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Steve L.32
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9 years ago
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No support for iOS < 9 in Dropbox V2 API for Objective-C???

Objective-C App on iOS simulator fails during authentication using an iOS 8 taget but works with iOS 10:   dyld: Symbol not found: _OBJC_CLASS_$_SFSafariViewController     I wasn't aware th...
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  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
    9 years ago

    Yes, we dropped support for iOS 8 support in v3.0.12. We had to do so to support some changes to the authorization flow. There's more information in the release log.

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Greg-DB
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9 years ago

Yes, we dropped support for iOS 8 support in v3.0.12. We had to do so to support some changes to the authorization flow. There's more information in the release log.

  • Steve L.32's avatar
    Steve L.32
    Explorer | Level 4
    9 years ago
    OK, thanks, project and my release notes updated.
  • 808phone's avatar
    808phone
    Explorer | Level 4
    9 years ago

    Wow, this is too bad. I have an app that still proudly runs on the first iPad with iOS5. It is still fully functional and works well. With V2 and especially this change, the entire dropbox implementation will be useless. At the very least I was thinking maybe I could update just the dropbox part, but I guess not.

    • 808phone's avatar
      808phone
      Explorer | Level 4
      9 years ago

      So the dropbox app will not work either I gather? So anyone not running iOS9 is out of luck with dropbox?

      • Stephen C.14's avatar
        Stephen C.14
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        9 years ago

        You're correct, Dropbox iOS app only supports iOS 9, so yes, anyone not running iOS 9 will not be able to use Dropbox.

         

        But it's important to consider that this is an increasingly diminishing fraction of users. Less than 3% of users are on iOS 8 and less than 2% are on all other versions of iOS according to Apple.

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