title: iOS 6 vs 7 appearance build settings
body: <p>Does the deployment target of an app need to be set to iOS 7 in order to get the iOS 7 appearance on and iOS 7 device? </p>
  
  <p>It was that way during the beta and it still seems like it is right now due to my testing. </p>
  
  <p>I am currently building using iOS 7 SDK and deployment target of - let just say &lt; iOS 7. The app runs using the iOS 6 appearance on my iOS 7 device. </p>
  
  <p>If I build with iOS 7 as the deployment target, the device gets the iOS 7 UI. </p>
  
  <p>It would be great if someone could confirm. Thanks. </p>
  
  <p>Other build settings:
  Architectures: $(ARCHS_STANDARD_32_BIT) armv6</p>
  
  <p>Valid Archs: armv6 armv7 armv7s</p>
  
  <p>I have read other questions which ask about the iOS 6 and 7 appearance in relation to build settings. Including this one: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18800487/is-there-a-way-to-have-an-app-run-and-display-as-ios-6-on-a-iphone-with-ios-7/18800569#18800569">is there a way to have an app run and display as ios 6 on a iphone with iOS 7?</a>
  I also could not find any information for this on ADC. ADC just mentions "compatibility with iOS 6, etc"</p>
  
  <p><strong>Update:</strong>
  This may be related to me building for iOS 7 on Xcode 4.6. Xcode 5 gives me compiler errors on build, the related question is <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19071688/xcode-5-missing-compiler-spec-llvm-4-2-error">Xcode 5 &quot;Missing compiler spec LLVM 4.2&quot; error</a></p>
  
  <p><strong>Update (10/14/13):</strong>
  I have resolved the build errors of building in Xcode 5 and have confirmed that building with SDK set to <em>iOS 7</em> in Xcode 5 gives an iOS 7 UI even with a deployment target of <em>&lt; iOS 7</em>. </p>
  
  <p>A table for those who find this page:</p>
  
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  <p><strong>Xcode 4.6</strong></p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><p><em>iOS 7 SDK</em></p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><p><strong>iOS 7 deployment</strong></p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>iOS 7 device
  
  <ul>
  <li>iOS 7 UI</li>
  </ul></li>
  <li>iOS 6 device (or lower)
  
  <ul>
  <li>N/A
  <br></li>
  </ul></li>
  </ul></li>
  <li><p><strong>iOS 6 deployment</strong></p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>iOS 7 device
  
  <ul>
  <li><strong>iOS 6 UI</strong></li>
  </ul></li>
  <li>iOS 6 device (or lower)
  
  <ul>
  <li>iOS 6 UI</li>
  </ul></li>
  </ul></li>
  </ul></li>
  <li><p><em>iOS 6 SDK</em></p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><p><strong>iOS 6 deployment</strong></p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>iOS 7 device
  
  <ul>
  <li>iOS 6 UI</li>
  </ul></li>
  <li>iOS 6 device (or lower)
  
  <ul>
  <li>iOS 6 UI</li>
  </ul></li>
  </ul></li>
  </ul></li>
  </ul>
  
  <hr>
  
  <p><strong>Xcode 5</strong></p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><p><em>iOS 7 SDK</em></p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><p><strong>iOS 7 deployment</strong></p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>iOS 7 device
  
  <ul>
  <li>iOS 7 UI</li>
  </ul></li>
  <li>iOS 6 device (or lower)
  
  <ul>
  <li>N/A</li>
  </ul></li>
  </ul></li>
  <li><p><strong>iOS 6 deployment</strong> (or lower)</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>iOS 7 device
  
  <ul>
  <li><strong>iOS 7 UI</strong></li>
  </ul></li>
  <li>iOS 6 device (or lower)
  
  <ul>
  <li>iOS 6 UI</li>
  </ul></li>
  </ul></li>
  </ul></li>
  </ul>