[CB-8643] Drop iOS 6 support, minimum iOS 7

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 4.0.0
• Fix Version/s: 4.0.0
• Component/s: cordova-ios
• Assignee: Shazron Abdullah
• Reporter: Shazron Abdullah
• Created: 10/Mar/15 20:32
• Updated: 23/Aug/18 07:10
• Resolved: 16/Mar/15 23:15

Description

0. https://developer.apple.com/support/appstore/

75% of devices are using iOS 8.
22% of devices are using iOS 7.
3% of devices are using iOS 6 or earlier.

Other stats with similar results:
1. https://mixpanel.com/trends/#report/ios_8/from_date:-29,report_unit:day,to_date:-1
2. http://stats.unity3d.com/mobile/os-ios.html
3. http://david-smith.org/iosversionstats/

Issue Links

• is depended upon by: CB-7767 [iOS] Remove usage of NSData+Base64
• is depended upon by: CB-7428 Enable Swift development of Plugins