jarrod
jarrod

Matt Birchler explains how iOS and iPadOS app binaries are one and the same, so “running an iPad app” is really just a matter of layout. He posits that Mark Gurman’s claim that the folding phone won’t run iPad apps is perhaps misguided:

My expectation is that for apps like mine, which run on the iPhone and iPad, they will run like normal when on the outer screen, as well as when they’re in split view on the internal screen. They will run with their “iPad layout” when running on the internal screen at full screen.

I hope @matt_birchler@mastodon.social’s right.

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manton
manton

@jarrod I think Matt is right. But I could also see Apple introducing some special APIs just for the Fold, to take advantage of the screen in some new way.

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jarrod
jarrod

@manton I expect so too. It’d be more surprising if there wasn’t anything special or new for the Fold. But if prevents iPad-layout apps, they’ve lost the plot. 😝

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