What is the highest version of Xcode that supports iOS 6.0 as the deployment target?

Question

I am developing an iOS app for iOS 6.0 and higher. Now, after updating Xcode from Mac App Store, I am told that "An iOS Deployment Target earlier than 8.0 is not supported by this version of Xcode.". So, it seems that I need to use another version of Xcode to develop this app.

I can download other versions of Xcode from https://developer.apple.com/download/more/. What is the highest version of Xcode that supports iOS 6.0 as the deployment target?(I just mean the deployment target, not the capability of installing iOS 6.0 simulator.) I don't want to download many Xcode versions to find that.

Answer 1

You can use latest Xcode for this do not select deployment target from dropdown, just manually input "6.0" in the "iOS Deployment Target" text box. For more details you can go through here.

I have also upload one of my app that use iOS 7.0 from latest Xcode.

Answer 2

iOS 6 is supported in Xcode 7.x .

My suggestion is that,you may need to provide support for just 2 of previous versions of iOS 10, ie. iOS 8 and 9. If you take a look at the usage graph, it is evident that only 6% are using versions earlier than 9. That too, will have major contributions from iOS 8 and 7.