‌Xcode26-built apps cannot run on iPhone 6 or earlier devices‌

‌Using Xcode 26, the built package encounters device compatibility issues — while it installs successfully on supported iPhone devices, but it crashes immediately upon launch and cannot run normally.‌‌In previous versions of Xcode, the same "minimum deployment" setting in the project did not cause such compatibility issues.‌

The app built with Xcode 26 shows the following behavior when installed and tested on various devices:‌

  1. iPhone6p iOS12.5.8 fails to run

2.iPhone6 iOS11 fails to run 3.Iphone6 iOS12.5.7 fails to run 4.iPhone7 iOS12.1.3 ok 5.iPhoneX iOS 12.2 ok 6.iphone6s plus iOS10.3.1 ok
7.iphoneXS. iOS 12.1.4 ok 8.iPhone11 iOS 13.6.1 ok 9.iPhone7. iOS 13.7 ok

We have tested and found that an iPhone 6s Plus running iOS 10.3.1 can normally run the app. We would like to know whether apps built with Xcode 26 are inherently incompatible with iPhone 6 and older devices. Has Xcode 26’s underlying build environment removed full support for the A8 chip, resulting in binary files containing instructions or memory models that older devices cannot parse?

‌Looking forward to your reply‌.

We are experiencing similar issues on an iPad Air running iOS 12.5.8.

Building with Xcode 26.4 causes our app deployment from TestFlight to crash on startup without any logs. The same app with minor code changes was built a week ago with Xcode 26.3 and deployment from TestFlight was successful on the same iPad.

Had a similar issue, a week ago it was fine, even appstore downloaded dosent support iPhone6 on iOS 12.5.8, Hope to see apple fix this asap.

Thank you for the post. I recommend reviewing the Xcode system requirements for the target listed below.

Link to Xcode System Requirements

The device support section will provide you with the supported iOS versions. You can view all the versions of Xcode by expanding the “Other Xcode versions” tab.

Enables the download of the Xcode version tailored to the desired iOS platform, accessible directly from the developer’s website.

Albert
  Worldwide Developer Relations.

‌Xcode26-built apps cannot run on iPhone 6 or earlier devices‌
 
 
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