Will apple allow an altered version of app 3gs vs iPhone4

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October 17, 2011
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If my app runs well on iphone4/ipod4 , but lags on iphone 3gs...

Are we aloud to change a few things at runtime on 3gs to try and increase performance...example

if (3gs){

-remove scrolling background

-remove other hefty rendering items...

}

..Or will this be denied by apple because the apps no longer look the same on all iOS devices?

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Colin Holgate

Inspiring

I am pretty sure they won't complain. A simple proof of that is that they allow you to have Retina resolution graphics on iPhone 4, without expecting you to find a way to make it work on 3GS.

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boat5Author

Inspiring

Yes but with retina display its still the same content. Lets say iPhone4 has a scrolling city image in the background, where 3gs just has a black screen for a background. Now its quite a bit different.

Anyway i will take your advise and hope for the best, i have not had a chance to test on 3gs yet, but i am thinking it might lag because this project is heavy on the graphics.

We are still required to support 3gs if targeting ipod4/phone4/iPad right?

Colin Holgate

Inspiring

AIR will naturally want to support 3GS, I'm not sure if you can rule it out by some other means. I think you can, because Mechanarium for example requires iPad 2.

One thing to know though, the performance on 3GS is comparable to the iPhone 4, especially if you are using Retina resolution on the iPhone 4. So, stay hopeful for now, and see how it goes on the 3GS.

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