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Title: Apple disables iOS 9's space-saving 'app slicing' feature due to iCloud bug Post by: HCK on September 27, 2015, 09:00:14 pm Apple disables iOS 9's space-saving 'app slicing' feature due to iCloud bug
<article> <section class="page"> <p>The 'app slicing' feature in iOS 9 that enabled developers to send optimally-sized variants of their apps to different devices is unavailable because of a bug in iCloud, Apple's cloud service for its devices.</p><p>Slicing is one of three components of Apple's app-thinning process that enables developers to install iOS apps by matching app delivery to the capabilities of the user’s particular device, with a resultant smaller footprint.</p><p>App variants created by slicing the app contain only the executable architecture and resources that the target device needs. Thus code designed for devices running 64-bit processors would not download to those running 32-bit processors. Image resources are also sliced by their resolution and device family.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2986279/ios/apple-says-app-slicing-now-unavailable-for-ios-9-apps.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Apple disables iOS 9's space-saving 'app slicing' feature due to iCloud bug (http://www.macworld.com/article/2986279/ios/apple-says-app-slicing-now-unavailable-for-ios-9-apps.html#tk.rss_all) |