About 64-bit and iOS 8 Requirements for New Apps

Question

Apple announced 64bit requirement as shown below:

Starting February 1, 2015, new iOS apps uploaded to the App Store must include 64-bit support and be built with the iOS 8 SDK, included in Xcode 6 or later. To enable 64-bit in your project, we recommend using the default Xcode build setting of “Standard architectures” to build a single binary with both 32-bit and 64-bit code.

I have been using xcode 6 and My Target Build settings are

Standard architectures(armv7, arm64) – $(ARCHS_STANDARD)
Valid Architectures armv7, armv7s 

I deleted arm64 from valid architectures line because I got an error in 64-bit devices like 5s, iphone 6, etc. Can I publish my application after February 1?

Answer 1

No, you will not be able to publish your application after Feb 1 if you remove arm64. The statement clearly mentions

... new iOS apps uploaded to the App Store must include 64-bit support

and

To enable 64-bit in your project, we recommend using the default Xcode build setting of “Standard architectures”

What you can do for now is to publish an app before the Feb 1 deadline. The app will enter the review process and may be approved, but eventually you will have to fix all the 64-bit issues in order to submit your app the next time.