SOLVED: When can we ship Swift 4 features? (Charts)

@lululucaschae

Aug '22

Hi everyone,

This is the first major Swift update since I started making apps so I have no clue how this works.

When will we be able to ship apps that use new features like Charts? For example, if I build a UI using Charts on xcode 14 beta and publish it, will users be able to use this UI? Or do we have to wait until the official iOS 16 release? (I'm still on xcode 13 and haven't updated yet, but in a dire need of a native charts library)

@Hatsushira HWS+

Aug '22

You'll have to wait until iOS 16 is released. Otherwise, no user can use your app. What you can do is, when you're done, publish it in the App Store and set the release date to manual. But I have no experience with this.

@roosterboy HWS+

Aug '22

This is the first major Swift update since I started making apps so I have no clue how this works.

Note: This is a SwiftUI update, not Swift itself. Swift Charts is a SwiftUI framework.

The Swift language is on version 5.6.1, with 5.7 in beta mode until the fall.

At some point just prior to iOS 16's release date, Apple will announce that app store submissions using the new features are now being accepted and that's when you can push it out. It still won't be available until the release date, but it will be ready to go.

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