It is quite possible that the first owners of the iPhone 5 will have to admire black lines framing applications. Increasing screen smartphone up to 4 inches forcing developers to update their software to App Store, but most of them to the output device on the market do not have time. At yesterday#39;s conference Apple acknowledged that as long as the updates come out, the old programs on the iPhone 5 will not be displayed in full-screen mode.
Additions should be made to absolutely everyone of the more than six hundred thousand applications in the App Store, but for now Apple updates made only in those programs, which developed itself. Transfer some applications to the new format will be very simple, but for others will require a complete redesign, - said Paul Haddad, one of the developers of Twitter client Tweetbot. Interfaces of some programs can be just a little stretch, but even such small changes will require serious work. It is much more difficult to have the developers of applications that use sophisticated graphics technology. Most games will require the full processing of graphics, which can take quite a long time, given that developers will have to update all the programs started immediately, according to The Next Web.
Many developers are set fairly skeptical. I suspect that all of our customers will want to upgrade to a new permit application as soon as possible. No one will want to have a useless black bar at the bottom of the screen, - says Marco Tabin known programmer. Adaptation of the program under the new aspect ratio screen - it#39;s not that simple, according to Apple. Most applications will require a complete re-think, putting a lot of effort in this, - he added. Most developers do not even care about deadlines and the lack of opportunity to test updates to the iPhone 5, because Apple has not provided them with the device.
Before the iPad came to the company with caution, saying the creators of software on their plans for a few months before the release, so the developers have had a lot of time to port to tablet applications to the iPhone. David Barnard, the founder Trip Cubby and other popular applications, said: I just hate to do updates for the devices, which I never had in their hands. In addition, Barnard shared his thoughts on how to increase the screen will affect the look of the application. In his view, the four-inch screen will cause the arrows that the back and confirm, which are usually located on top, can change their location. The top navigation bar is simply too far away for comfortable operation. After a while, it will reduce the value of its navigation. For example, right now the majority of applications on the Android navigation buttons are placed at the bottom of the screen, - he says.
The emergence of IPhone 5 will bring not only a problem for developers. Traditionally, immediately after the new devaysa selling apps much jump. Chances are particularly hard to grow sales of games (unless, of course, the programmers will have time to adapt them). Moreover, the release of a new device - a chance for lesser-known designers gain fame. Apple has a habit to encourage businesses which optimize their products for new devices, applications by placing them in high positions in the App Store.
