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Can apps created with Xcode 8 / Swift 3 be installed on an iPhone 4 device running iOS 7? Does Xcode 8 / Swift 3 support all iOS 7 devices?

Is there specific documentation detailing what is and isn't compatible that answers this question?

It appears Xcode 8 doesn't seem to ship with an iPhone 4/4S simulator. Currently my experience is that apps created with Xcode 7 / Swift 2 can be installed successfully on iPhone 4S running iOS 7.

EDIT: I've now done some testing with "interesting" results: Do Xcode 8 Swift 3 apps run on iOS 7 successfully?

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    http://stackoverflow.com/questions/37817554/xcode-8-recommend-me-to-change-the-min-ios-deployment-target-from-7-1-to-8-0 – Bhumit Mehta Jul 06 '16 at 07:51

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You can select the minimum version of iOS your app will run on, so as long as you have iOS 7 or earlier selected, it should run on an iPhone 4/4S that's on iOS 7.

If you have an iPhone 4/4S on iOS 7 with you, try plugging it in and debugging on it. I am quite certain it should work.

EDIT: As long as iOS 7 is still available as a deployment target in the XCode Beta, I'm yet to try it out, sorry!

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