Why i need versioning in my IPhone apps?

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I don't understand, why i need versioning in my IPhone apps.Could anyone explain.

Please provide a link to the page that tells you you need versioning. Versioning could mean about 5 different things to users here, so you'll need to be more specific. — Alex Brown, Nov 24 '10 at 12:16
Do you mean 1) a version number 2) multiple versions 3) version controlled source code 4) version controlled application data 5) support for multiple iOS versions — Alex Brown, Nov 24 '10 at 12:18
possible duplicate of [How To Make iPhone App compatible with multiple SDK (firmware) versions](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3027120/how-to-make-iphone-app-compatible-with-multiple-sdk-firmware-versions) — Brad Larson, Nov 24 '10 at 23:47

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 24 '10 at 12:20

Apple uses the version number when you submit an update to your app. If the update you submit does not have a version number greater than the currently shipping app, then Apple will not accept the update.

That is the only technical reason.

There are other reasons:

it gives you a way to track issues against different releases
it allows users to know whether they are up to date Etc

If course if you are never going to update your app then you can just set the version to 1.0 and forget about it...

Thanks Jasarien... but i have another doubt this versioning, doesn't mean to "support for multiple iOS versions". — Chinju, Nov 24 '10 at 12:25

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:19

You don't have to support different versions - you can just choose one (probably the latest) and just develop for that. However, it will limit the number of devices that can run your application.

Read the accepted answer to this question (the one with the green tick next to it) for information about supporting different versions of iOS :

How To Make iPhone App compatible with multiple SDK (firmware) versions

Why i need versioning in my IPhone apps?

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