock iOS apps were fully rewritten to ...



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