Support plan for Apple and Google's next mobile OS releases
Idan Adar May 07, 2018
MobileFirst_Platform MobileFirst_Foundation Announcement iOS Android
IBM plans to provide service updates to IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation 7.1 and IBM MobileFirst Foundation 8.0 (either on-perm or Mobile Foundation service to support the next Android and iOS releases based on the terms described in http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27045489. Note that this policy is not dictated by the Program Technical Support’s lifecycle as stated in the product’s version announce letter, because a new version of a supported mobile operating system is considered a new feature. In other words, we do not plan to introduce support for the next Android and iOS releases in IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation 7.0 or earlier releases.
For those of you who have Android or iOS apps developed using IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation 7.0 or earlier releases, and intend to have your app(s) running on the next Android or iOS version, you’ll have to upgrade to IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation 7.1 or IBM MobileFirst Foundation 8.0.
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