iOS 14, iPadOS 14… Apple has obviously taken developers by surprise by launching its new operating systems the day after their announcement. Enough to force many publishers to adapt their application urgently due to the lack of a stable development tool available upstream.
Several renowned developers were strangled on learning the day before the launch of the final versions of iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 the next day. In the Apple ecosystem, the launch of a new version of the operating system means that hundreds of millions of devices will install it immediately.
So, it's a very important moment, and third-party developers like to have a little time to adapt their application well to the new code, and push it right on time to the App Store so that it is better highlighted. .
Developers are taken aback by the stable version of iOS 14
Normally, Apple puts its new operating systems online about a week after their announcement. There is nothing written, however, even though the practice seemed to have been repeated from year to year. So we can read this post by David Smith:
“Well… it's really sooner than I expected… or at least hoped,” says David Smith. Another XDA blog regular, Steve Troughton-Smith, laments that the upload process is not ready, citing an error that appears when trying to publish an app with some of the early builds of Xcode 12 ( the development suite for iOS 14, editor's note). Several new Xcode builds were uploaded overnight to fix this issue.
This did not prevent some from blaming Apple directly for this pressure move deemed a little out of place in an already very stressful year overall:
“App Store uploads are only working now. It is 10 o'clock at night in the UK; iOS 14 launches tomorrow. App Review [the code validation process, note] can take anywhere from an hour to several days. All that represents a lot of pressure on the developers in an otherwise stressful year ”, reacts Steve Troughton-Smith a few hours later.
Another, @Overcast, explains in a tweet “I'm sorry, my iOS 14 features are not ready yet. As I will have to wait a bit for most of my clients to switch to iOS 14, I spent the summer prioritizing bug fixes and family / school logistics stemming from the coronavirus (we're fine, just very busy). ” Of course, this sudden rush can mean that some apps or app features might stop working if you've already upgraded to iOS 14.
The installation of the new system version is of course not compulsory, even if your device will offer it to you several times. It is also possible to deactivate automatic updates if you wish to wait a little longer.